Supply Chain Manager

Job Description

Search logistics are happy to be partnering with a Manufacturing business in their search for a Supply Chain Manager. The ideal candidate will have experience with managing the end to end supply chain. Job Title: Supply Chain Manager Reports to: Plant Manager and functionally to Regional Supply Chain Manager Working Hours: 9-5 Purpose of the Job: To manage the end-to-end supply chain in accordance with the operations and supply chain strategy. Meeting customer expectations, improving on time delivery, delivering world class lead times, whilst maximising process efficiencies and driving down inventory.Key Responsibilities and Outcomes:

• Take a proactive and disciplined approach to Environmental, Health and Safety policy, including the identification and resolution of hazards.
• Lead the Supply-Chain function in accordance with the Lean and Daily Management rules / event-cycle of the site (Management Operation Systems). Implementing the Operations & Supply Chain policies to achieve the organisational goals.
• Responsible for all aspects of upstream and downstream supply-chain design, execution, and performance, working with the Regional Supply Chain Manager on standardisation of processes and best practises.
• Understand and deliver the customer requirements. Maintaining open and honest communication, managing the delivery of the products from order placement to despatch of goods.
• Lead problem resolution, root cause countermeasure and action plans to minimise disruption to the customer and OTD metric.
• Build relationships and replenishment processes with Suppliers, ensuring purchase orders and expediting processes deliver customer satisfaction and are aligned to centre-led Sourcing strategy.
• Ensure regular supplier order book reviews are been conducted, identifying risks, working collaboratively with global sourcing to resolve.
• Manage all aspects of inventory control and flow, ensuring integrity in inventory value, levels, storage and transactions.
• Approval of supply chain design and system parameters for upstream and downstream flows ensuring right-sizing of inventories to delivering the inventory targets.
• Manage the accuracy and efficiency of Warehouse processes including the execution of making material flow and stocktaking policies and procedures to improve inventory accuracy and control.
• Facilitate the SiOP process, leading the creation of long-term rough-cut capacity plans and master planning schedules, providing specific visibility and recommendations to the future constraints.
• Utilise lean tools and techniques such as value stream mapping, Kaizen and SMED, analysing and drawing conclusions from the data, creating root cause countermeasures. Training and developing the team.
• Accountable for all Supply Chain metrics, performance, and root cause countermeasures, inclusive of Customer OTD (Customer Request and First Promise); Gross and Net Inventory, Slow and Non-Moving Stock, RIO Rate, Net Value accuracy and Absolutely quantityaccuracy
• Responsible for all Supply Chain department costs, including warehouse labour, overheads, external storage and premium freight, managing the Supply Chain resources according to the MPS and budget.
• Lead the team, providing coaching and support. Working with the individuals on development plans and career path execution.

Qualifications & Technical knowledge: Essential

• Educated to degree level or with appropriate workplace experience/qualification.
• Experience with, and sound knowledge of manufacturing supply-chain and Lean methodology.
• Strong data analysis and ERP subject matter expert.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Proven presentation skills, including use of common tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Desirable

• APICs certified
• Lean certified and/or 6 Sigma green belt trained

Personal Specification: Essential

• Experience in leading and motivating factory based teams.
• Leading regional/global cross functional teams.
• Excellent relationship management, with the ability to work collaboratively.
• The ability to think strategically and translate the strategy into operational performance.
• The ability to work under pressure, solve problems and make decisions.