Supply Chain Manager
01-08-2022Responsibilities
- Develop and monitor the company’s supply chain strategy to increase speed and efficiency.
- Improve productivity and efficiency and reduce costs while securing high quality material.
- Analyze operational performance and resolve issues.
- Collaborate and negotiate with vendors and suppliers to ensure all operations (e.g. shipping, delivery, etc.) meet legal, quality and safety standards as well as land more profitable deals.
- Collaborate with other departments to create coordinated plans for business growth.
- Optimize warehouse functions and monitor logistics to make sure they run smoothly.
- Diagram supply chain models to help facilitate discussions with customers.
- Monitor supplier performance to assess ability to meet quality and delivery requirements.
- Monitor forecasts to identify changes or to determine their effect on supply chain activities.
- Meet with suppliers to discuss performance metrics, to provide performance feedback, or to discuss production forecasts or changes.
- Develop or implement procedures or systems to evaluate or select suppliers.
- Analyze information about supplier performance or procurement program success.
- Confer with supply chain planners to forecast demand or create supply plans that ensure availability of materials or products.
- Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality.
- Identify opportunities to reuse or recycle materials to minimize consumption of new materials, minimize waste, or to convert wastes to by-products.
- Evaluate and select information or other technology solutions to improve tracking and reporting of materials or products distribution, storage, or inventory.
- Train and guide employees.
Required skills and experience
- Bachelor degree in Engineering.
- 10-year of working experience in the field of supply chain management, preferably in a similar industry, of which at least 5 years of experience in a managerial position is a must.
- Postgraduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management is a huge advantage
- Fluent speaking and writing English.
- High competency level in MS Office applications.
- Commercial awareness.
- Ability to network and negotiate.
- Strong maths and time management skills.
- Strong project management skills.
- Excellent knowledge of supply chain processes.
- Working experience of relevant software (e.g. SAP, MM)
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