Job summary

My client have an exciting opportunity to join a leading manufacturing business based on the South Coast.

Key skills required for this role

Strong management skills working within supply chain.

Important

Strong management skills working within supply chain.

Job description

This position is responsible for managing key Supply Chain related functions end to end, such as materials planning, scheduling and ordering activities associated with the delivery of specific customer products, direct and indirect material purchasing, inventory control and warehousing, shipping and receiving.

The roles and responsibilities of this role will be to -

Manages and directs supply chain, receipt, disbursement, and inventory control of material to ensure on-time delivery of customer orders while maintaining assigned inventory levels.

Strong Leader to engage both direct and indirect team, significant stakeholders and leadership team

Manages current and future demand requirements with manufacturing and supplier capabilities/capacities to ensure completion of customer requirements. Implements methods, practices and techniques to ensure the most economical movement of materials through the supply chain to achieve cost-effective logistics practices and inventory levels while meeting customer delivery requirements

Manages plant purchasing activities for items procured on local basis in order to compliment centrally purchased items

Responsible for implementing and maintaining the SIOP process.

Ensures correct planning parameters and transaction disciplines are utilized in order execution systems (to ensure proper order generation and inventory balances

Manages material cost and schedule impact of proposed engineering changes in addition to taking necessary actions to ensure successful implementation and incorporation of approved engineering releases

The ideal candidate for the role will have -

Multiple years of related professional and supervisory/Managerial experience

Full knowledge of materials planning systems (MRP/ERP) requirements and order generation process logic.

Thorough understanding of Supply Chain Management operational concepts surrounding production planning, scheduling, purchasing, supplier selection, inventory control, logistics, stockroom operations, and shipping/receiving

Detailed knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Process Variation Reduction

Ability to lead cross-functional process improvement teams