Factory Supply Chain Manager

Factory Supply Chain Manager - East and Southern Africa

Company: Nestl East and Southern Africa

Location: East London

Position Type: Full-Time

Educational Qualification: Supply Chain/ Logistics degree or diploma will be an added advantage

Minimum Relevant Work Experience: 3 years experience FMCG experience in a factory environment and Supply Management Chain experience

Position Summary

Nestl has over 308 000 employees worldwide. More than being the worlds number one food and beverage brand, weve successfully launched, and sustained, hundreds of thousands of careers. Were now looking for a Factory Supply Chain Manager to join our team at East London.

Main Purpose

The Factory Supply Chain Manager that will manage, guide and develop all Supply Chain functions at plant in order to meet production and business needs at required performance levels and at optimized costs.

A day in the life of a Factory Supply Chain Manager:

• Manage, guide and develop the factory supply chain team to ensure:

Detailed production scheduling consistently delivering achievable plans for both manufacturing and filling/packaging operations within given Master Production Schedule, whilst minimizing production costs.

Material management planning (inbound material management) makes raw & packaging material available on time and quality at best overall costs for seamless manufacturing: coordinates with suppliers of raw and packaging materials for maintaining service levels while constantly seeking improvement possibilities.

Material handling runs warehousing operations for raw and packaging material and for finished goods within company guidelines; records accurately the inventory and checks inventory rotation, controls and coordinates all documents relevant to receipt and dispatch of goods.

• Ensure smooth operations by effective communication and close collaboration with all internal parties at the factory.
• Monitors and manages Safety, Health and Environment, Quality and CARE regulations.
• Collaborate with peer factory Supply chain managers to share best practices
• Development of careers, succession plans, development and coaching for factory supply chain personnel in close co-operation with Supply chain management

What will make you successful?

• Supply Chain/ Logistics degree or diploma will be an added advantage
• 3 years experience in FMCG experience in a factory environment and Supply Chain experience
• Relevant SAP experience essential
• Good communication skills essential