Supply Chain Manager

Key Job Accountabilities

• Lead the Supply Chain and coordinate factories and subsidaries, while providing the best level of service and optimizing stocks, to contribute to factories and his/her Division economical performance.
• Manage the Sales and Operation Planning process (S&OP) to ensure the availability of products to clients. Provide the right level of service and stocks optimization to contribute to the Supply Chain performance.
• Define Supply Chain strategy and objectives with the DO of his/her Division.
• Size and implement the necessary structures and resources (budget and operating costs).
• Ensure the right functioning of the monthly/weekly S&OP process for each of his/her Category/Brand of his Division/Zone.
• Ensure the right alignment of keys actors (marketing, zone, Market, Development, factories) for decisions relative to launches and catalogue management of his/her Division to be coherent and to answer to the expectations of its clients.
• Motivate and support factories and entities to improve Supply Chain performance.
• Manage and master stocks parameters on the whole Supply Chain.
• Establish and analyze the activity scorecard (Global vision of flows, key performance indicators, manufacturing capacity to answer the needs, level of service) in order to inform his/her hierarchy.
• Participate to budget process and to the 3 years vision of resources necessary in the plants.
• Be the referee between factories and subsidaries in case of major issues (manufacturing lack of capacity, launch issues etc.)
• Remained informed on market major changes in order to anticipate business risks and opportunities.
• Recruit, develop and manage his/her team.
• Ensure the transfer of know how and develop expertise within the team.
• Implement organizational changes.
• Lead the supply & demand excellence program across the zone and affiliates.
• Lead the segmentation program across the zone and affiliates.
• Lead the service 3 year vision across the zone and its affiliates.
• Lead the E&O 3 year vision across the zone ands its affiliates.

Sales and Operation Planning process (S&OP) to ensure the availability of products to clients:

• Analyze and consolidate demand and stocks parameters of subsidaries.
• Ensure the framing of demand (consistency, historical base).
• Analyze monthly/weekly demand variations needs and define the priorities for the production plan with factories.
• Ensure consistency of factories production plan according to Demand and make recommendations in case of inconsistency.

Confirm MAD Plan

• Challenge factories on their capacity to integrate market constraints (batch and run sizes, queueing line, management of shortage).
• Communicate updated information on supply chain stocks and service policy (possible slow movers, service) to subsidiaries.
• Manage catalogue and contribute to its rationalization.
• Build the next year budget in units for his/her catalogue in cooperation with controlling.
• Manage stocks parameters on the whole Supply Chain.
• Be the referee on proposals to dispatch available quantities to subsidaries in case of shortages.
• Follow up and analyze performance indicators.
• Make recommendations and coordinate launches with all keys actors and ensure their follow up (at initial stage, and after the launch).

Define Category/Brand strategy in terms of stock and service with the DO of the Division/Zone:

• Animate relations among key actors (Marketing, Zone, Market, development) in order to ensure the right sizing of strategic launches for his/her Category/Brand.
• Animate factories and subsidaries to optimize supply parameters (stocks and service) for his/her Category/Brand.
• Define and challenge the performance indicators (KPIs).
• Make recommendations for improvement.
• Build the frame of activity (budget, 3 years plan) for his/her Category/Brand.
• Support all strategic launches with the members of his team.
• Refine best practices and ensure its follow up by all the Supply Chain actors.
• Recruit, develop and manage his/her team.
• Ensure the transfer of know how and develop expertise within the team. Implement organizational changes.

Experience And Education Required

• Bachelors Degree in a related field
• SAP/ERP knowledge & experience
• Supply Planning systems knowledge
• 5 to 8 years of Supply Chain Management experience
• APICS or other forecasting certification preferred.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, medical condition or disability. We adhere to all local Labour Relations legislation.