Supply Chain Manager

To proactively lead all activities of the Material Planning and Logistics departments, to include all Logistics personnel via the Team leaders, Planners and the Material Schedulers. Responsible for ensuring the site’s MP&L team support the Production Operations on site with supply of all parts and plans and all the Customers receive the parts they require to the schedules and sequence messages they provide on time. Determine how much and what type of materials and products to held where in the supply chain, including managing inventory control, warehouse distribution and replenishment plans.
 

IF YOU ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT...

• Manage all day to day activities regarding shipments, part availability for Operations, Planning and Material scheduling.
• Manage planning and scheduling of plant operations to produce products meeting customer requirements whilst maximising profitability.
• Anticipate customer requirements, maintaining excellent working relationships with customers including face to face meetings where necessary.
• Integral part of the launch team with responsibility for Logistics aspects.
• Lead the site Logistics, Materials Planners and Schedulers teams setting KPI’s and objectives, completing annual appraisals for direct reports.
• Ensure Supplier base conformance to schedule to support the plant Operations team and escalate to Purchasing when necessary.
• Measure Supplier performance and agree processes for emergency or out of process deliveries.
• Devise internal measures of success between Logistics and Operations areas to drive improvement.
• Monitor all Customer Performance data ensuring correct challenges are made when their perception of our performance does not align to our own (especially SPEEDY).
• Participate in all capacity planning modelling and resolve any issues where they arise.
• Manage the Cycle Counting process supporting Stock Controller where necessary.
• Ensure stock accuracy is improved and then maintained and annual stock takes are managed successfully.
• Monitor inventory levels and measure through an appropriate calculation, develop procedures which increase the rate of flow of materials through the plant minimising excess inventory costs.
• Develop, implement and enforce controls, written policies and procedures to control all planning, scheduling and logistics activities.
• Responsible for developing the appropriate organisational structure, resource plans and culture to support the business objectives and customer deliverables
• Oversee and optimise costs in relation to packaging and shipping arrangements

...AND POSSESS THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS?

• A Levels, ONC, City & Guilds level 3, Btec National Diploma Level 3, IVQ Technician Diploma, or equivalent NVQ level 3
• Experience of operating in a supervisory capacity within a fast paced, highly pressurised warehouse and distribution environment
• Strong people and performance management skills
• Continuous improvement and problem-solving techniques
• Ability to sustain and develop team working and team based problem solving
• Excellent Communication Skills and ability to build strong working relationships
• High level of numerical and analytical ability
• Full understanding of customer expectations and deliverables with an awareness of the impact of failure/cost of poor quality
• Self-aware, resilient, assertive, optimistic and open to change with a flexible approach

THEN WE CAN OFFER YOU: