Job Overview
The Supply Chain Manager will develop and implement a supply chain that supports commercial objectives and delivers a best-in-class service to customers.
Key Responsibilities
* Production Planning: driving on-time delivery of finished goods, managing inventory, and optimizing all shipping/customer services activities.
* Manage Plant Supply Chain activities with a focus on achieving the targeted OTIF for customer deliveries or deliveries to other plants as requested by internal/external customers.
* Balance financial targets, production targets, and customer service requirements.
* Manage ordering of raw materials to ensure timely supply to production departments for in-time production as scheduled.
* Continuously monitor major KPIs (OTIF, Schedule Adherence, Inventory DOS, Late List, Lead Time), analyze deviations, and implement improvement actions.
* Lead and develop the Planning and Warehousing teams.
* Manage appropriate inventory levels for raw materials, semi-finished, and finished goods.
* Build an agile Supply Chain approach with flexible shift models, processes for higher flexibility, and related actions.
* Ensure production planning is carried out in SAP.
* Regularly review SCM Master Data Settings in SAP and MES.
* Collaborate with Production and Quality to maintain high customer service levels.
* Support target setting and forecasting for plant output, cost absorption, inventory, and shipment planning.
* Conduct capacity planning and modelling to identify pinch points and take corrective actions.
* Develop a local S&OP process to guide site operations.
* Coordinate with other West plants to identify and realize synergies; contribute to budget creation and control for the area of responsibility.
* Create reports and analyses for Plant Management or Corporate Functions to support Budget, Review, and Planning Meetings.
Requirements
* Bachelor's degree in Business, Business Engineering, SCM, or relevant field.
* Master's degree preferred.
* At least 7 years of experience in a relevant Supply Chain function.
* Experience in leading Supply Chain teams.
* Experience with Lean Manufacturing concepts and approaches, with focus on production planning.
* Excellent analytical and conceptual skills.
* Design and application knowledge of SAP supply chain tools, with emphasis on SAP ERP.
* Supply Chain optimization along the Product Life-Cycle.
* Target-driven and result-oriented.
* Experience in a cGMP environment.
* Strong IT competence.
* Good verbal and written communication skills.
* Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to work with all levels within the organization, suppliers, customers, and external contractors.
* Team player.