The Cluster Supply Chain Manager will be responsible for driving Supply Chain execution throughout Kuwait, Oman and Iraq delivering year over year performance improvement, and for contributing to the development of an industry leading supply chain environment. You will be a critical partner to the MENA Supply Chain Director to execute supply chain activity effectively and efficiently within these regions, leveraging global processes for materials, logistics, and sourcing.
Responsibilities:
- Supports and contributes to the development, implementation, and execution of strategic supply chain processes in support of supply chain and business objectives
- Accountable for maximising service levels, in conjunction with inventory goals, through distribution requirement planning and deployments
- Analyses current inventories and procedures; suggests improvements to increase efficiency of supply chain and profitability for the regions and the company
- Identify opportunities and implement action plans to increase efficiencies and decrease cost
- Identify process problems and concerns and make recommendations for innovative solutions and corrective actions to achieve desirable results, help the company better manage cost on supplies and supplier services
- Drives the Logistics, Distribution Centers and Warehouse strategy to reflect internal customer needs and summarize business requirements aligned with the global strategy
- Work with order management, sales & marketing, product managers, manufacturing, suppliers, distribution centers and third-party logistics provider in support of business objectives
- Monitors the performance of suppliers, assessing their ability to meet quality and delivery requirements; identifies and qualifies new suppliers in collaboration with other departments.
- Works closely with Geozone operations to enhance performance at the point of impact whether in specific country operations and/or contracts.
Required:
- Minimum 5-10 years of experience within supply chain with emphasis on Distribution and Inventory Management experience
- Oil & Gas background preferred
- Strong leadership skills including leading projects with broad scope and impact outside of department
- Excellent knowledge of supply chain processes
- Strong problem solving, negotiating, solutions orientation and presentation skills
- Capable of analysing and solving complex problems through innovative thought
- Arabic speaker preferred
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Manufacturing, or related discipline
Preferred:
- Supply Chain Management certification
- Oil & Gas industry supply chain experience
- MBA in Business Administration or master’s degreeJob descriptions are currently being updated
Skills Required
- Minimum 5-10 years of experience in supply chain, with emphasis on distribution and inventory management
- Strong leadership skills, including leading projects with broad scope and impact outside the department
- Excellent knowledge of supply chain processes
- Strong problem-solving, negotiating, solutions-oriented, and presentation skills
- Ability to analyze and solve complex problems through innovative thinking
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related discipline
- Oil and Gas background
- Arabic language skills
- Supply Chain Management certification
- Oil and Gas industry supply chain experience
- MBA in Business Administration or master's degree
What We Do
Weatherford International plc (Nasdaq: WFRD) is a leading global energy services company. Operating in approximately 75 countries, the Company answers the challenges of the energy industry with its global talent network of approximately 17,000 team members and approximately 350 operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities
