Position Summary:
The Project Manager Supply (PMS) role is a key part of Supply Chain within Vanderlande. Their main focus is to secure supply chain requirements during the early phases of a project and guide the project for Supply Chain through the first stages. As Project Manager Supply, you guide sales on Value and R&O during the BID phase, secure agreements made during the sales, define and detail phase in a Supply Plan, and inform and manage your stakeholders including the Sales Project Leader, Project Leader, S&OP and Tactical Planner.
Job Tasks & Responsibilities:
- SPOC for Sales and Project during SELL, DEFINE and DETAIL phase
- Facilitates the early forecast based on reference models
- Advise on defaults, non-defaults, and routing
- Advise on how to reach cost optimum
- Liaise with Network Planner for supply optimum
- Secure all requirements and data in the Supply Plan 2.0 tooling
- Set-up and facilitate lessons learned
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a Supply Chain related field of study
- Working experience (min. 2-5 years) in preferably a high-tech environment
- Excellent social and communication skills
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Supply Chain, Project Management and/or international work experience are a plus
- Drive to win, result and goal oriented with a hands-on mentality
Knowledge-Skills-Abilities:
- Knowledge of Supply Chain Management (Global Supply Network)
- Knowledge of customer processes in relevant market segments (Airports, Warehousing & Parcel): MCL
- Knowledge of Finances within Project and Supply Chain related to CM
- Knowledge of Vanderlande systems on Equipment, item level, FM and layout level
- Knowledge of adjacent processes (Physical Distribution, Sourcing, Material Planning, Quality, …)
- Knowledge of risk analyses (8D, FMEA)
- Able to collaborate easily with stakeholders
- Persuasiveness: Ability to get things done with peers and management by influence.
- Demonstrates strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrates strong communication skills with ability to influence and build consensus.
- Maintains cooperative and flexible work style.
- Initiative; takes over concerns proactively.
- Ability to work across organizational boundaries with inter-disciplinary teams.
- Understands the importance of traceability throughout a process
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position, Monday through Friday.
Travel:
This position requires up to 10% travel. Possible international travel.
Supervisory Responsibility:
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment and Physical Demands:
Primarily office work. No heavy lifting required. Occasional project site visits require limited climbing of access stairs / ladders. Ability to observe site safety requirements.
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Your department
Vanderlande is dedicated to improving its customers’ business processes and competitive position. Vanderlande is an expert in automated material handling systems, which we mainly deliver to our customers by executing projects that focus on design, our own manufacturing, 3rd party supply and installation of these systems. Our systems and associated services enable fast, reliable, goods handling in distribution centers, parcel, and postal sortation facilities, as well as baggage handling at airports.
The Global Supply Chain organization plays a key role in the world-wide deliveries of products and services to Vanderlande solutions and consists of 3 Supply Chain Centers (SCC) in Europe (EU), North America (NA), and Asia Pacific (AP). Supply Chain Coordination North America is part of SCC NA and is responsible for coordinating these Vanderlande projects within Supply Chain.
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What We Do
Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports. The company is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses and in the parcel market.
Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems are capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. Its systems are active in more than 600 airports including 12 of the world’s top 20. More than 52 million parcels are sorted by its systems every day, which have been installed for the world’s leading parcel companies. In addition, many of the largest global e-commerce players and retailers have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions.
The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers’ business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements. Vanderlande’s extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.
Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 7,500 employees, all committed to moving its customers’ businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing turnover of 1.8 billion euros, it has established a global reputation over the past seven decades as a highly reliable partner for future-proof logistic process automation.
Vanderlande was acquired in 2017 by Toyota Industries Corporation, which will help it to continue its sustainable profitable growth. The two companies have a strong strategic match, and the synergies include cross-selling, product innovations, and research and development.
