Supply Chain Manager

Permanent

• The position is a pivotal function in the plant management team
working in close cooperation with central supply planning, central
material planning, and all involved Central Functions.
• Plant Supply Chain Operations Manager manages the production
planning, material planning and warehouse teams at his factory.

• To ensure factory production and finished products dispatch to fulfil
supply plan.

• To activate all actions in due time to anticipate changes in supply plan
focusing on flexibility to volume and to mix (minimum batch).

• To manage with supply planning loading of bottle-neck as per
exceptions agreed with relevant functions.

• To work collaboratively with central product launch   to ensure
production start-up of new products at least 12 weeks before
production start.
• To ensure availability of new local items launch dates
• To prepare phasing in phasing out plans to ensure reliability launch
date.

• To plan supplier delivery for local items, & ensure with central
material planning delivery of central items

• To manage all local activities related to call-off;

 • To measure performances of supply chain using selected KPIs [e.g.
Delivery Schedule Achievement (DSA)]

• To organize with central warehouse manager all activities related to
receiving & releasing finish products, components and raw material,
including managing of material handling within the factory.

• To initiate and drive with central supply chain members cash-flow
improvement actions with the aim to significantly reduce capital
binding in the total Supply Chain including (Parts in Transit
improvement, Components stock reduction, Work in Progress
reduction, Finished goods buffer reduction)

• To collect and to manage the planning information flow (demand,
plant, suppliers) in order to satisfy the customer requirements,
maintaining and implementing an effective relationship with central
supply chain members.

• To monitor sales companies/market needs (i.e. sales forecast, stock
levels/mix, preproduction planning, etc.) in order to help in preparing
budget and expected volumes for production, production scheduling,
coordination of capacity rightsizing and factory flexibility and closures

• To execute supply plans and target stocks

• To ensure dispatch, production and stock plans in the plant with
collaboration of all functions involved (internal and external)

• To update systems with planning data, setting all parameters in the
SC system and control incoming/outgoing flows, stock levels and
quality

• To interface to Customers/Suppliers for definition of Service Level
Agreements on Supply Chain

• To Improve Supply Chain specifications to fulfill Customers
requirements

• To provide inputs for needs on IT development in Supply Chain
operative level

• To measure and report Supply Chain performance (service level and
costs)

• To provide executable dispatch orders to ensure Dispatch Plan
Reliability (DIP) to logistics

• To ensure plans feasibility in connection with central supply chain

• To monitor logistic performances ( and if necessary to escalate the
problems) and cost development

• To manage the Material Requirements Planning (MRP) process to
ensure issuance the production & Purchase requisitions in time with
the right quantity to the right destination

• To monitor the service-level agreements for components deliveries to
perform the material planning (stock level, volumes, lead times,
suppliers capacity rightsizing, tooling capacity rightsizing, etc.)

 To ensure daily call-off for material/components supply in line with
production plans (Timing/Volumes/Quality)

• To manage the internal components warehouse, to ensure availability
of components in terms of stock level and mix

• To manage suppliers holidays shortage for closures to optimize plans
feasibility