Principal Responsibilities
- End responsible for planning, warehousing and transportation departments
- Continuous improve warehouse activities to ensure the efficient and economical utilization of facilities for storing, distributing and delivering material inventories.
- Optimize planning to improve the output of factories at the same or lower costs
- Continuous improve transportation activities to ensure the efficient and economical utilization of facilities.
- Seek for required information to develop effective planning for production planning, MRP and transportation.
- Work closely with production, quality, sales & marketing, purchasing to improve the business process and make sure all concerned parties are well informed if any changes.
- Monitor quality works via all direct reports. Provide constructive coaching and guiding. Lead by example.
- Lead the S&OP process and define actions for structural improvement
- Develop constructive KPIs for every job in SC that support company & department objectives and are motivated for the team.
- Follow up suppliers performance in a joint responsibility with procurement
- While direct reports positions are vacant, SC Manager also must perform subordinates’ tasks till the positions have been filled.
Analysis and Reporting
- Analyze all supply chain KPI’s and take action if necessary and always seek for possible improvements
Support Others & Working with Others
- Ensure training and job competency of direct reports.
- Coaching and develop team
Self Development
- Develop at least 2 skills per year
Essentials
- Master degree in supply chain or related field
- At least 8 years of supply chain management, materials management, manufacturing or master planning-scheduling and/or combination of education and experience.
- At least 5 years experience as a manager
- Familiarity with ERP system such as SAP, QAD is preferred
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment, extremely self-motivated.
- Can cope with stress
Functional Competencies
- ERP Planning Concept
- Advanced Planning & materials management
- Advanced Warehouse Management
- Advanced Transportation Management
Behavioral Competencies
- Proactive
- Result Oriented
- Good training abilities
- Advanced coaching and managing people
- Advanced analytical skill
- Excellent Leadership skill
- Problem and trouble shootings skill
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