Supply Chain Manager Job in Kenya


Supply Chain Manager

1. Position Purpose Statement

As Supply chain manager for Kenya site, you will be responsible for leading and coordinating end to end activities relating to supply chain function more specifically Safety, Quality, Maintenance, Planning, Production, Logistics & customer Operations by ensuring that Key Performance Indicators are achieved and maintained within set budgets.

2. Primary Accountabilities/Responsibilities
  • Responsible for budgeting and separate plant profit & loss
  • To Lead, Manage and Develop the supply chain team by ensuring that Mondelez standards are adhered to; and to maintain acceptable levels of discipline within the teams by ensuring alignment of their goals as described.
  • Co-ordinate investment requests, payback calculations, purchasing, installation, and commissioning of new lines.
  • Organize the production to meet the needs of the plant’s customers (business units) in volume, time and assortment required, within the budgeted costs and quality standards.
  • Drive the Logistics and Customer Service agenda through the achievement of best in class supply chain solutions by being instrumental in charting the L&CO vision and scope as part of a broader supply chain vision for the integrated business.
  • Ensure effective planning processes and communication is in place between CS & L and Business Unit to allow smooth flow of information, flexibility to support customer (business unit) product requirements, and proactive solutions to issues, which arise.
  • Ensure full compliance of all plant operations, logistics and customer operations processes with safety and quality statutory requirements
  • Ensure plant growth in line with the business needs. New CAPEX projects are analyzed, prepared for approval and implemented in a manner that gives the company cost, quality or time-to-market advantage over the competition. Manage / maintain the contacts with Business Units, R&D, GSC to ensure smooth flow of information and co-operation. Prepare the plant and organization for the larger expansion (processing) and be ready to execute.
  • Budget, monitor and proactively manage the manufacturing and logistics costs, ensuring the focus of the manufacturing organization on achieving budgets and cost targets while maintaining quality, safety and productivity standards.
  • Ensure the company’s quality management system is implemented and maintained, and company’s quality requirements are met.
  • Ethical and Legal Compliance: Know the ethical and legal compliance responsibilities of the position; lead ethically and model compliant behaviour; maintain an environment where employees can speak up without fear of retaliation; ensure employees in area of responsibility understand the compliance responsibilities of their jobs and actively participate in the compliance program
3. Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Language Requirements
  • Minimum University degree, preferably Engineering/Logistics
  • Good knowledge of food processing or food technology
  • Good knowledge of industrial engineering, planning and logistics
  • Financial planning, budgeting, cost analysis skills
  • Ability to effectively lead, motivate and direct the supply chain staff
  • Good PC skills in Manufacturing applications (SAP, MFGPro and MS Office)
  • Ability to build strategic working relationships both internally and with external stakeholders of diverse background
  • Passion for winning Disciplined, competitive, resilient and results driven work ethic
  • Minimum 7 years’ experience in heading supply chain function
  • Basic project engineering knowledge and experience
  • Previous knowledge and experience in powder beverages manufacturing technology
Languages
  • English
  • Kiswahili
4. Operating Environment
  • The role is complex and involves good understanding of integrated end to end supply chain functions with combination of planning, quality, production, safety and compliance processes.
  • The incumbent need to have strong people management skills that include ability to influence, communicate and collaborate with different stakeholders both internal & external.
  • The role identifies and plans for unforeseen macro environmental factors in the economy that might
Internal Environment

People
  • Focused resource for Food Drinks category
  • Labour/management relations is a requirement of this job- Team Management
  • Changing  Manufacturing, Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety regulations within the organization
  • Time pressures: Meeting maintenance, planning, production and logistics timelines
  • The scope/diversity of the job: Entails planning, maintenance, logistics production and quality processes.
  • Environmental aspects; Job complexity; technical complexity and technological advancements in engineering field as well as changing quality processes
  • This job also Interacts with all other functions in the course of duty.
  • Impact on the business including financial agenda.
Costs
  • Increased cost of imported spare parts
  • Energy continues to be a high input costs across all sectors.
  • Improved infrastructure expected to drive efficiency and reduction in transport and distribution costs.
  • Economic: Resources are always constrained and therefore all maintenance and project works must be planned, organized and implemented within contract and in the most cost effective way.
Suppliers
  • Price constraints due to trade blocks (COMESA & SADC)
  • High investment in the country by both local and foreign suppliers  - Jars, Sachets laminates, corrugated boards being sourced locally
External Environment

Political/Legal Environment
  • Trade blocs: COMESA, EAC & SADC influence costs of products
  • Changing statutory environment e.g. OSHA, WIBA and other Acts of parliament.
Economic
  • Unpredictable cost of maintenance due to price changes of mainly imported spares as these are not locally available
Social/Environmental
  • Changing  Global trends in Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, Environmental, Health and Safety regulations
Technological
  • Technical complexity or technological advancements in the engineering field
Application procedure:

Applicants should email their applications attaching a detailed curriculum vitae and a letter indicating why they are interested in and qualified for the position and the names of three referees who can provide confidential assessment of their capabilities to a Search Committee.

All communications relating to applications for this position should be addressed to email address: therecexpert@gmail.com. 

Applications should be received by 27th May 2013.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

On the subject matter of the email please indicate the position you are applying for.