Supply Chain Manager

Key responsibilities:

As supply manager, you have 3 key responsibilities.

1. Strategic Planning & Procurement & Logistics & Organisation

✓ Develop and implement strong supply chain strategy that prioritize production

capacity utilization, cost-efficiency and product quality. You will need to work with

and learn from our operation team what that means in terms of raw material etc.

✓ Market knowledge of all raw material suppliers and their capacity as well as quality

and build long-term relationships with vendors to ensure supply chain resilience

during market volatility.

✓ Identify, evaluate, and negotiate with suppliers to secure the best prices without

sacrificing quality.

✓ Manage the logistics of moving goods through various channels (shipping, trucking,

air freight) to make it efficient as well as cost saving.

✓ Build a strong organisation to become experts in procurement and logistics

2. Data Analysis & Optimization

✓ Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) like order cycle time, freight costs, and

inventory turnover as well as quality of raw material from suppliers.

✓ Use data to predict future demand and what quality is being supplied from each

supplier to build and adjust the supply chain accordingly.

3. Risk Management

• Identify potential "choke points" in the supply chain (e.g., geopolitical issues,

weather, truck driver issues, port strikes, supplier maintenance shut down or other

supplier disturbances) and develop contingency plans.

Qualifications & experience:

✓ Bachelor’s degree in Supply chain mgm or Engineering or related field; advanced

degree preferred.

✓ Proven senior leadership experience (supply chain, procurement,

logistics); ideally in industrial production companies.

✓ 10 yrs+ professional work experience and 5yrs + track record of relevant jobs and

proven success in developing his/her career and departments.

✓ Excellent spoken and written English

✓ Industry certification is a plus e.g. six sigma, CSCP etc...