Key Responsibilities: The Supply Chain Officer will report directly to the Head of Supply Chain and is primarily concerned with ensuring that the day to day supply chain activities are efficient. He will Schedule the supply of materials/components to meet production requirements and minimum safety stock levels by ensuring adequate raw material forecast, warehousing, and transportation. His duty is and will include planning, reporting, processing and clearing imported goods.He will act and make decisions maintaining high integrity all through the course of his duty. Duties
Schedule the supply of materials/components to meet production requirements and minimum safety stock levels
Plan, develop, implement and evaluate processes for material delivery from supplier to point of fit
Assess volume requirements against planning assumptions
Review or update supply chain practices in accordance with new or changing environmental policies, standards, regulations, or laws.
Select transportation routes to maximize economy by combining shipments or consolidating warehousing and distribution.
Diagram supply chain models to help facilitate discussions with customers.
Develop material costs forecasts or standard cost lists.
Assess appropriate material handling equipment needs and staffing levels to load, unload, move, or store materials.
Day-to-day order management and management of deliveries
Understand and manage risks to minimise impact on production schedule
Take follow up actions in relation to material shortages that affect production
Implement all processes to agreed standards and targets and support continuous improvement initiatives and identify areas of improvement
Utilise any Material Requirements Planning system (MRP) or IT system that is in place and ensure that data is accurate and up to date and resolve any issues as required
Monitor inventory levels against agreed target levels
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to forecast, plan and facilitate on-time materials to the production line as and when required, avoiding disruption to production
Generate and communicate supplier material delivery schedules and forecasts to ensure they reflect requirements and meet demands
Develop and maintain good relationships with suppliers and ensure demand for materials is met and deliveries made on time
Develop and implement processes and work with suppliers on continuous improvement initiatives
Support assessment and sourcing of suppliers in conjunction with members of the purchasing team
Support supplier meetings and negotiations to ensure demand for materials is met
Resolve supplier concerns and evaluate supplier performance in conjunction with members of the purchasing team
Attributes:
Requires a Bachelor’s degree social sciences or any related course
At least 3 year relevant work experience in FMCG industry or related companies.
Good communicator with the ability to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally
Strong interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills
Commercial and financial awareness with a full understanding of how failure impacts the costs, production, manufacture and customer order fulfillment
Results orientated and organized with the ability to plan and deliver against deadlines
Strong analytical, project management, planning and problem solving skills
Excellent attention to detail skills
Strong network for clearing of imported goods.
Good organizational skills – able to keep sounds records & issue clear reports
Good Microsoft Excel skills – able to records on computer
Attention to detail – needs to keep accurate records and maintain systems
Ability to analyse data – quickly convert raw inventory data in orders needed
Good people skills – able to explain issues and justify courses of action proposed clearly
Integrity in words actions – reliable, honest and always seen as trustworthy
Must have knowledge:
MRP (Material Replenishment Planning) – interpreting long term sales forecasts and current raw material and stock levels to manage ordering process/stock levels
ERP Computer Systems (eg SAP, SAGE, Tally, 3D or other) – maintaining records and using info stored on a computer system as an advanced user (ie not IT systems expert)
Role:Junior Management role
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