Supply Chain Manager

7 days ago

Telford Shropshire, United Kingdom Major Recruitment Full time

Do you want to work for a market leading automotive manufacturer? Are you someone who is passionate about Supply Chain, organised, a forward thinker with exceptional people management skills......then this is the role for you

We are URGENTLY seeking a highly skilled and experienced Supply Chain Manager.

As a Supply Chain Manager, you will proactively lead all activities of the Material Planning and Logistics departments, to include all Logistics personnel via the Team leaders, Planners and the Material Schedulers. You will be responsible for ensuring the site’s MP&L team support the Production Operations on site with supply of all parts and plans and all the Customers receive the parts they require to the schedules and sequence messages they provide on time. Determine how much and what type of materials and products to held where in the supply chain, including managing inventory control, warehouse distribution and replenishment plans.

Key duties of a Supply Chain Manager:

  • Maintain high standards of Health and Safety in all areas of responsibility for staff and visitors and improve the level of near miss reporting.
  • Ensure external and internal customer satisfaction striving for 100% complete and on time delivery performance.
  • Keep control of expedited freight costs ensuring these are minimised with action plans to achieve a target of £0 spend.
  • Manage all day to day activities regarding shipments, part availability for Operations, Planning and Material scheduling.
  • Manage planning and scheduling of plant operations to produce products meeting customer requirements whilst maximising profitability.
  • Anticipate customer requirements, maintaining excellent working relationships with customers including face to face meetings where necessary.
  • Integral part of the launch team with responsibility for Logistics aspects.
  • Lead the site Logistics, Materials Planners and Schedulers teams setting KPI’s and objectives, completing annual appraisals for direct reports.
  • Ensure that all developmental and cross functional training is ongoing to develop a flexible and versatile team.
  • Monitor all Logistics processes and progress for delivery of schedules to service customers.
  • Manage all Supply chain metrics on internal systems and publish to appropriate boards and meetings, implement supply chain improvement plans.

Skills required as a Supply Chain Manager

  • Maintain high standards of Health and Safety in all areas of responsibility for staff and visitors and improve the level of near miss reporting.
  • Ensure external and internal customer satisfaction striving for 100% complete and on time delivery performance.
  • Keep control of expedited freight costs ensuring these are minimised with action plans to achieve a target of £0 spend.
  • Manage all day to day activities regarding shipments, part availability for Operations, Planning and Material scheduling.
  • Manage planning and scheduling of plant operations to produce products meeting customer requirements whilst maximising profitability.
  • Anticipate customer requirements, maintaining excellent working relationships with customers including face to face meetings where necessary.
  • Integral part of the launch team with responsibility for Logistics aspects.
  • Lead the site Logistics, Materials Planners and Schedulers teams setting KPI’s and objectives, completing annual appraisals for direct reports.
  • Ensure that all developmental and cross functional training is ongoing to develop a flexible and versatile team.
  • Monitor all Logistics processes and progress for delivery of schedules to service customers.
  • Manage all Supply chain metrics on internal systems and publish to appropriate boards and meetings, implement supply chain improvement plans.

Skills required as a Supply Chain Manager

  • Supply Chain Management experience – minimum 5 years
  • Automotive Manufacturing - desirable
  • Six Sigma Belt Knowledge
  • Lean Management Experience
  • Inventory Control Experience
  • Production Planning Experience – ideally in a manufacturing background
  • Able to work in a fast-paced high pressured environment
  • Excellent problem-solving skills

What’s in it for you?

  • 33 days holiday (25 + BH)
  • 37.5 hours per week
  • Holiday purchase scheme
  • Life assurance scheme
  • Pension scheme
  • Healthcare cash plan

Major Recruitment are working in partnership with Polytec, a leading automotive manufacture for all their recruitment needs. Should you be seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment, or contract you will find our staff professional and courteous and our interview process straight forward.

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