Job Description

Senior Supply Materials Manager
Telford
£50,000 + Bonus

Our client based in Telford are recruiting for a Senior Supply Materials Manager to join this global organisation.

Essential requirements:

" Degree or professional qualification in Supply Chain Management or time served at Senior level.
" A minimum of 5 years` experience in Supply Chain and driving Sales and Operational Planning.
" A minimum of 5 years` experience in Production Planning & Procurement.
" Essential advanced level in SAP and Excel.
" Experience in working in a multi-national matrix organisation.

Main responsibilities:

Sales and Operations Planning
Prepare the monthly Sales & Operations Planning Meeting:
" Clustering the production into planning cells.
" Consolidating the demand
" Calculating the inventory gaps in the distribution network against stock parameters
" Lead the monthly Sales & Operations Planning Meeting
" Execute the decisions taken during the Sales & Operations Planning Meeting
" Align demand with the Demand Team in case of production shortage
" Align MRP each week and plan the weekly production workload
Materials Procurement
" Procure raw materials, components & plan the semi-finished products to enable the production of the weekly production workload
" Synchronise the inventories of raw materials, components, semi-finished & finished products to optimise total DIO and to reduce inventory depreciation
" Manage the life cycle of raw, components and semi-finished materials in case of product modification


Production Planning
" Ensure that production parameters (lot size, lead time) & procurement parameters (order quantity, lead time, safety stock) are optimised to support the activity, and collaborate with production & sourcing teams to improve them
" Ensure with production that all next availability dates are in SAP for missing references
" Chase urgent production and ensure customers do not wait long for products
Managerial
" Manage projects linked to production line transfer or change of activities
" Display weekly KPI reports per production cell
" Manage a team (team organisation, recruitment, PDI, continuous improvement, team leading).
Health, Safety, Environment and Energy
" Apply hygiene, security and environment rules and processes concerning team.


For immediate consideration for this role please apply via this advertisement.