A multinational company is looking to hire well-versed Supply Chain Officer to handle company's Supply Chain operations along with other team members.

Responsibilities: The main duties and responsibilities are as follows (albeit this list is not exhaustive);

• Oversees and manages overall supply chain and logistics operations to maximize efficiency and minimize cost of organization's supply chain.
• Develop and implement departmental processes.
• Manages and monitors vendor's qualification and performance to ensure they meet company's requirements.
• Ensures that department milestones/goals are met.

Purchasing:

• Work with production requirements and perform supply chain planning.
• Entering Purchase Orders and Transfer Orders.
• Collaborate with sourcing team and follow through purchasing process.
• Assess and analyze production needs based on forecasted demands and supply constraints.
• Monitoring purchasing prices, checking estimates and investigating any overcharges.

Inventory Management:

• Daily maintenance of the company’s inventory system.
• The control of Stock to ensure product availability at all times at required levels, maintaining no Out of Stocks.
• Responsibility for Stock Accuracy in ERP system.
• Manage the replenishment process and recommend improvements as necessary.
• Conducting business analysis of current Inventory and historical usage to include management reporting.

Logistics:

• Tracking containers until final point of delivery.
• Review freight expense reporting and vendor shipping patterns to identify opportunities to reduce freight expenses.
• Lead the development of value added logistics services and improve order profile, container utilization, distribution, demand planning to ensure alignment of critical department KPIs.
• Partner with sales team, vendors, and distribution centers to implement case pack modifications and pick/pack strategies.
• Collaborate with sales team regarding shipment challenges for high priority orders and create an action plan to resolve issues on priority shipments.
• Monitoring and controlling pricing and conduct on-going pricing checks.
• Control transit documentation including load lists, export/import documents and commercial invoice.

 Skills / Competencies Required:              

• BBA/MBA degree in Business Administration/Management.
• 4+ years of Supply Chain management experience.
• Strong purchasing knowledge.
• Advanced skills with MS Excel & Google Docs.
• Ability to understand the current market and industry trends involving new products.
• Understanding of forecasting methodologies and ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent Organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent communication skills, fluency in English is essential.
• Ability to handle a diverse workload.