Our Client, one of the leading global companies in the beauty industry. Head Office based in New York with offices located in Cape Town, currently has a fantastic position open as a Supply Chain Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing and managing company's overall supply chain and demand planning strategy and operations in order to maximize the process efficiency and productivity. In addition, you will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining good relationships with vendors and distributors.

If you have +5 years Supply Chain Leading experience and wish to broaden your horizons in a dynamic company - then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Education:

Bachelor’s level degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, or related field
Languages: English: speak, read & write

Professional Experience:

+5 years of relevant experience in demand or supply planning
Cosmetics goods or FMCG industry experience highly preferable
Exposure to Distributor Business Model

Skills:

Excellent analytical skills
Strong communication & negotiation skills
Excellent project management skills
Ability to deal with ambiguity/priorities
Flexible with problem solving skills
Self-starter, highly motivated and pro-active
Customer, results and action orientated
Decision maker
Team leadership
FMCG background

Requirements:

Implement effective commercial planning processes (demand/supply); use S&OP as key business tool to align supply chain with the business strategy driving service, sales while optimizing cash (inventory) and Logistics costs
Support customer service function, ensuring sales/supply orders are received, processed and delivered on time according to customer requirement
Make sure products sold are following local relevant regulation requirement, specifically in term of labelling, registration and other related activities
Build strong cross functional relationship with key actors and senior management
Pioneer SC change and seek greater efficiencies while managing operational issues
Use KPI’s to measure effectiveness and root cause analysis to identify areas of focus
Report and review of all relevant monthly logistics KPI
Set up A&EA CB end to end supply chain to drive service reliability with business model change
Lead S&OP to develop rolling 18 months forecast with multi-function team, Innovation post tracking and inventory management, improve Forecast Accuracy KPIs
Manage and improve customer Service, Cost, and Cash to deliver division's profit target
Manage interactions with 3PL (Indigo), providing Order Management and Logistics services, focus on CS KPIs (i.e., deliver the agreed Lead Time for orders processing, secure perfect billing accuracy), and Logistic KPIs (i.e. warehouse and transportation costs, agreed order picking accuracy, On Time shipments, IRA)
S&OP:

Lead & evolve local S&OP activity:

Life cycle and new initiatives review (including promotions)
Demand Review (unconstrained sales plan)
Supply review – pro-active identification of supply issues (missed $), inventory, excess & obsolete, etc
Integrated reconciliation – examine discrepancy between demand, supply, marketing activities, sales, financial plan
S&OP Meeting – review the critical gaps and agree on the decisions/action plans to reach alignment across all functions