Supply Chain Manager - Kempton Park Verfied

R 360k-420k per annum Kempton Park, Gauteng Kempton Park, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 24-02-2017 1:12:17 PM
24-03-2017 1:12:17 PM
Supply Chain Manager
East Rand
R 360 000.00 to R 420 000.00

Well established, international company seeking experienced Supply Chain Manager to join their team on a permanent basis.

Job Purpose
The services are required of an experienced and suitable candidate for a full time position to fulfil the position of Supply Chain Manager at the Company. The area of responsibility will inter alia include but is not limited to:
Responsibilities:
• Management of the end-to-end supply chain ensuring on-time delivery of goods and services to improve internal and external customer satisfaction based on business criteria
• Procurement of goods and services and rendering such support services to the respective business units within the agreed timelines.
• Applying industry best practice to achieve and maintain the necessary governance and inter-company financial control based on company policy and procedures in all applicable aspects of business affected and or impacted by Supply Chain Management including but not limited to Procure to pay procedures.
• Warehouse and Inventory Management and optimization in all entities including implementation and management of material resource planning, management of forwarding and freighting agents and or service providers’ deliverables, supplier performance management deliverables via appropriate contract management means and the like
• Supplier Performance and Relationship Management
• Staff performance and departmental continuous improvement
• Participation and management in primary customer focused projects to ensure timely completion at least cost
• Market research of competitive, complimentary and substitute products to ensure optimized supply chain scenarios
• Participation in National and International departmental delivery and KPI benchmarking to ensure industry best practice deliverance.
• Establishment and maintaining of center of excellence.
• Participation and management of operational service delivery on a needs basis
• Ad-hoc and monthly reporting
• Strong commercial background and experience with the ability to negotiate supplier contracts.
• Strong project management and project participation is a necessity. The candidate should have the ability to interact with the project management team and execute supply chain manage

Minimum Requirements:
• Qualification in Supply Chain Management, preferably a 3-year degree
• Minimum 10-year experience in an applicable environment that is directly customer focussed with interaction with import and export of goods
• Exposure / experience in African countries.
• Must be able to write, read and fluently speak English
• Must be able to interact with all levels of management
• Must be an independent self-driver with strong leadership skills
• ERP system experience with knowledge of job- costing and or project accounting
• Strong financial background
• Strong adherence to deadlines
• Experience in the ICT industry is preferred and will be advantageous
• Individual must be able to operate on a detailed and conceptual strategic level.
• Accreditation with CIPS or a similar institute / association is preferred and will be advantageous.
• Strong Project Management experience is a necessity and a project management qualification will be advantageous.