The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for the Supply Chain process at Operating Company level. The Supply Chain Manager manages and coordinates the OpCo's logistic and supply chain functions including acquisition, warehousing, material management, and distribution/transportation to meet the OpCo's business requirements. He/she is the link with supply points and sister OpCo's served by or sourced from the OpCo. The Supply Chain Manager is accountable for the management of the Supply Chain Planning process, balancing demand and supply and production capabilities, contributing to the drive towards IBP (Integrated Business Planning). This is the top logistic and supply chain position for a specific location but is governed by policies and frameworks established by the larger corporation. The Supply Chain Manager level depends on the size of the organization that he/she manages, which is aligned with the scope and complexity of the site/OpCo (number of plants/3rd party manufacturing/production lines, customers, throughputs/capacities and size of the product portfolio). The Supply Chain Manager supervises the Supply Planner, Demand Planner, Production Planner/Scheduler. Depending on the size of the organization, (elements of) these roles may be combined into the role of the Supply Chain Manager. At the same token, the role of Supply Chain Manager may be combined with the role of S&OP Manager.Job DescriptionSupply Chain Planning Process: Manages the Supply Chain planning and forecasting process, including aligning the various supply chain plans and managing information, in order to have a structured planning process and tools in place and improved quality and alignment of all SC plans; manages various Supply Chain calls/meetings (organize, invite, minute and action plan tracking, etc.); actively participates in Supply Chain development aligned with Nutreco standards.Purchasing and Logistics: Manages purchasing of materials and equipment to ensure an uninterrupted supply at optimum cost. Manages logistic activities required for the timely and efficient transportation and warehousing of incoming and outgoing materials and distribution of products.Long Term Capacity Planning: Manages the long-term capacity planning of raw material supply based on analysis of sales and raw material forecasting in close cooperation with the Commercial, Purchasing and Operations management, in order to support the long-term business planning.KPI's: Maintains the relevant KPI's such as forecast accuracy, forecast bias, OTIF and stock levels (working capital), including supplier (RMP and 3rd party manufacturing) performance evaluation methods.Leadership: Provides leadership (i.e. setting individual objectives, reviewing performance and providing ongoing feedback on a formal & informal basis) so that all reports are aware of what they are required to achieve and how they are performing against their objectives.
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