Supply Chain Lead | Merthyr Tydfil

We are currently recruiting for a Supply Chain Lead to cover 9 to 12 months of Maternity Leave.

This is a full time position working 40 hours a week Monday to Friday with some flexibility to cover weekends required.

Salary £34,000 to £36,500 per annum depending on experience.

Key Responsibilities:

1.       Team Leadership

• a.       Team Rostering

• b.       Time Mgmt. and on call management

2.       Forecasting

• a.       Updating Cap plan with Customer updates, and sharing swings with stakeholders, linking in to point 5

• b.       Coordinating, planning and micromanaging promo activity with all departments

3.       Production Planning – Downstream

• a.       Lead the Supply Chain Coordinators in Daily Production Scheduling

• b.       Cost effective efficient daily plan to production,

i.      Driving Planning improvements

ii.      Flagging to Service Depts. of it impacting efficiency or service to the customer.

• c.        Inventory Optimisation and understanding of PPV impacts

4.       Relationship mgmt. with peer departments; Engineering, Technical, NPD, Production, collaborative CI approach

• a.       Joint collaborative projects

• b.       Allocation of time needed for maintenance, samples, training etc

• c.        Be available for pre-pros to expand on knowledge base

5.       Material Mgmt.

• a.       Weekly requirements into Central Business Unit – Dashboard lead

i.      Managing divergences and recovery

b.       On Site Mgmt.

i.      External site call offs

ii.      Issuing/returns to runs

iii.      IP – Most cost-effective options flagged

iv.      Finished goods risk managed with customer to strive for zero waste

6.       Post-Production Routines and KPI reporting

• a.       Daily and weekly standard KPIs

• b.       Flag rotation/missing stock/freezer variances

• c.        Coordinating with Logistics providers if there are issues downstream, and subsequently the customer informed too

7.       Customer Interface

• a.       Supply Chain to Supply Chain’ dialogue with customer; joined up and transparent approach

• b.       Stock overview, projections, derogations

• c.        Enhanced comms at key points

• d.       Clear communication of recovery plans or stock surplus when needed

• e.       Joined up OTIF and MOQ analysis

8.       Master Data Mgmt.

• a.       Maintaining run rates agrees with Commercial SCM & Ops Management

• b.       Supplier Master Data eg, MOQ, UOM, lead time – Flagging where differs from RACI

Core KPIs

·         Safety – All H&S metrics

·         Line Efficiency – As per efficiency metrics

·         Waste minimisation

·         Customer Service Levels

·         Continuous Improvement Initiatives

Skills/ Experience

·         Product and industry knowledge

·         Strong oral and written communication skills

·         Computer and excel skills

·         Ability to deliver targets and department objectives

·         KPI/ Target driven

Competencies

• People Management
• Creating Positive Relationships
• Service Driven
• Strategic Thinking
• Influencing

• L&G Pension Plan
• Life Assurance
• Training & Development
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Subsidised canteen