Group Head, Supply Chain at Adexen HR and Recruitment Services
Adexen Recruitment Agency - Our client, a key player in Transportation and Logistics industry, is recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:
Job Position: Group Head, Supply Chain
Job Reference: 1458
Job Location: Lagos
Industry: Logistics & Transport
Function: HSE & Security
Job Description
- Lead overall supply chain strategy and execution, including vendor selection, procurement, forecasting, production planning, delivery and warehouse management.
- Examine existing procedures and streamline activities to meet product distribution, storage, inventory and customer needs.
- Identify process improvement opportunities and implement alternate methods to increase efficiencies, product and process quality, reduce costs and improve overall service.
Responsibilities
Inventory Management:
- Develop systems and train team members to use those systems to forecast demand and track all materials to include finished goods, packaging materials, and raw materials.
- Develop target inventory levels for all materials and ensure that on hand quantities are within the company’s target levels relative to forecasted demand.
- Evaluate the accuracy of past forecasts showing increase in accuracy of forecasts over time, and reduction in inventory levels relative to production volumes.
- Analyze sales, inventory, and production trends to identify and implement actions that will increase order fill-rates, reduce on-hand inventory levels, reduce product age, and reduce wasted product or labor.
- Receive inventory accurately and in a timely manner, verify product quality using appropriate technology, and maintain necessary records.
- Maintain the quality of inventory by using proper storage equipment and procedures and first-in-first-out procedures.
- Ensure the completion of accurate and timely inventory counts.
- Communicate with team members and internal and external clients regarding material delivery and distribution and accuracy of inventory records.
Procurement:
- Meet with suppliers to discuss performance metrics, provide performance feedback and discuss production forecasts or changes
- Develop, select and qualify suppliers. Manage bids, negotiate contracts with suppliers and manage contracts for product delivery.
- Maintain compliance with all regulatory requirements and ethical standards related to procurement.
- Lead negotiation efforts for major contracts.
Planning:
- Participate in existing and new product planning processes to assure timely acquisition of materials to support product launches.
- Works effectively across the organization to ensure successful execution of supply chain support on many integrated efforts
- Develop and manage materials planning function for goods and materials needed for company operations.
- Create item specific forecasts over a rolling time horizon to be used for ordering and inventory management purposes.
- Create integrated processes among operations, purchase, logistics, and outside suppliers to execute the planning and replenishment process.
- Identify systems tools needed to implement planning/forecasting systems while leading reengineering efforts as it relates to supply chain planning and execution systems.
- Manage and supervise staff tasked with creating material requirement plans and/or forecasts.
- Establish key performance metrics and benchmarks relating to supply chain planning/forecasting.
- Performs life cycle cost studies.
- Defines integrated logistics support requirements.
- Prepares estimates, schedules and support system inputs.
Supply Management:
- Coordinate development of solutions to complex logistics support problems with other product support functions, customers and suppliers.
- Develop and implement supplier contracts, problem resolution and cost containment.
- Develop strategies, policies, procedures, and overall team to optimize value of the entire function in creating a world class materials management group.
Expectations
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Economics, Engineering or related field of study. Master’s degree or MBA will be preferred.
- Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience and training with the last 3 – 4 years in a Supply Chain Leadership role.
- Proven leadership skills in building and managing large teams with a history of world class success.
- Certifications from CPM, CPIM, CSCP, APICS and other relevant bodies are strongly preferred.
- Project Management certification (PRINCE2, PMI etc.) would be an added advantage.
- Basic knowledge of Information Technology is required.
- Proficient knowledge of transport and logistics management, contract management and the links between supply chain and value chain.
- Proven skills in strategy development and execution.
- Proven ability to make excellent fact based decisions based on calculated risk and critical thinking.
Similar Jobs
- Job Vacancies at Sabi
- Logistics Archivist Job at Action Against Hunger
- Fleet Management Executive Job at Owlman PRS
- Job Vacancies at Advantage Health Africa
- Immigration Clerk Job in Lagos
- Import / Export Executive Job at Multipro Consumer Products Limited
- Procurement, Inventory, and Logistics Officer Job at Prado Power Limited
- Job Openings at Prado Power Limited
- Fleet Manager Job at DreamWork Global Logistics Limited
- Driver