Sr. Supply Chain Manager M/F (30316)

 

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Summary of the position:

The Sr. Supply Chain Manager implements a strategy to ensure that critical processes run effectively and achieve organizational goals and performance KPIs. The Sr. Supply Chain Manager coordinates the flow of goods and information from origin to consumption, focusing on efficiency, cost, and customer satisfaction. Key responsibilities include managing planning, procurement, inventory, and distribution, as well as resolving bottlenecks and monitoring suppliers.

 

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

Procurement

• Manages procurement of raw materials and components per supplier agreements and chemical production site arrangements, respecting stock policy and minimizing waste, in cooperation with Group Purchasing. Consults direct and/or functional hierarchy for high-impact stock/service/destruction issues

 

Planning

• Build the Master Production Schedule – MPS  to plan production activities, ensuring optimal customer service within stock policy and industrial constraints.
• Provides visibility to production sectors to anticipate organizational changes needed to meet demand
• Leads regular MPS meetings and follows up on related topics
• Animate monthly IBP (integrated business planning) meeting
• Interfaces with central Supply Chain functions to optimize processes (forecasting, net requirements, MPS, technical data, packaging)

Consults direct and/or functional hierarchy for high-impact stock/service/destruction issues

 

Scheduling

• Ensures proper scheduling of production operations, with daily operational monitoring to anticipate and respond to disruptions (supply/quality/capacity). Maintains daily flow rituals with all departments

 

Warehousing

• Supervises the warehouse team and ensures optimal physical flow operations and proper maintenance of related facilities
• Interfaces with HSE team for safety and authorizations

 

Safety

• Ensures the safety of their department by enforcing safety rules, identifying any risks to personnel, participating in safety inspections, proposing corrective actions when necessary, and ensuring their proper implementation. Prioritizes safety in daily operations on site
• Responsible for creating and updating the risk assessment document for their area and promoting improvements in safety and working conditions
• HSE coordinator validation required for rule changes

 

Regulatory Compliance and Quality

• Ensure operations comply with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and procedures. Defines and implements best practices, self-inspections, required GMP training for staff, and investigates and implements corrective actions after Quality Assurance validation.
• In case of deviations actions must be validated by Quality Assurance

 

Team Management

• Leads, coordinates, and motivates their teams under optimal safety conditions, ensuring mission and objective achievement
• Ensures service efficiency through:
  • Close supervision
  • Implementation of regulatory and targeted complementary training
  • Upward and downward communication
  • Setting development and performance goals
  • Monitoring and evaluation
• Supports staff development and ensures alignment between skills and sector needs, including recruitment and daily management
• Inform and, if necessary, consult hierarchy; work closely with site HR

 

Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement

• Identifies short- and medium-term Supply Chain challenges. Propose and implement solutions to optimize human and material resources,