Our client - one of the fast-growing retail company in Poland - is currently seeking to recruit an experienced individual for the position of a Senior Supply Chain Manager (M/W).
The successful candidate will cooperate directly with European Supply Chain headquarters based in Warsaw and will play a key role in the company's further development in Poland.
Job description:
Reporting directly to the Supply Chain Director (based abroad), you will manage the warehouse, distribution and procurement (supplying) for 11 countries.
- Planning
You will manage processes including the planning of procurement, inventory control, logistics and distribution.
You ensure that every steps of the process is working effectively to avoid costly delays and lose sales opportunities. You are first and most important requirement is planning. Timing is very important in any supply chain. If one component is out of stock or unavailable at the exact point in which it is needed, then you do not have a cost-effective supply chain.
- Communication
You communicate needs and objectives to line managers and key actors in procurement, logistics and distribution. This will help the entire team to understand the timing required and individual input necessary to make the process run smoothly. Any miscommunication of expectations could generate costly delays.
- Cost Reduction and Process Improvement
Cost reduction and process improvement is an ongoing requirement at this position. You will identify and assess the possibility to source raw materials and services with more efficiency in terms of cost and quality. If a process can be improved or speed up, then productivity could possibly be increased. This ongoing task is continually being examined within the supply chain itself. Cost reductions and increases in productivity are key points to increase the profit.
- Vendors Management
You manage coordination between stores and the information technology systems. You cooperate with Vendors/Store Managers to improve efficiency in terms of distribution and procurement.. Relationship building is important in maintaining this high level of service and quality. You are responsible for the logistics of returns as well.
- Team Building and training
You train, develop, mentor and assist your subordinates in all of the departments that fall within the supply chain process. It is essential that the various components of the team function effectively. Constant process and employee review is needed to ensure that the process stays cost effective. Supply chain management is an intense, process-oriented career. It is about making the processes of procurement, development, logistics and distribution as cost effective as possible. The chain must be continually evaluated in order to produce better techniques, cheaper expenses and faster processes.
The ideal candidate will fill the following requirements:
- Bachelor/Master degree
- 10 years of experience in Supply-Chain area
- Strong experience in retail industry within an international environment
- Already a successful experience in team management
- Fluent English, Polish is a strong asset
- Outstanding communication skills
- At ease with IT tools, especially DynamicAX and SAP
If you are interested in a fast growing company and you believe that your past experience in retail industry could be an asset for this challenge, please send your application.
- Attractive package.