Supply Chain Manager

Job description / Role

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group's entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day

Overview of the role:

- The job holder will play a crucial role in delivering on-time, high-quality, successful projects within the specified constraints of time and cost.
- The role holder will also be liaising with different teams such as IT, legal and procurement while executing the project
- The role holder is also responsible to ensure audit compliance and has to ensure SOPs are maintained and adhered to across supply chain functions.
- Build strong relationships with all key stakeholder to effectively enable critical decision making.

What you will do:

- Support deployment of Multi site fulfilment roll out programme
- Prepare cost, business case and project plan for all phases of the project
- Report on project progress using metrics
- Presentation and communication with the senior management and relevant stakeholders
- Establish best practices that supports continuous improvement and deliver business portfolio growth
- Prepare and distribute scheduled and ad hoc reports in a timely manner.
- Maintain compliant records of Project/Contract Management related activities for future reference or audit purposes.

Requirements

Required skills to be successful:

- Logistics operational experience
- Freight trends and logistics service providers knowledge/market intelligence on competency
- Open book budgeting, business case
- Project management and change management skills
- Familiar with root cause analysis, corrective plans, initiative tracking
- Takes ownership and makes decisions
- Professional, positive & displays Integrity: Communicates openly, transparently & confidently across a wide variety of internal & external audiences. Ability to interact cross functionally with peers and senior leaders to achieve beneficial business results.

What qualifies you for the role:

- E-commerce; fulfilment & last mile, NPS culture
- Proven track record of 6-8+ years in Logistics & Supply Chain, contract logistics.
- Retail industry experience.
- Cost modelling, presentation packs, process mapping
- GCC; Freight, Warehousing, Transport
- Having experience in WMS, SAP, integration with ERP/fulfilment centres, MS office.
- Experience of working on warehouse and contract logistics environment with multiple parties and variety of services, with proven ability in negotiations.
- Excellent oral and written English communication.
- Demonstrated ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence

About Al-Futtaim Retail

Al-Futtaim Retail has established itself as one of the leaders in Retail across the Middle East, Africa & Asia over the past 30 years. We have developed partnerships with some of the biggest and most respected Brands in the world including IKEA, ACE and Toys R Us in the Middle East and the Inditex Group of Brands (Zara, Mango, Bershka and P&B) across Asia. We are also one of the largest Global partners of Marks and Spencer's in both regions with over 75 stores offering both fashion & food options.

Most recently we have been responsible for bringing brands to the Middle East for the first time with the exciting launches of Watsons and B&Q and we aim to continue to be agile and adaptive to our markets with new launches and further development. For this to be possible we aim to recruit the best talent from all backgrounds who will continue to challenge and develop our diverse workforce which includes over 100 nationalities across 12 countries. Join us today and make a difference.

About the Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.