Procurement & Supply Chain Director

Michael Page

Dubai, UAE

Ref: HP350-2466

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our client is a global leader in FMCG manufacturing, with multiple factories across the Middle East.

In this exciting role you will work collaboratively with other areas of the business across the entire supply chain from supplier input to company’s production processes and customer outputs to support business plans; focusing specifically on continuity, quality, cost, and continuous business improvement efficiencies, along with the elimination of waste.

Requirements

- Implement and manage a purchasing strategy across multiple key commodities of raw materials.
- Develop and manage complete supply chains, including forecasting, production, logistics, finances and budgets, customs and customers.
- Manage the outsourced logistics function across the entire supplier-producer-customer supply chain.
- Evaluate emerging and existing markets in terms of available materials, equipment and facilities, and the relative worth of each.
- Monitor and analyze supply-chain supply and demand dynamics, researching and forecasting market movements.
- Evaluate job orders, create product specifications, and compile parts, materials and inventory lists.
- Decide where in the world to source materials, locate manufacturing and distribution facilities and how to route goods and materials within those facilities.
- Originate and implement sound purchasing processes.
- Efficient scheduling of parts, materials, machines, and the sequence of operations and workflow; including by evaluating machine efficiency and worker production rates, and by making ergonomic and equipment purchase decisions.
- Do sound materials planning and time plans, working alongside Operations to plan an accurate, minimally stocked inventory purchased from reliable suppliers and housed making best use of storage facilities.

About the Company

Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal

The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.

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