Supply Chain Manager - Manufacturing

Job description / Role

Client, a Multinational Industrial manufacturing organisation is looking to hire a Supply Chain Manager responsible to head up the Demand Planning, Purchasing, and Warehouse and Logistics function.

The role of the Supply Chain Manager will include, but not limited to the following:

Management

* Maintain proper staffing levels. Direct and coordinate the recruiting, hiring and training of all inside Supply Chain Department.
* Manage and coordinate the establishment of time schedules and tasks assignments for people involved into Supply Chain
* Maintain backup
* Organize training refresh to keep high quality in our service
* Review the Supply Chain Supervisor's job description
* Improve the quality of communication between Sales, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, Credit, and Technical.
* Perform each subordinate with a formal performance review

Operational objectives

* Establish policy, organizational structure, staff and procedure to ensure effective purchasing, consumption, storage, order entry, delivery, planning and material accountability systems for all materials/information used in the area of responsibility.
* Maintain interface with salesmen and CSRs to ensure that materials and requirements meet established standards and that applicable policies, practices and procedures are understood and followed; follow on customer survey for latest trends in availability, delivery and quality.
* Maintain interface with accounting/finance/credit and supply chain to ensure that accounting automatic transactions are accurate and in accordance to legal requirements
* Maintain interface with manufacturing, technical and supply chain to ensure that supply chain's requirements can be met.
* Determine budgetary recommendations; monitor, verify and appropriate recommendations or conclusions.
* Plan and conduct meetings with subordinates to ensure compliance with established practices, implement new policies and keep employees abreast of current changes and standard.
* Plan and conduct meetings to improve current procedures and flows. The Successful Applicant

Job Offer
AED 35000 + Benefits

Requirements

For the role of Supply Chain Manager the ideal candidate must have the following:

* A minimum 5+ years of experience in a Supply Chain Management position managing warehouse, logistics, supply chain planning and procurement
* Must come from a manufacturing background and have experience working at a plant
* Should have excellent analytical skills
* Education in Supply Chain or Logistics Management

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.