Vice President Supply Chain - Retail Business

Job description / Role

Vice President Supply Chain– Retail Business – Dubai based

This market leading multi $billion retailer within UAE as well as other GCC countries is currently looking for a VP of Supply Chain with a focus on E-commerce & Omni-channel operations.

Job Summary
In this exciting role you will be responsible for providing leadership over product strategy, roadmaps, market opportunities and product feature sets. Your job role includes the highly critical e-commerce and Omni-Channel systems infrastructure to deliver very high availability and speed of products, direct to consumer. Further, you will negotiate contracts and manage 3rd party relationships to ensure appropriate pricing, security and terms of use for technology suppliers.

Job Scope
- To develop, modernize and transition the e-commerce supply chain operations for Omni channel to support significant planned growth
- To prepare yearly business plans & budgets for all logistics activities for UAE.
- To be responsible for the efficiency of all distribution centers in UAE.
- To continuously investigate and propose more efficient and cost saving ways of distributing products to stores.
- Driving logistics & supply chain strategy, consulting and technology offerings to new and existing clients, ensuring offerings are relevant and timely.
- To ensure consistency of service delivery; agreeing process standards, ensuring with the management that all stores, staff and processes comply with high-end supply chain & logistics international standards
- To determine overall working practices to establish & continuously monitor all supply chain and logistics within the department.
- To monitor Third Party performance against set criteria as per agreed standards, recommends continued use of contractors.
- Lead the effort in developing a highly prioritized short and long-term Distribution strategy that supports growth in the retail business (including eCommerce fulfillment), drives out costs and delivers high level of store in stock levels.
- Coach, develop and manage large teams.

Requirements

- 10-15 years gained in major retail environments, including minimum of 10 years in director of logistics & supply chain management positions
- Strong working knowledge of an Omni-channel / e-commerce environment.
- 3+ years e-commerce supply chain experience in setting up or handling the operations of Omni channel retailers that include business analysis, either within a consultancy or the online division of an established retailer.
- Some tangible major project management experience
- Should combining \"hands-on\" operational track record and strong strategic skills
- Logistics & Supply Chain experience gained in large and renowned retail chains is a must
- Significant multi-national / multi-cultural experience, working experience in Middle East preferred

Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.

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.