Supply Chain Manager in United Kingdom

Supply Chain Manager in United Kingdom.

Some of the key duties include;
- Lead and manage Purchasing, Inventory Control, Forecasting, Warehousing, Transportation and other areas are required
- Address tactical and strategic supply chain issues ; oversee organization wide management of the strategic sourcing, procurement, warehousing, and evaluation of services
- Develop annual plans with prioritization and resourcing
- Development of the supply chain strategy for the organization; Communicate values, business goals, and represent the organization to internal and external stakeholders
- Monitor and analyze current trends in the marketplace
- Coordinate the sales and operations planning process including supply / demand forecasting, inventory management, and on time delivery
- Manage and execute procurement related functions (e.g. develop and implement contract management and procurement frameworks, sourcing strategies, negotiate agreements, draft and manage contracts, vendor relationship etc.)
- Develop and implement new systems, best practices, inventory control, demand planning, and other optimizations in order to grow the business including, including metrics and reports
- Direct and manage corporate governance and regulatory compliance & Quality control
- Develop and implement profit improvement plans and change management plans.

To succeed in this role you will need 5+ year’s experience in supply chain; ideally 3 + years of which will be in a management role. Your experience will need to include warehouse, purchasing, supplier negotiation and strategy development. You will need to have had experience of a High volume environment with large number of SKU’s .

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