Delivery Lead Manager - Supply Chain Planning

Delivery Lead Manager

Skill required: Plan - Supply Chain Supply Planning
Designation: Delivery Lead Manager
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:13 to 18 years
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What would you do? • Lead activities to support the delivery Deliver Cash, Cost, Service, and SNO KPIs for the assigned Region • As SNO SPOC working with Ops/Supply Chain, Procurement counterparts & suppliers to help achieve Region’s targets • Lead the adoption and implementation of digital transformation initiatives (Integrated Planning Transformation, Hive, Clear Metal, PBI, and other online tools) for the region & suppliers • Lead the people upskilling of technical capabilities and commercial understanding through supplier collaboration initiatives • Champion and drive continuous improvement and process simplification within Region and suppliers What is the direct impact of this role on the team or organization? Define and drive the DRBU plan in line with Regional & Global supplier collaboration direction
What are we looking for? EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE ESSENTIAL (please provide only criteria considered to be ‘must haves’) Experience Required (Please put the most critical information in the first 2 points • 5-7 years across Planning, Logistic, NPI • Leading small/medium sized, diverse teams Technical / Functional / Leadership Skills Required (Please put the most critical information and reflect it in the first 4 points) • Strong interpersonal and communication skills • Strong analytical and digital skills • Holistic Supply Chain knowledge / experience (process, metrics) • Proven evidence in Supplier Collaboration Management, process design and improvement • Strong knowledge in IWS, CI tools, and agile concept • Strong demonstratable leadership capabilities, for example: o Anticipation in order to shape the future rather than react to it o Resilience o Ability to make smart decisions in the face of ambiguity o Curiosity to seek out new ideas and knowledge o Challenging complexity and seeking out simpler / faster ways of working o Driving empowerment at all levels o Developing teams and individuals o Setting high standards and delivering outstanding results Education / Qualifications / Certifications Required (Please put the most critical information and reflect it in the first 2 points) • University degree (Supply Chain related major could be an advantage) • Mastery in material knowledge & procurement area could be an advantage • Experience in FMCG Supply Chain. • Manufacturing & Commercial experience would be an advantage • Experience with ERP / Planning systems. QUALIFYING QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANTS (Helping the right candidates to apply is critical. Please provide up to 3 questions that a job seeker can use to self-assess their suitability. These questions should be answerable with ‘yes or no’ and will feature when the role is being advertised e.g. Do you have recent experience in…? Do you have knowledge of…? Are you familiar with…? Have you worked in…? Have you used…? Do you have...?) • How experienced are you in managing small sized, diverse teams? • What FMCG Supply Chain knowledge / experience do you have? Especially in the area of Purchasing Planning and Supplier collaboration? • Are you familiar with E2E Synchronised Supply Chain? • Do you have any experience of working as part of an above market business unit?
Roles and Responsibilities: • Accountable for the Materials purchasing planning performance for the region. • Responsible for approval and embedding standard Materials purchasing models and Global Supplier collaboration strategies for the Region and ensure the teams compliance and optimisation of systems and Data. • Responsible for approval of materials inventory stockholding and inventory performance tracking for regional factories / material groups • Ensure all purchasing, sourcing and transactional Master Data is complete and correct across all required systems. • Responsible for deployment of standard, monitoring of In Process Controls and application of Health checks to drive compliance and continuous improvement across the team. • Lead Materials purchasing planning, providing clearly defined objectives and ensuring alignment with strategic aims and targets. • Lead collaboration with suppliers and stakeholders within SNO, Procurement and broader business to build and deploy cost and working capital optimisation initiatives • Accountable for compliance to Materials purchasing business controls. • Responsible to monitor reliability and flexibility of regionally purchased materials supply to support Growth agenda including introduction of innovation products, reduction of complexities and low overall cost. •In this role you are required to identify and assess complex problems for area of responsibility • The person would create solutions in situations in which analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors • Requires adherence to strategic direction set by senior management when establishing near-term goals • Interaction of the individual is with senior management at a client and/or within Accenture, involving matters that may require acceptance of an alternate approach • Some latitude in decision-making in involved • you will act independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments • Decisions individual at this role makes have a major day to day impact on area of responsibility • The person manages large - medium sized teams and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role) at a client or within Accenture • Please note that this role may require you to work in rotational shifts