WAT ZOEKEN WE?
Job Summary
This pivotal role serves as the bridge between operational excellence and strategic performance within the India Supply Chain. The role is central to driving data-driven decision-making, financial planning, and continuous process optimization, all while ensuring alignment with both local and global SCM objectives. The position offers hands-on leadership in shaping supply chain performance through innovation, collaboration, and actionable strategic insights.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Planning & Operational Efficiency
- Annual Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the manufacturing budgeting process, including Opex, Capex, and production metrics. Set clear performance targets and monitor progress throughout the year.
- Cost Optimization: Analyze cost structures, and identify opportunities for operational improvements and process optimization, ensuring cost-efficiency.
- Process Improvement: Drive and implement process improvement initiatives to streamline operations, eliminate inefficiencies, and enhance cost optimization across the supply chain, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
- Data-Driven Decision Support
- Performance Dashboards & Analytics: Develop and manage real-time performance dashboards and reporting tools to track key metrics, providing leadership with actionable insights that drive operational improvements.
- Strategic Insights: Deliver data-driven insights using scenario modeling, trend analysis, and financial forecasting to ensure supply chain strategies align with broader business goals and priorities.
- Synergy Creation & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Internal SCM Synergies: Act as the central point of coordination for aligning the sub-departments of the Supply Chain Management (SCM) function (e.g., Manufacturing, Planning, Costing, Quality, and Logistics). This involves optimizing workflows, improving communication, and ensuring a cohesive approach to supply chain operations.
- Cross-Functional Synergies: Once internal SCM synergies are established, extend this alignment cross-functionally with other departments such as Sales, Marketing, and Operations. Work collaboratively to ensure that supply chain strategies support broader organizational goals and objectives, driving shared success across teams.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with senior management and cross-functional business leaders to provide valuable insights and guidance for key supply chain decisions, ensuring alignment and execution of strategic goals.
- Innovation & Digital Transformation
- Tool Adoption & Automation: Lead the adoption of advanced digital tools and systems (e.g., Power BI, Oracle, MS Dynamics) to enable a data-driven culture and improve decision-making processes across the supply chain.
- Innovation Leadership: Foster a culture of continuous improvement by introducing innovative practices, automation, and advanced analytical tools to optimize supply chain operations and drive operational efficiency.
- Leadership & Strategic Reporting
- Reporting & Analytics: Prepare and present high-level operational and financial reports, including monthly business reviews (MBRs), performance summaries, and strategic presentations for leadership teams.
Factory Profiling & Optimization: Conduct regular assessments of manufacturing facilities to ensure operational alignment with regional and global supply chain strategies. Drive factory optimization to achieve greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
WAT ZOEKEN WE?
Education
Qualifications & Skills:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field. Advanced degrees (MBA, Data Analytics, data science certification) will have additional advantage.
Experience & Expertise
- Proven experience in supply chain management, budgeting, financial analysis, and process optimization within a manufacturing or operations environment.
- Strong background in cross-functional collaboration and using data to drive strategic business decisions.
Technical Proficiency
- Advanced proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, advanced functions), PowerPoint, and Power BI for reporting and analysis.
- Familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) is advantageous.
Skills
- Analytical & Strategic Thinking: Strong ability to analyze data, identify insights, and translate them into actionable business strategies.
- Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills to present complex data clearly and effectively to senior leadership.
Leadership & Collaboration:
Ability to work cross-functionally, mentor teams, and manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
