Supply Chain Manager

Oakley Recruitment is working in partnership with an expanding organisation based in Tamworth. This is an excellent opportunity to join the team as a Supply Chain Manager on a full-time permanent basis

Culture and Environment

Join a dynamic and welcoming team in an inspiring, collaborative environment. Our client is dedicated to supporting your success by providing comprehensive training, ensuring you have the skills and knowledge to excel in your new role. The workspace is a cutting-edge, contemporary setting, featuring iconic interior design that delivers a true "wow" factor

Personality

The ideal candidate will possess good attention to detail and able to understand complex and large volume data. You will be managing and overseeing the timely delivery of all goods and services required by the business. Coordinating the planning team to ensure purchase orders are placed in good time, delivery is expedited as required, and live inventory stocks are managed in line with business demands. You will have the ability to manage effective relationships with Customer Services, Commercial, Logistics, Warehouse and Suppliers to manage all aspects of the supply chain team responsibilities.


Reward

• Monday to Friday 37.5 hrs
• Full training provided
• 25 days holiday plus an option to buy or sell up to 5 extra days per year
• Free parking
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• Health cash plan
• Share save scheme
• Discounts on products and services

Job Role:

• Supporting the Procurement Director in establishing annual plan setting out key objectives, creating suitable reports that provide for accurate monthly updates
• Managing Supply Chain Team including Inbound Logistics ensuring team are assigned clear roles and responsibilities with agreed objectives.
• Ensuring all purchase orders for goods and services are placed accurately
• Overseeing the organisation, planning/ booking of land, air and sea freight services
• Coordinating delivery to warehouses within the constraints of resources available for both off-loading and storage capacity
• Taking accountability for the accurate upkeep of essential business information platforms related to supply chain including, estimated time of arrival of goods at warehouse sites, container shipping status and details of goods in transit.
• Role of ‘Super User’ in the stock product forecasting tools like Slimstock and Epicor
• Working in conjunction with Product Development and Procurement teams to support the introduction or amendment of new products & ranges.
• Maintaining relationships with all relevant internal and external parties
• Proactively participating in forecasting discussions with the Commercial, Sales & Marketing departments
• Taking ownership of delays, shortages, and capacity problems when they occur providing timely & accurate information to relevant business stakeholders
• Designing and creating suitable management reports & metrics to highlight the work in the function, providing context for any variances of note
• Collating and managing all documentation to satisfy good record keeping and compliance to GDPR standards whilst ensuring that all other departments are fully supported with their information requirements
• Monitoring and managing supplier performance against agreed service level agreements
• Assisting in the arrangement of pre-shipment inspections, factory & social audits together with helping the quality assurance department to close out any identified non-conformances
• Keeping abreast of any changes in legislation and import tariffs
• Communicating relevant changes of note to all internal stakeholders
• Regularly and proactively review supplier capacity to enable correct scheduling of supply chain planning activities and to support the team to optimise tasks
• Taking responsibility to ensure the supply chain team members are adequately trained and that they work in a cohesive manner to eliminate duplication and waste

Skills and experience:

• Experience working in matrix organisation, ability to monitor supply chain capacity
• Using accurate information to execute relevant tasks & decisions
• Ability to proactively organise own work and that of others
• Essential to have a working knowledge of the process to book and manage all logistics for inbound goods
• Understanding of the process & related documentation of importing goods for resale
• Be responsible for managing supplier relationships in the timely delivery, within agreed cost, of all purchased goods & services
• Must be commercially astute with strong understanding of how supply chain operations impact a business
• Ensuring relevant system data is accurately maintained to enable good quality reports to be generated
• An excellent team orientated individual, flexible and adaptable individual with can-do attitude
• Managing all documentation to satisfy good record keeping and compliance to GDPR standards
• A creative thinker who will seek solutions and optimum ways to complete tasks
• Good working knowledge of Excel with strong numerical and analytical skills
• Working knowledge of Slim Stock or other MRP software solutions

Please Note: We do not contact or write to unsuccessful candidates. If we have not contacted you within 48 hours of your application, you should presume that your application was unsuccessful. By applying for this vacancy, you are permitting for Oakley Recruitment to contact you and retain your details. In compliance with the regulations (April 2004) in place under the Employment Agencies Act, Oakley Recruitment will require proof of identification. A copy of your passport, birth certificate and NI number will be required, as part of your interview process.