Project Supply Chain Lead
Alstom · Johannesburg, Gauteng
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- To co-ordinate Supply Chain activities for Motors and represent the Supply Chain function within the Project Core Team.
Supply Chain Management
- Develop and effectively manage the procurement and logistics team for Motors Manufacturing.
- Set up and synchronize Supply Chain processes vs Industrial requirements.
- Drive key activities to ensure all conditions related to suppliers' deliveries, logistics flows, stock policy and system management are met while meeting logistics quality, cost and delivery QCD objectives.
- Manage specific conditions for vendors ensuring compliance with the terms of the contract e.g. delivery on time in full – OTIF.
- Responsible to pass the gate review related to Supply Chain design for quality - DFQ.
- Develop processes to ensure the integrity of data needed to run efficient material resources planning MRP.
- Improve the performance of the supply chain through the appropriate use of tools and techniques and promote continuous improvement.
- Support supplier performance development.
- Plan workload and activities to synchronise all stakeholders of the Supply Chain while maintaining service levels and reducing global inventories.
- Undertake short term planning to coordinate line replenishment and track missing parts, in line with the maintenance plan.
- Plan all interfaces to suppliers to ensure materials availability.
- Coordinate Supply Chain activities related to planning changes, suppliers' changes or technical modifications with significant impact on supplier's capacity or logistics flows.
- Provide the date of modifications applicability rank to avoid excess inventory.
- Support Supply Chain organisation in case of critical deliveries issues at suppliers.
- Manage Material Availability missing parts and anticipate material shortage
- Co-ordinate all Supply Chain activities to secure the end of production Missing Parts while minimising costs and obsolete inventories.
Warehouse Management
- Ensure that employees operate in an environment that complies with company Health, Safety and Environmental policies.
- Define Vendors' requirements regarding logistics.
- Define warehouse layouts, its internal flows and storage policy.
- Define line feeding layout and kitting associated.
- Manage continuous improvement plans for internal and external flows: key actors to enable APSYS deployment internal/external pull flow, kit sizing, logistic specification elaboration, material footprint layout etc.
- Manage physical material flow goods reception, warehousing, picking, kitting, online replenishment, parts shipment, transport.
- Monitor and manage inventory levels.
- Oversee the monitoring of physical stock value level and Work in Progress WIP levels
People Management
- Prioritise resources, facilitate alignment of the team, and set and cascade KPA's.
- Drive appropriate behaviour in line with company values through inspiring commitment, encouraging mutual support, and enabling development opportunities.
- Champion and drive a performance culture in line with the vision, mission and strategic objectives of the organisation.
- Proactively manage all direct reports to ensure that the strategic objectives for the function are met, managing non-performance and disciplinary procedures.
- Ensure that all resources within scope of control have the requisite skills and competency sets through mentorship and coaching.
- Ensure people management practices are implemented to achieve the desired results in employee engagement, empowerment, skills development, attraction and retention of key talent, succession planning, etc.
- Maintain an environment where employees respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into all processes, procedures, and practices.
- Become the change champion for all functional change, culture and diversity projects and programmes.
- Implement a learning culture within scope of control.
- Develop and execute functional and leadership skills development strategies in consultation with Human Capital Management.
Minimum Requirements
- Degree in Logistics / Supply Chain.
- Post graduate qualification in Supply Chain. advantageous
- 5 - 8 Years Experience in supply chain in an industrial / manufacturing environment including application of ERP systems e.g. SAP Supply Chain and project management