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Sr. Supply Chain Manager
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Sr. Supply Chain Manager
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Summary Of The Position The Sr. Supply Chain Manager implements a strategy to ensure that critical processes run effectively and achieve organizational goals and performance KPIs. The role coordinates the flow of goods and information from origin to consumption, focusing on efficiency, cost, and customer satisfaction. Key responsibilities include managing planning, procurement, inventory, and distribution, as well as resolving bottlenecks and monitoring suppliers.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities Procurement
Manages procurement of raw materials and components per supplier agreements and chemical production site arrangements, respecting stock policy and minimizing waste, in cooperation with Group Purchasing. Consults direct and/or functional hierarchy for high-impact stock/service/destruction issues.
Planning
Builds the Master Production Schedule (MPS) to plan production activities, ensuring optimal customer service within stock policy and industrial constraints.
Provides visibility to production sectors to anticipate organizational changes needed to meet demand.
Leads regular MPS meetings and follows up on related topics.
Animates monthly IBP (integrated business planning) meeting.
Interfaces with central Supply Chain functions to optimize processes (forecasting, net requirements, MPS, technical data, packaging).
Scheduling
Ensures proper scheduling of production operations, with daily operational monitoring to anticipate and respond to disruptions (supply/quality/capacity). Maintains daily flow rituals with all departments.
Warehousing
Supervises the warehouse team and ensures optimal physical flow operations and proper maintenance of related facilities.
Interfaces with HSE team for safety and authorizations.
Safety
Ensures the safety of the department by enforcing safety rules, identifying risks to personnel, participating in safety inspections, proposing corrective actions, and ensuring their implementation.
Responsible for creating and updating the risk assessment document for the area and promoting improvements in safety and working conditions.
HSE coordinator validation required for rule changes.
Regulatory Compliance and Quality
Ensures operations comply with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). Defines and implements best practices, self-inspections, GMP training for staff, and investigates and implements corrective actions after Quality Assurance validation.
In case of deviations, actions must be validated by Quality Assurance.
Team Management
Leads, coordinates, and motivates teams under optimal safety conditions, ensuring mission and objective achievement.
Ensures service efficiency through:
Close supervision
Implementation of regulatory and targeted complementary training
Upward and downward communication
Setting development and performance goals
Monitoring and evaluation
Supports staff development and ensures alignment between skills and sector needs, including recruitment and daily management.
Consults hierarchy; works closely with site HR.
Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement
Identifies short- and medium-term Supply Chain challenges, proposes and implements solutions to optimize human and material resources, aiming to increase efficiency and productivity while minimizing operating and investment costs.
Implements field rituals and visuals to support continuous improvement.
Hierarchy validation required for budget-impacting projects.
Activity Management
Manages activity through indicators, budget preparation, and monitoring for operations and investments of supervised teams.
Interfaces with industrial cost control to forecast, explain, and improve economic performance.
Informs hierarchy; collaborates with Cost Control for budget preparation and financial performance analysis.
Performs other duties as assigned by management.
Department Specific/Non-Essential Functions
Coaching and mentorship skills.
Performs other duties as assigned by management.
Education, Experience, And/or Skill
BA/BS Business or related field.
Master’s Degree preferred.
10+ years of experience in planning and inventory management in an industrial environment (pharmaceutical or consumer packaged goods).
CPM, APICS Certification preferred.
Strong team management experience.
Proficiency in ERP systems and MRP systems.
Excellent skills in Microsoft Office.
Physical Requirements
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk.
Ability to move around a business or warehouse to oversee operations.
Travel to other sites may include international in addition to domestic.
Cognitive Requirements
Change Management.
Strategic Thinking to develop long-term plans.
Decision-making abilities.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Strong attention to detail for accuracy in complex operations.
Creative thinking to innovate and improve processes.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills at all levels.
Great interpersonal skills.
Working Conditions
Occasionally work in areas where personal protective equipment will be required.
Work in areas wherein sitting is required for extended periods, with occasional standing and walking.
Daily and frequently work in front of a computer screen or under bright lighting conditions.
Ability to travel to domestic and international destinations, as required by business needs.
Organizational Relationship/Scope
6 direct reports (Materials and Warehouse) and 19 indirect reports (Warehouse).
Reports dotted line to the Director Global Supply Chain.
Daily interaction with all site teams in procurement, planning, ERP, and inventory issues.
Works closely with marketing, customer service, and corporate procurement.
Works with external vendors.
Backup: direct report (N‑1) depending on operational tasks, coordinated with Site Director.
Monetary Responsibility
Develop yearly budget for the department.
Seniority level Director
Employment type Full-time
Job function Management and Supply Chain
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Sr. Supply Chain Manager
role at
Guerbet
Summary Of The Position The Sr. Supply Chain Manager implements a strategy to ensure that critical processes run effectively and achieve organizational goals and performance KPIs. The role coordinates the flow of goods and information from origin to consumption, focusing on efficiency, cost, and customer satisfaction. Key responsibilities include managing planning, procurement, inventory, and distribution, as well as resolving bottlenecks and monitoring suppliers.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities Procurement
Manages procurement of raw materials and components per supplier agreements and chemical production site arrangements, respecting stock policy and minimizing waste, in cooperation with Group Purchasing. Consults direct and/or functional hierarchy for high-impact stock/service/destruction issues.
Planning
Builds the Master Production Schedule (MPS) to plan production activities, ensuring optimal customer service within stock policy and industrial constraints.
Provides visibility to production sectors to anticipate organizational changes needed to meet demand.
Leads regular MPS meetings and follows up on related topics.
Animates monthly IBP (integrated business planning) meeting.
Interfaces with central Supply Chain functions to optimize processes (forecasting, net requirements, MPS, technical data, packaging).
Scheduling
Ensures proper scheduling of production operations, with daily operational monitoring to anticipate and respond to disruptions (supply/quality/capacity). Maintains daily flow rituals with all departments.
Warehousing
Supervises the warehouse team and ensures optimal physical flow operations and proper maintenance of related facilities.
Interfaces with HSE team for safety and authorizations.
Safety
Ensures the safety of the department by enforcing safety rules, identifying risks to personnel, participating in safety inspections, proposing corrective actions, and ensuring their implementation.
Responsible for creating and updating the risk assessment document for the area and promoting improvements in safety and working conditions.
HSE coordinator validation required for rule changes.
Regulatory Compliance and Quality
Ensures operations comply with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). Defines and implements best practices, self-inspections, GMP training for staff, and investigates and implements corrective actions after Quality Assurance validation.
In case of deviations, actions must be validated by Quality Assurance.
Team Management
Leads, coordinates, and motivates teams under optimal safety conditions, ensuring mission and objective achievement.
Ensures service efficiency through:
Close supervision
Implementation of regulatory and targeted complementary training
Upward and downward communication
Setting development and performance goals
Monitoring and evaluation
Supports staff development and ensures alignment between skills and sector needs, including recruitment and daily management.
Consults hierarchy; works closely with site HR.
Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement
Identifies short- and medium-term Supply Chain challenges, proposes and implements solutions to optimize human and material resources, aiming to increase efficiency and productivity while minimizing operating and investment costs.
Implements field rituals and visuals to support continuous improvement.
Hierarchy validation required for budget-impacting projects.
Activity Management
Manages activity through indicators, budget preparation, and monitoring for operations and investments of supervised teams.
Interfaces with industrial cost control to forecast, explain, and improve economic performance.
Informs hierarchy; collaborates with Cost Control for budget preparation and financial performance analysis.
Performs other duties as assigned by management.
Department Specific/Non-Essential Functions
Coaching and mentorship skills.
Performs other duties as assigned by management.
Education, Experience, And/or Skill
BA/BS Business or related field.
Master’s Degree preferred.
10+ years of experience in planning and inventory management in an industrial environment (pharmaceutical or consumer packaged goods).
CPM, APICS Certification preferred.
Strong team management experience.
Proficiency in ERP systems and MRP systems.
Excellent skills in Microsoft Office.
Physical Requirements
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk.
Ability to move around a business or warehouse to oversee operations.
Travel to other sites may include international in addition to domestic.
Cognitive Requirements
Change Management.
Strategic Thinking to develop long-term plans.
Decision-making abilities.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Strong attention to detail for accuracy in complex operations.
Creative thinking to innovate and improve processes.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills at all levels.
Great interpersonal skills.
Working Conditions
Occasionally work in areas where personal protective equipment will be required.
Work in areas wherein sitting is required for extended periods, with occasional standing and walking.
Daily and frequently work in front of a computer screen or under bright lighting conditions.
Ability to travel to domestic and international destinations, as required by business needs.
Organizational Relationship/Scope
6 direct reports (Materials and Warehouse) and 19 indirect reports (Warehouse).
Reports dotted line to the Director Global Supply Chain.
Daily interaction with all site teams in procurement, planning, ERP, and inventory issues.
Works closely with marketing, customer service, and corporate procurement.
Works with external vendors.
Backup: direct report (N‑1) depending on operational tasks, coordinated with Site Director.
Monetary Responsibility
Develop yearly budget for the department.
Seniority level Director
Employment type Full-time
Job function Management and Supply Chain
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