Project Supply Chain Lead at Alstom

Job Purpose

• 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