Supply Chain Manager - Westlake at Cape Herb & Spice

Elements of the role:

• People Management
• Liaison between Sales, NPD & Operations
• Operational strategy implementation
• Oversight of forecasting & demand planning
• Operational cost management and costing (i.e., production cost recovery)
• Problem Solving
• Decision making – balance commercial, operational & technical aspects.
• Stock control – manage risk of write-offs.

Key Functional Areas:

Commercial & Strategic: (40%)

• Act as liaison between manufacturing operations and sales to drive growth.
• Drive annual gifting division commercial strategy and budgets.
• Work with Account Managers to analyse sales and identify sales opportunities in both the local and export markets.
• Problem solve, streamline, and optimize internal processes for gifting.
• Production cost recovery calculations for new products

Operational Implementation: (60%)

• Co-ordinate with NPD and Procurement departments to facilitate timely launch of new products.
• Troubleshoot production for new and existing products.
• Oversee procurement to ensure on time delivery and responsible ordering.
• Drive production orders through the system to meet customer needs.
• Oversee annual operational plan and demand planning for standard range of gifts.
• Problem solve product development and operational issues.

Required Prior Learning/ Experience

• Relevant Tertiary qualification (BCom, BSc, Project Management or Business Management advantageous)
• 3-5 year’s working experience in related role
• Experience in:
• People Management
• Production Management
• Supply Chain / Operations Management
• Forecasting
• Project Management
• ERP Systems
• Business Intelligence