Openings at BIC

The Manager Supply Management & Logistics & Indirect Procurement Middle East & Africa (MEA) will lead and support the development of the procurement strategy definition, and actively participate to the strategic sourcing activities, with the goal of achieving significant year-on-year cost and productivity improvements while maintaining or improving service levels and delivering innovation and value to its stakeholders. His/her primary responsibility will be Logistics procurement for the MEA zone, and it is also expected the successful candidate will also act as the Single Point of contact for all other Indirect Procurement activities in the region and seek direction and support from the global category team or Sourcing Excellence team to increase overall spend coverage in MEA. He/ She will work closely with key stakeholders (both internal and external) in member organizations and in corporate functions to develop effective procurement strategies and implementation plans. In this position, the Manager Supply Management will report directly to the Senior Manager Supply Management in charge of procurement categories described below.

GLOBAL CATEGORIES UNDER SCOPE

• Logistics – Ground Transport, Warehousing, Co-packing,  as a main responsibility (60 to 70% of worktime)
• Other indirect Categories as needed

MAIN MISSION

• Build and implement the MEA Logistics procurement strategies aligned with global guidelines, and lead their implementation with local stakeholders
• Clarify opportunities of improvements and implement
• Identify and Leverage value-add proposals and innovation from Partners/Suppliers
• Ensure close work with stakeholders located in MEA
• Be a close partner with stakeholders and their go-to for procurement planning/strategizing
• In close collaboration with the regional Business Partner, act as the 'ears on the ground' to keep the Indirect category team informed of local business needs and realities.
• Support, at times, the RFP process for other indirect categories in the region

MAIN GOALS

• Strategy for all logistics procurement in the region- build a short and long-term roadmap to develop/reinforce partnerships. Align to global logistics procurement strategy and templates
• Implement SRM methods and structure to optimize the value added provided by suppliers (using global template, approach)
• Conduct Strategic RFP in collaboration with Stakeholders and other procurement teams
• Provide significant year-on-year cost improvements (hard savings, soft savings, innovation etc)
• Ensure budget visibility and stability in the long term, Implement productivity and innovative improvements
• Secure supply
• Challenge quality and service level : maintain and improve
• Support BIC’s roadmap with regards to ESG and sustainability
• Ensure needs of stakeholders are delivered using internal support from colleagues : Business Partnering, Sustainable Procurement, Center of Excellence and Operational Procurement teams.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Manager Supply Management & Business Partner will have the following specific responsibilities:

• Ability to build a Procurement category strategy for all logistics suppliers in MEA region
• Coordinate the Category Strategy Planning:
• Collect category insights (with Analytics) & create category profiles,
• Identify opportunities & prioritize projects (with Business Partner)
• Supplier mapping and road mapping of sourcing events, contracts
• Implement
• Support/ Coordinate the development and deployment of procurement strategies related to the assigned categories.
• Follows alignment to priorities and performance goals, executes the strategy and implements strategic procurement efforts and innovation in specific categories as necessary and appropriate.
• Deploy sourcing best practices globally and ensure they are widely adopted
• Follow strategy implementation.
• Track forecasted performance vs. actual savings for the categories.
• Assist in finding solutions to mitigate any supply risk
• Represent sourcing categories with Group stakeholders.
• Communicate sourcing market trends/results for categories to key stakeholders.
• Work with finance stakeholders to ensure savings are built and measurable into budgets and the annual operating plan.
• Support the sourcing team to be actively engaged in core business processes.
• Provide regional/local budget input on market effect, standards and productivity initiatives impacting costs
• Participate in the process to select and monitor suppliers.
• Coordinate the supplier selection and negotiation process for key sourcing teams and overall management of the strategic suppliers to the group.
• Lead regional/ local sourcing strategies in alignment with the global category strategy and oversee sourcing events
• Maintain expertise in the categories of spend. Remain current with market trends through relationships with Supply Managers, suppliers and market experts, and ensure that we have a process to gain access/familiarity with emerging supplier capabilities
• Execute the Group Sustainability Targets and the sourcing strategies include Sustainable Development
• Uphold internal and external policies, regulations, contracts management and laws, as well as monitoring suppliers’ quality, risk and compliance
• Provide needs insight with regards to other Indirect Categories and support deployment plans as needed
   

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MAIN PURPOSE:

• Sets and maintains all machines to obtain their optimum efficiencies, ensures that all planned maintenance work is done according to the schedules and that all records are kept up to date, liaise with QA personnel and strives to maintain high quality standards. Will, when necessary, assist with new projects deemed and work overtime when required. Manage, diagnose and maintain digital PLC equipment. 

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES / TASKS 

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE: 

• Production manager 
• Technical Foreman 
• Technician 

REQUIRED EDUCATION: 

• Millwright 
• Electrician 
• N4 Mechanical/N4 Electrical or above  
• Formal PLC training  

REQUIRED WORK EXPERIENCE: 

• With at least 5 years maintenance and setting experience of high-speed packaging, assembly, printing, and manufacturing machines with a thorough knowledge of the implementation and the successful running of a machine maintenance schedule.  

PLC Diagnoses and coding: 

• Will need to be able to understand, read and program PLC controllers (Preferably OMRON). PLC experience is a must.  

Machine setting: 

• Technicians must develop the skills for the setting of all assembly machines (Mechanical and electrical)  

Machine overhauling: 

• Will do running and preventative maintenance according to a planned maintenance program: liaise with the foreman to ensure that all machines and equipment are mechanically sound with adequate lubrication. Technicians will ensure that the necessary schedules are filled in at the end of each shift and have been signed off by their supervisor. 

Production: 

• Technicians must be aware of the outputs of various machines and equipment, to achieve the highest possible output figures. Will strive to maintain optimum settings, will report any problems related to the non-performance of machines/ equipment and/ or both to the foreman. Will assist with operator and supervisor training on Assembly Machines and inform them of any standard procedural changes. Technicians are to ensure that all machines on plan should be in running order before the end of their shift. 

Quality Assurance: 

• Will consider quality as a key component of all work that is done and products that are manufactured on the machines/ Equipment under his care, will have a thorough knowledge of the product and its components. Will continually seek to meet the standards required for all products and will advise the QA Department of any non-performance of the product and or its components.  

Safety and housekeeping: 

• Prevents and minimizes hazards, ensures that the areas around the machines and equipment are kept clean and tidy by the operatives at all times and that they meet with BIC’s requirements. If these requirements are not met he will report this to his foreman / or the Safety Representative for that area. We are an ISO 14001 compliant company and technicians are required to prevent and minimize any environmental hazardous and report any possible risks to the foreman and or HSE manager. Safety must be the priority and near miss reporting is required. Good 5S knowledge and implementation. 

Working hours 

• Assembly Technicians are required to work shifts, including weekends and overtime when required and as per shift rosters.  

Security: 

• The incumbent will be aware that the removal of any company property from the premises (Manufactured product and equipment) without prior written permission is a criminal offence. He will report any suspicious removal of the same to the engineering foreman or security personnel. The incumbent will understand that he is indirectly responsible for security in and around his work areas.  

Employee Relations: 

• The incumbent will be aware of the importance of having good working relations with his colleagues. All the operatives in his work areas and all persons he may have to deal with during the course of a day. 

Confidentiality: 

• The incumbent must be aware that he will have privileged information regarding the manufacturing and all processes which is the property of BIC SA. He is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this information is strictly prohibited.  

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Red seal Qualified Fitter & turner or Qualified Millwright 
• National senior certificate N4 or higher (Mechanical or electrical) 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

• Technicians may be required to take additional responsibilities as required by the engineering department, as well as any other duties that would enhance and improve the services of this department.