Plant Supply Chain / Logistics Manager (m/f/n), Trivium Packaging, Weißenthurm, Germany
MAZE –International (Headhunters / Executive Search) is looking for Candidates for this position:
Plant Supply Chain / Logistics Manager (m/f/n)
And this company: Trivium Packaging Weißenthurm
Division: Europe
Business Unit: Nutrition
Direct reports: 5
Indirect reports: 10
Purpose of the job:
The Plant Supply Chain / Logistics Manager is responsible for the entire supply chain of a Plant from getting goods from suppliers, through manufacturing goods to delivering as per internal or external customer’s request. Ensuring smooth communication and alignment between customer service planning, scheduling, production departments, QA and shipping. Aligns with the BU SC Manager on network optimization and intrasite deliveries.
Responsible for executing and continuous improving Plant Supply Chain
Key Responsabilities:
· Collaborates with customer service on order entry, forecasting and deliveries to customers
· Master Production Planning: Collaborates with central production planning on capacity utilization, stock level requirements and ensures plant specifics are itranslated into planning
· Scheduling: Management of shop orders and stocks, optimization of production runs, calculation of demand
· Inventory Management: optimize inventory levels to achieve targets
· Logistics Operations: Responsible for shipping and OTIF delivery, Internal movements, goods receipts, external Warehousing, and Transport. Drives a zero-accident culture (HSE), optimizes movements and (external) warehouse capacity, ensures accurate physical stock takes and proper shipping documentation
· Collaborates with customer service on order entry, forecasting and deliveries to customers
· Master Production Planning: Collaborates with central production planning on capacity utilization, stock level requirements and ensures plant specifics are itranslated into planning
· Scheduling: Management of shop orders and stocks, optimization of production runs, calculation of demand
· Inventory Management: optimize inventory levels to achieve targets
· Logistics Operations: Responsible for shipping and OTIF delivery, Internal movements, goods receipts, external Warehousing, and Transport. Drives a zero-accident culture (HSE), optimizes movements and (external) warehouse capacity, ensures accurate physical stock takes and proper shipping documentation
· Collaborate with BU Supply Chain: Aligns with BU SC Manager and other Plant SC Managers in the BU on optimal network planning, required capacities, intracompany deliveries
· Collaborate with procurement: responsible for call-of of materials to ensure production
· Continuous Improvement: drives continuous improvement in the total Value Stream of the plant with focus on lead-time reduction.
· Builds and motivates a successful team that drives performance and embodies the Trivium values
o Creates a strong performance management culture, recognizing achievements and quickly acting on consequences
o Assess the current team's capabilities against role expectations. Build the team's capabilities to be able to grow into future roles. Ensures succession for key roles, collaborates with HR on succession plan
· Understands and acts on OHI feedback (employee survey feedback) and drives actions to increase ownership of all employees in Supply Chain
KPI´s:
· Leading and lagging safety KPIs
· OTIF
· Stock levels (euros and covers)
· Logistics costs (to be implemented)
· Number of D items (portfolio rationalization)
· Forecast deviations
· SC budget realization
· OHI department score
· Team succession plan/performance assessment
Complexity:
· Number of items (sku’s) and BOM’s
· Lack of rationalization of items and technologies
· Variation of demand (forecast deviation)
· High flexibility required from customer (lead times in days) Vs lack of flexibility from metal suppliers (lead times in months)
Key Business contacts (internal)
AM’s and KAM’s, Plant MT members, BU SC, Procurement, Internal Sales
Key Business contacts (external)
Customers (Buyer or Planner), Supplier (Customer Service), Logistics Providers
Decision making authority:
· Decision to ship goods to customers.
· Decision to supply components and raw materials from Intragroup or suppliers.
· Decision to supply printed sheets from intragroup or external printshops
· Decision to launch production orders.
· MRP parameters (Safety stocks, batch sizes, lead-times, …)
· Schedule compromises and optimisation
Know how:
Education & Training:
· Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Business (ideally also Engineering), ideally focus on:
- Supply Chain (S&OP, stock management, sales admin)
- Lean Operations would be advantageous
Experience:
· Design thinking
· Full supply chain life cycle, Mater Planning, S&OP and plants scheduling
· Procurement
· Inventory optimisation
· Supply chain management software’s (ERP’s, EDI, Scanning, S&OP, …)
· Customer audits, ideally FMCG customer audit experience
· B2B sales
· ‘Real’ P&L /General Manager responsibility
· Languages (German native plus English mandatory, French, Italian and/or Dutch nice to have)
· Experience as trainer, with train-the trainer programs
· Sales Experiences advantageous
Competencies:
· Good business acumen and understanding of customer needs
· Strategic in thinking, tactical in implementing
· Is results-driven
· Is a people leader, can build followership
· Is hands-on/practical, at ease in the day to day and firefighting
· Has the ability to cooperate and communicate on all levels including to customers, is a team player and possesses great interpersonal and communicational skills
· Is autonomous and self-supporting with good alignment
· Has analytical skills at high level, at ease with data crunching
· Is a pro-active problem solver
Where to apply:
If interested, please contact:
Mrs. Kirstie de Bruyn, Msc.
MAZE – International
Maximilianstraße 2
80539 München, Germany
T: +49 (0)89 66011096
M: +49 (0)176 54423806
W: www.maze-international.com
E: k.debruyn@maze-international.com