Supply Chain Manager
Tawasol -
Sheraton, CairoPosted 6 years ago231Applicants for1 open position
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Planning/Scheduling:
- Oversees all planning and scheduling activities.
- Works closely with Sales and Engineering on new jobs and product developments.
- Provides input into staffing and capacity needs in order to maximize productivity and efficiency.
Estimating:
- Maintains the standards used for job quotes and schedule lead times.
- Works with engineering to order time studies used for ERP input.
Purchasing:
- Negotiates cost reductions.
- Identifies primary and alternate sources for each item needed and encourages suppliers to remain competitive to achieve best value (quality, lead time, parts and service)
- Works with quality manager to qualify suppliers and to monitor their performance.
- Incorporates drawings, quality specifications and requirements into purchase orders to maintain high-quality standards and expectations.
- Establishes and enforces procedures to ensure proper recording, storage and tracking of all items purchased by the Company.
- Monitors prices of major commodities; analyzes impact based on annual usage and reports findings to management for budgeting purposes.
- Monitors significant trends, changes in suppliers, and prices to capitalize on opportunities and/or protect company positions.
- Prepares and issues POs for complex or specialized parts/materials to support production and sales.
- Researchers and identifies non-standard or at risk parts and assist in developing new sources of supply.
- Contacts carriers to negotiate contracts/pricing, troubleshoot problems, and to arrange/coordinate challenging shipments.
Supplier Management:
- Manages the relationships between many different suppliers.
- Selects suppliers and works with Quality Manager to qualify and measure performance in areas of quality, on-time-delivery, technical resources/support and ease of doing business.
- Negotiates terms to obtain necessary materials and product in timely and most cost-effective manner.
- Solicits promotions, discounts, markdowns, warehousing options and favorable payment terms from suppliers.
Logistics:
- Oversees the shipping and receiving functions.
- Negotiates in-bound and outbound freight and carrier contracts and terms.
- Responsible for ordering and importing sea containers, as well as complying with customs regulations and maintaining relationships with freight forwarders and coordinating their efforts.
Job Requirements
Knowledge
- Telecommunication experience
- Knowledge of every market brands, the advantage, and disadvantage of every brand
- Awareness of each product qualifications and market price
Skills
- Good spoken and written communication skills
- Excellent negotiating and networking skills
- Good judgment and analytical ability
- Good English is written and spoken
Abilities
- Mathematical ability, to work with figures and budgets
- An organized approach
- Good business sense
- Leadership skills and the ability to work well as part of a team
- The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
Required Training:
- MBA
- Supply Chain Diploma