Technical Manager

Job Main Purpose:

• Develop and implement the Technical strategy to facilitate a cost-effective and economical flow of merchandise from suppliers to end customers while maintaining the highest technical quality standards

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage technical activities including: technical planning and control spare parts procurement, inventory management, warehousing, and transport.
• Prepare and submit for the approval of the annual technical budget.
• Oversee the overall technical budget; monitor the cost and effectiveness of activities to optimize resources and prioritize spending.
• Establish targets in areas such as spare parts purchasing, warehousing, and storage costs and service standards and monitor the performance of all technical activities against these goals.
• Liaise with other department heads across the organization to ensure that technical strategies and activities are integrated with other parts of the business and aligned with the overall corporate objectives.
• Lead, direct, and control all technical policies, procedures, and activities to maximize the efficiency, reliability, timeliness, and cost effectiveness of the organization.
• Identify potential successors and ensuring continuous training and development for the department's staff.
• Develop and implement buying strategies that satisfy the plant needs for spare parts. Strategies should be based on market conditions and Clorox requirements.
• Ensure that the monthly buying plan is developed, maintained and implemented efficiently
• Follow up on inventory levels, to ensure zero runs outs and minimum possible working capital.
• Coordinate with import/export department to insure that imported spare parts shipments are cleared on time.
• Authorize all team spending and spare parts buying checks.
• Constantly Follow up on spare parts prices / quality, and search for lower prices / better quality.
• Co-ordinate/systemize the communication of spare parts quality issues.
• Support the Purchasing team in searching for new/potential suppliers.
• Support the Purchasing team to qualify / develop new suppliers for spare parts.
• Work to avoid sole supplier manipulation.
• Ensure quality of purchased spare parties is within Clorox specifications.
• Develop a good strong work relationship with all our suppliers.
• Regularly update product cost records.
• Conduct new/upgraded product feasibility studies.
• Develop team direction setting based on plant OGSM
• Ensure / do the performance appraisals for team.
• Manage daily team meeting.
• Review team spending and compare it to budget and take the corrective actions in case of deviation.
• Develop team budget forecast for the next year.