Supply Chain Manager

This is a  Management role with a full responsibility for the successful running of the Supply Chain operation for this highly successful manufacturing company based in Portlaoise.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• The ability to lead and motivate a team.
• Strong planning, supervisory and leadership skills.
• Keen attention to detail and accuracy.
• Understanding of company products and logistics.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to plan and deliver against deadlines.
• Commercially and financially aware.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Ability to create and maintain positive working relationships with staff, vendors and shippers. 

Duties:

Analyse current inventories and procedures; suggests improvements to increase efficiency of supply chain and profitability for the company.

Effective organisation & storage of stock, visibility & traceability.

Maintain required quantity of supplies and materials to optimise production.

Organise efficient order picking to ensure a continuous & efficient flow of materials to assembly lines as required by production.

Maintain accurate inventories of materials (regular cycle counting and reconciling variances) and supplies located in the company and off-site storage locations.

Negotiates prices for raw material and delivery with suppliers and shipping companies.

Monitor the performance of suppliers, assessing their ability to meet quality and delivery requirements; identify and qualify new suppliers in collaboration with other departments.

Oversee receiving, warehousing and distributions operations, including yard and eternal storage facilities.

Develop and identify optimal shipment and transportation routes for company truck and external freight providers with attention to consolidation of warehousing and distribution.

Responsible for managing the execution, direction, and coordination of all transportation matters within the organisation.

Develop policies to increase efficiency throughout the supply chain while ensuring quality and safety.

Assesses the need for staffing and make recommendations to ensure efficient loading, unloading, movement, and storage of materials.

Participation in the middle management team, presenting departmental KPI’s and plans to achieve targets.

Act as part of the team coordinating engineering changes, new product line development/launches to ensure timely and orderly material and production flow transitions.

Effectively troubleshoot any issues that may arise.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

send your CV to angela@shorttrecruitment.ie or upload through the website.

Further information can also be supplied by contact the agency by phone.