Supply Chain Manager
About The Position
The Supply Chain Manager at BENTELER Automotive is responsible for managing the team to support plant supply chain and production goals. This role involves developing and implementing plant supply chain strategies aligned with higher-level objectives, ensuring compliance with global standards and processes, and optimizing supply chain operations for efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The position also requires acting as a key contact for customers, suppliers, and service providers, and promoting a positive and productive work environment. The major challenge of this role is balancing part availability with minimum inventory investment, transportation costs, and efficient plant operations, while managing fluctuating customer demands. The manager will make decisions regarding inventory levels, transportation costs, and staffing, and recommend actions for business system improvements and supplier sourcing.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, or Supply Chain Management
- At least 5-10 years managerial work experience in a global Logistics or Supply Chain organization
- Experience working with international automotive parts suppliers preferred
- Position will require having up to 10 direct reports plus responsibility for the plant’s greater Logistics organization
- Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and sitting most of the time. Limited walking and standing
Nice To Haves
- Master’s Degree in Supply Chain Management a plus
- Any related management certification a plus
Responsibilities
- Provides input for plant strategy, develops the plant Supply Chain strategy according to higher level strategies
- Implements the Supply Chain plant organization structure according to global standards
- Implements and maintains global and regional standards and processes
- Derives Supply Chain plant targets from the higher level (global / regional) target and defines additional Supply Chain targets for the plant and ensures their achievement and initiates countermeasures
- Introduces sustainable Supply Chain processes into Process "Make & Deliver"
- Ensures compliance with global/regional standard processes and regulations
- Implements and ensures that customer requirements are met
- Ensures the implementation of the capacity planning tool in the plant
- Ensures the high quality of Supply Chain master data and that all interfaces are met; monitors the quality of Supply Chain master data and initiates countermeasures
- Optimizes Supply Chain processes and working capital according to BOSLE principles; increases delivery services
- Acts as contact person for customers, suppliers and service providers, transport forwarder on plant level
- Ensures proper securing of loads
- Promotes a respectful work environment and recruits, develops and retains (functionally and disciplinarily reporting) resources to maintain a qualified, motivated and productive workforce. Leads by example and lives up to Benteler’s mission, values and global leadership principles. Uses standard HR tools e.g. the appraisal process to provide regular feedback and agree upon tasks and goals with respective employees
- Participates as a member of the plant leadership team by helping to achieve ongoing business goals and planning for future plant initiatives related to the Supply Chain
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
