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Site Supply Chain Manager

Location: 

Baramati, MH, IN, 413133

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About The Role

Represents supply chain in local plant management team and will put in place

● Raw material call offs

● Production scheduling

● In plant logistics and inventory management/controlling

● Transport planning call-off

The core purpose of the role is to deliver the supply plan of the site and collaborate with site leadership to enable execution of this supply plan.

 

Key Responsibilities Include

● Responsible for overall performance of the site supply chain process

● Responsible for a healthy and safe environment for stakeholders directly and indirectly involved in supply chain processes (and product movements)

● Owns the raw material and packaging replenishment process to the site

● Owns the production scheduling activity of the site (adherence to schedule/plan KPI)

● Owns the relationship with Global planning regarding production planning parameters and output reviews

● Translating the customer sales orders and the weekly Operational plan into daily schedule, maintains frozen period

● Provide visibility and communicate with clarity the detail production schedule with the respective stakeholders (materials, CS, production, maintenance, process, QA, warehouse, transport)

● Coordinate between functions to ensure smooth production flow and production schedule adherence

● Highlight/align on any impact to the Operational plan and/or upstream/downstream schedule due to execution issues

● Provide timely input to the national planning lead and/or upstream/downstream scheduler by coordinating within the site team as needed

● Optimize service and cost of service working closely with the national planning lead and site teams

● Owns the inventory management activity for raw material, packaging and finished product on site

● Owns the warehousing and transport for flows to and from the site (may vary per local/regional SC context)

● Owns the on-site logistics activities & workforce (material handling, pallet movements, reception, (un)loading)

● Responsible for site supply chain costs, quality and service for this scope

● Responsible for site supply chain productivity. Drives initiatives to achieve productivity

● Responsible for compliance of local supply chain process with regulations, customer requirement and group standards

● Develops and maintains relation with internal and external stakeholders involved in supply chain

● Drives initiatives to achieve quality and service improvements

● Cascades and monitors KPI’s to deliver expected performance benefits. Main KPIs being Site OTIF, schedule adherence and inventory accuracy.

● Conducts and supports internal and external audits as required

● Develops team and drives effective succession planning in line with organizational needs

● Develops and employee-oriented company culture that emphasizes quality, continuous improvement, employee retention and development for high performance

● Act as SPOC for global and regional supply chain functions

● Maintain and own FTA related documentation

● Scope

o raw material, packaging and finished goods handled/stored on site

o logistics for inbound flows from supplier/regional DC to plant and outbound flows from plant to regional           

  DC/customer (ownership of outbound logistics may vary per local/regional SC context)

o Production schedule for (semi) finished goods produced on site, using planning tools where applicable

o Physical stock count activity, reconciliation activity and related actions

● Travel requirements: 5 to 10%

● Others: external service providers or other local supply chain entities

 

About You 

● Bachelor or master degree in business administration, economics / Engineering or similar

● Preferably APIC CPIM certified

● Proven experience in senior supply chain management role

● Strong communication & presentation skills

● Ability to lead and manage change in a complex environment

● Proficient in English

● Strong understanding of plant related supply chain process

● Experience in supply chain (continuous) improvement process

● Good knowledge of Forecast to Stock and Order to Cash process

● Experience working with external logistic providers

● Excellent communication skills

● Good analytical skills

● Ability to bring people together, set a common agenda and manage interfaces between functions

● Ability to drive change in a collaborative way

● Ability to communicate adequately across the organization, from shop floor to senior stakeholders

● Good analytical skills

● Ability to build diverse and inclusive teams

           

 

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.

If you want to learn more about Barry Callebaut, please find further information here.

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