General Manager: Supply Chain

Overview

To manage, lead and direct the entire process of procurement and sourcing, inventory management and control, logistics and warehousing, and all associated supply chain activities. Collaboration with Strategic Business Sector GM’s and lead the development and implementation of planning, sourcing, logistics and procurement strategies that meet the business’s requirements. Responsible for the development and implementation of frameworks, procedures, and processes that provide guidance and direction to supply chain functions across the business.

Qualifications

• University / Post Graduate in Supply Chain or related qualification

Experience

• General Experience: Wide and deep experience providing expert competence (10 years’ + experience in a senior Supply Chain leadership role)
• Managerial Experience: Experience with interpreting strategy and policy in order to set and deliver against objectives.

Duties

• Take responsibility for setting and managing departmental budgets so they align with organisational strategy.
• Take responsibility for developing and delivering change management plans and achieving outcomes that support the organisation''s overall strategy.
• Develop and obtain approval for annual business plans for a function or substantial business area, ensuring alignment with overall company business strategy; quantify business outcomes; detail expense and headcount budgets; and develop business cases for key projects, ensuring cross-functional integration.
• Communicate the function''s strategy and its relationship to the organisation''s mission, vision and values; clarify the actions needed to implement it within the area of responsibility; motivate people to commit to these to achieve the organization''s business goals.
• Manage strategic customer and customer relationships.
• Support the overall organisational strategy by developing and delivering operational plans and acceptable outcomes for supply chain across the business.
• Identify and manage stakeholders to top management level, establishing needs/issues/concerns and responding to these in the required manner. Lead and coordinate the development of supply chain stakeholder engagement plans to support the communication of business information and decisions.
• Identify the capabilities needed to meet the current and emerging business needs of supply chain. Evaluate current capabilities, identify gaps, and prioritise development activities.
• Motivate others to develop their capabilities and fulfil their personal potential. Build capabilities elsewhere in the organisation through mentoring and other informal methods.
• Take overall responsibility for designing, developing and delivering the organisation''s supplier management strategy. Personally manage one or more strategically important supplier relationships.
• Lead and review planning activities for the overall supply chain in a complex manufacturing business, including all applicable processes/units/suppliers. Lead the design and development of the overall supply chain planning framework and systems.
• Manage the delivery of the business’s procurement strategy.
• Collect and analyse the key cost drivers, market dynamics and issues, areas of innovation, and alternative suppliers for business-critical risk area(s) with few alternatives/high costs of changing.
• Lead the development and delivery of Performance Management and Talent Development methods and processes to meet business needs and to support individuals in realising their potential. Provide guidance and personal coaching to own team on implementation in the supply chain function and in applying these processes with their direct reports.