Global Supply Chain Director

SUMMARY:
Maxwell and Spark is looking for a Global Supply Chain Director!!!

Who are we?/About us 
Maxwell+Spark is a multinational Greentech company with primary offices in Durban, South Africa and Rotterdam, The Netherlands. We offer our industrial users cost-reducing, low carbon alternatives to traditional energy sources. 
 
Maxwell+Spark, a leader in Li-ion technology for industrial mobility systems, offers job candidates a unique opportunity. With a dynamic team of industry experts and a history of award-winning innovations, our company is on a mission to empower industrial users to transition to clean, renewable energy sources. We stand out for our Li-ion systems that both outperform traditional alternatives and reduce lifetime costs, as well as significantly reducing carbon emissions.  

Maxwell+Spark invites passionate, forward-thinking individuals to join us in shaping the future of industrial mobility, and creating cool tech, for a cooler world. 

Opportunity/Job Purpose 
Leading the global production and distribution of Maxwell+Spark products to reliably deliver high quality products within specification and cost, and on time; thereby ensuring highly satisfied customers. Building and improving the supply chain teams, processes and controls to enable Maxwell+Spark to scale rapidly, in line with its growth ambitions. 

What will you do? 
Role and Responsibilities may include but are not limited to: 
General Responsibilities: 
Strategy:  

• Build the company’s supply chain strategy. 

• Ensure that the supply chain department, and its systems, integrate seamlessly with other departments and their people and systems. 
• Create coordinated plans for business growth. 
• Ensure supply chain divisions integrate seamlessly with one another. 
• Control process flow:  Assess and optimise existing SOP’s, implement new SOP’s where necessary. 
• Ensure staff are correctly trained, particularly on new processes. 
• Obtain buy-in for system changes across departments where necessary. 

• Lead executive team and board reporting on supply chain / operations. 
• Establish, evaluate and report on department KPIs. 
• Analyse data from shipping and delivering processes to find bottlenecks and other issues. 
• Maintain supply chain inventory and records. 

• Grow and build the supply chain team as the company expands. 
• Manage, train and guide employees. 
• Find efficient and cost-effective solutions for supply chain processes.
• Resolve issues (e.g. delays in delivery, accidents).
• Develop and implement safety guidelines in all aspects of the supply chain (e.g. use of trucks, forklifts).
• Ensure supply chain processes meet legal requirements and standards. 

• Management and growth of current production sites in Durban, South Africa and Rotterdam, the Netherlands.  
• Identify additional site needs as required and lead the establishment and management thereof.  
• Responsible for production efficiency, throughput, delivery to schedule, cost and quality. 
• Co-ordination with all departments involved such as Sales, Procurement, Finance and Engineering. 
• Establish production systems e.g. floor management systems 
• Work with production engineer to optimise production processes and equipment. 

• Ensuring effective stock control is maintained across all warehouses and stores, balancing working capital needs against production throughput and growth requirements. 
• Optimising space and flow to ensure efficient operations. 
• Ensure integrations of warehousing systems with the rest of supply chain. 

• Monitor logistics to make sure they run smoothly. 
• Managing complex and time sensitive shipments. 
• Selecting and vetting suppliers.
• Logistics strategies per product and region. 

• Manage quality systems and processes. 
• Ensure correct equipment is available. 
• Quality throughput. 
• Reporting. 

• ERP 
• Facilities 
• IT 
• Correct and timeous resourcing 

• 8+ years experience in a production or supply chain  environment. 
• Experience in international logistics, both sea freight and air freight will be a plus. 
• Experience in a rapidly scaling, entrepreneurial business would be a plus. 
• Excellent knowledge of supply chain processes. 
• Extensive experience of ERP software (ideally Microsoft Business Central). 
• Knowledge of PowerBI would be a plus. 
• Strong communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Creative problem-solving.
• A strategic and analytical mind.
• Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or similar field.
• Experience implementing and operating with ISO9001 processes. 

• Ability and passion in implementing new processes that effect various parts of the company in a high growth, entrepreneurial environment. 
• A natural focus on delivering simplicity, quality and speed vs elaborate processes. 
• Strong ability to communicate to create alignment and buy-in for your vision and execution plans. 
• Proactive attitude and the ability to understand and work in a multi-disciplinary environment. 

• Market related remuneration, depending on experience, skills and qualifications. 
• Rapid salary increases upon strong performance. 
• Medical aid subsidy.  
• Subsidized lunches. 
• Further studies are encouraged and supported 

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