Supply Chain Manager Horsens

Position Job Title: Supply Chain Manager

BG and BU: AFEMEA , CP&S BU

Function: Operations

Location: AF Horsens

Line Manager’s Job Title: Plant General Manager

Advertising Legal Entity: Amcor Flexibles Denmark Aps

Work contract Legal Entity: Amcor Flexibles Denmark Aps

Contract Length: Permanent

Job Purpose

The Supply Chain Manager (SCM) is part of Site Management Team (SMT) and a key enabler to achieve service and operational excellence, to simplify processes and portfolios, to optimize inventory & all costs between AF Horsens and its internal/external business partners.

The SCM is responsible for the coordination of the order flow steps that efficiently transform Customers Orders into Deliveries i.e.: Production Order processing, procurement & supply of raw material, services and consumables, inventory management, planning, warehousing & delivery and invoicing.

The SCM provides skills & leadership to ensure a high level of performance within the areas of demand forecasting/planning, scheduling, inventory management, delivering & KPI setting. The SCM role also encompasses the coordination and collaboration with supply partners & customers, as well as integrating supply and demand management within and across companies.

Job Dimensions & Scope

Financial: about € 100 million  

Staff: Number of direct reports: 5 (Indirect reports around 14)

Scope & Geographical spread: AF Horsens

External relations:

• Customers & suppliers

Internal relations:

Corporate level:

• Supply chain
• Procurement
• Product Management & Marketing
• Sales organization

Plant level

• PGM
• SMT
• Production
• Finance & Commercial
• Quality & Technical  

Principal Accountabilities

Main Responsibilities

• Efficient & effective order fulfillment
• Fulfill customer demands through the most efficient use of resources
• Contact with customers and suppliers. Customer satisfaction
• On Time In Full and In Specification Deliveries (DIFOTIS)

• Procurement
• Sourcing strategically to strike a balance between lowest material cost and availabilities.
• Manage Supplier Performance
• Identify & deliver Procurement Savings

• Planning
• Sales & Operational Planning
• Material & Manufacturing resource planning
• Capacity setting to match budget, forecast and demand
• Customer forecast management
• Optimizing detailed scheduling of plant’s operations

• Inventory Management
• Match demand with minimal inventory
• Optimize inventory management

• Distribution & transportation
• Warehousing supervision (interna external)
• Transport cost & efficiency optimization

• Continuous Improvement
• CI and Lean Six Sigma activities and projects at Supply Chain area
• Simplification & effectiveness
• Maintain knowledge & use of the latest supply chain & logistic tools and processes
• Push & Pull environment knowledge, JIT (Just In Time) techniques to optimize manufacturing flow

• Performance reporting
• Monthly Management Report
• KPI’s (ie: On Time Delivery, On Time In Full, Out of Stock, Materials Slow Moving), DIO, …)

• Managing your team
• Develop talent
• Succession planning
• Performance Management

Qualifications/Requirements

1. Formal Qualifications And Experience           

• University/Master’s degree in field of Supply Chain or similar (Preferably)
• Minimum 5 years of Supply Chain experience
• Experience in leading a team and building capability
• Preferably knowledge of the packaging business or experience in Food production supply chain
• ERP, MRP, SAP, APO knowledge
• Data analysis with strong Excel capabilities
• Experience in optimizing the use of the ERP (nice to have)
• Proven experience of leading change management activities successfully.

2.  Specific Skills And Abilities

• Strong team player & talented team leader
• Perfect communication & negotiation skills
• Problem solving oriented
• Strong decision making
• Time management champion
• Knowledge of operations
• Proactive and self-starter
• Dynamic and open mind oriented
• Flexible and able to adapt to a fast-changing environment
• Very result driven, entrepreneurial, keen to learn and open minded
• Functional certification, such as APICS or similar (desirable)
• Ability to drive faster adoption, higher utilization, and proficiency with changes
• Ability to work with various stakeholders, to coach supervisors and team members to integrate innovative changes
• Ability to monitor progress and adjust strategies as needed to achieve desired outcomes

3. Amcor Leadership Framework & Values

Leading Self

Drive Vision & Purpose – Can identify personal meaning in contributing to the vision &strategy of Amcor. Is optimistic and contributes in a supporting way to their business environment.

Strategic Mindset – Contributes in practical planning of work processes. Understands and evaluates consequences of own decisions and actions. Pays attention to trends and issues that may impact own work in the future.

Leading Teams

Engage People & Teams – Provides the team with insights and background behind goals and required actions. Assigns tasks, setting clear, specific performance objectives, standards and accountability across all people. Respects concerns and encourages the open expression of ideas and opinions. Builds consensus and involves others in decision-making.

Attracts & Develops Talent – Attracts and selects diverse & high caliber talent. Places a high priority on developing others through coaching, giving feedback, providing exposure within the organization, and identifying stretch assignments. Aligns employee career development goals with organizational objectives.

Leading the Business

Customer Focus – Creates a sense of urgency throughout the organization on the importance of meeting customer needs, e.g. defines their customer’s perspective. Identifies opportunities to modify internal processes, services, and structures to improve the ability to serve their customer. Identifies and tracks emerging customer segments and trends, shifts in suppliers and their offerings, and how they will affect how business is carried out. Understands how competitors serve different segments and where opportunities lie against them.

Set Priorities & Drives Results - Sets the right priorities and stretching goals on a group, team and individual level.  Pushes the organization to achieve results. Eliminates obstacles that affect organizational performance and supports the organization in overcoming setbacks.

Cultivates Innovation – Engages others by making the case for innovation and explaining their role in it. Removes barriers and creates a climate within the organization that encourages innovation e.g. mistakes are accepted, failures are opportunities to learn.

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