Assistant Manager - SCM
Job Description
- Is in charge of the inventory level of his Raw materials and components families :
- Follow up the MPS achievement and propose preventive actions regarding material availability to ensure MPS realisation.
- Is responsible for setting up proper raw materials and components inventory levels.
- Define and lead actions connected with inventory reductions with his components families.
- Measure the DPM for each supplier. Propose action plans to improve the service level.
- Follow up and report daily the inventory level of his raw material and components families.
- Make sure that the materials and components are available to meet the complete customer demand :
- Plan the raw materials and components requirement based upon Sales and Operations Plan and Master Production Schedules and anticipate potential impacts with suppliers and with production.
- Validate and send on a weekly basis forecasts to the suppliers
- Make sure that raw materials and components are available to meet customer demand
- Follow up daily the material arrivals according to firm orders and make sure suppliers ship parts on time according to firm orders.
- On a regular basis, communicate complete, precise & reliable information to the Supplier contacts. Adapt the chosen method of communication to the level of the Supplier contact. Adapt the frequency to the situation (preventative, curative, crisis).
- Identify blocking points and plan appropriate quick actions to solve them :
- Attend Logistics/Purchasing meetings and follow up related action plans.
- Support the implementation with the appropriate departments (APU, Logistics, Purchasing, VPS) tools and methods in order to improve the supply chain organisation like Pull flow, Kanban, EDI
- Define with the External flow analyst the inbound transportation plans.
- Support actively the inventory counting and propose actions to maintain accuracy of inventory in cooperation with the ERP and inventory control analyst.
- Alert sales in the event of a crisis (Customer or internal), to define priorities with the Customer & internally (management, VS for the aftermarket), follow the evolution of any associated action plans. If necessary, escalate.
- Meet the Suppliers contacts on a regular basis (once a year for major Suppliers).
- Propose logistics protocol with suppliers in co-operation with External flow analyst and Purchasing.
- Make sure that there is a backup for each Suppliers & train the backup on the way to manage the Suppliers account; ensure that during holidays the position is covered & that both suppliers and internal customers are notified in advance of the absence and informed of the person that will be temporarily managing the Suppliers account.
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