Company Description
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The Supply Chain Initiative Specialist plans, directs and reviews all supply and logistics activities to ensure a cost-effective flow of finished goods from suppliers to customers for all category. This role acts as a partner for R&D, Manufacturing, Marketing and Sales units to ensure on time and in full launch to markets of any product change, and with procurement on supplier optimization projects for relevant supply chain activities. The Supply Chain Initiative Specialist reports to the Supply Chain Initiative Manager Asia and is part of the JDE Regional Supply Chain organization. Regional Supply Chain sets the strategic direction, defines standard operating systems, ensures template compliance and centrally manages inventory, demand & supply planning and warehouse & distribution whereby the local supply chain organizations are executing.

• Enable the innovation calendar of the category, by delivering supply chain readiness of largest and/or most complex innovation and productivity projects.
• Lead Manufacturing sourcing change projects.
• Deliver portfolio rationalization for the Professional business unit.
• Optimize portfolio by optimizing the product clusterization and aligning & enforcing hurdle rates for product changes.
• Participate to and lead improvement processes on behalf of the global Initiative Management Pillar in the SCOS program: determine key loss areas for SC readiness, develop standards & KPI\'s, set-up pillar and deployment of standards.
• Coach local SC in local projects delivery with high initiative losses.
• Lead KPI improvement by development of standard and roll out. Examples are Phase In Phase out (KPI\'s CSL and Obsoletes), CoMan Playbook (KPI\'s ATO adherence and CSL), Pallet Aging (KPI Obsoletes).

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience in FMCG, in Manufacturing or Supply Chain environment;
• Bachelor\'s Degree, with ideally a specialization in Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering or Economics
• Excellent analytical skills and proven track record in building business cases (e.g. analyzing costs/volumes/stock levels/capacity) and defining multiple scenarios
• Excellent communication skills, up to executive level;
• Profound experience in project management;
• Profound experience in stakeholder management.

Additional Information

• Passionate, energetic & innovative work culture
• Outstanding Career Development Opportunities
• Flexibility with working hours
• The best coffee and tea served all day in our office \xe2\x80\x93 or be your own Barista!