Supply Transformation Manager

Our client, a sustainable and people centric multinational company leader in the chemical industry based in Barcelona, is currently looking for a Supply Transformation Manager to add to their team.

The main responsibilities and requirements of this role are:

• Manage Supply Planning transformation program in the BU for Europe.
• Plan and drive activities to move from current planning procedures to the newly designed planning processes.
• Develop region planning team capabilities
• Anticipate transformation risks and issues, propose mitigation actions and escalate when appropriate.
• Ensure a good communication and integration with demand/Bus, manufacturing, procurement, logistics and finance

The Key Accountabilities of this role are:

• Work on the transformation & continuous supply chain assessment & benchmarking to identify business improvement opportunities, including end to end value stream mapping.
• Analyze and define business improvements and projects to optimize end to end supply chain performance in OTIF, Cost to serve and working capital (inventory, payables, receivables) for the EMEA Region
• Customer service offer preparation and the translation into replenishment models
• Examples: optimize usage of distribution network and interaction between customer service and planning, e-commerce, route to market, lot sizes, truck rates
• Support delivering regional supply chain KPIs
• Secure and develop a collaborative partnership with key stakeholder
• Manage project scope, timelines, bring good deliverables

And who you’ll be?

• University Education with at least 6 years’ experience in FMCG, Paint/Coating or Retail industries Supply Chain Improvement or consulting
• Consulting background (4+ years of experience)
• High level of experience on Supply Planning, IBP processes, Planning tools, Supply planning, planning in SAP ECC and BI
• Change management: ability to manage a diverse range of stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal relationship skills and communicator, able to listen,
  able to handle team tensions
• Stress resistance, flexible, problem solving attitude
• Project Management skills
• Seen by others as credible, trustworthy, and open to new ideas
• Focused on results
• Good problem-solving skills, able to identify and structure issues, run accurate analyses and synthesize recommendations
• Strong desire to challenge and improve status-quo
• Fluent in English

If this challenge matches your profile and want to join an international, successful and human-centric company, then we would love to meet you!