Supply Chain Manager

Manage all activities end to end related to Supply Chain including but not limited to Procurement, Demand Planning, Material Planning, Sourcing, Ordering, Warehouse, and Inventory & Logistics.

Achieve 100% on-time-in-full (OTIF) delivery from suppliers, and limiting inventory to the stock levels agreed with the relevant Operations Managers per business unit.

• Negotiating terms and prices with suppliers and freight companies, monitoring and assessing their performance and maintaining cost-effective practices
• Run professional tender processes that meet all agreed outcomes

• Reviewing and updating supply chain practices in line with company policies, standards, laws and regulations
• Identifying and minimizing risk by predicting the demand for products and adopting new technology with no interruption to the process
• Managing inventory, packing and distributing

• Introduce alternative suppliers/products that augments/replaces existing raw materials and obtain a measurable improvement on cost/quality availability and/or mitigate risk.
• Maintain a minimum of 3 suppliers per raw material input that originates from the Euro and the USD zones.

• Research and forecast markets every day.
• Propose and apply agreed remedies to mitigate the market risks to Gulf Industrial Group and to capitalize on opportunities in time.

Construct monthly reports on:

• The findings, decisions made and resulting action plans of the meetings held with internal customers (Operations Managers and Buyers) as well as external suppliers.
• Market trends and recommendations
• Price movement and availability issues
• Performance against market indices

Can handle stress and manages emotions

• Is passionate and optimistic
• Can digest information quickly and act swiftly
• Proficiency in MS office, Excel, Outlook, PPT etc.
• Excellent knowledge of end to end Supply Chain
• Fluency in English is a must (Read, Write & Speak)
• Arabic is preferable

• Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Supply Chain
• Certification in CIPS, CPP or CSCP is preferred.
• An MBA qualification from an accredited and reputable institution is advantageous

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the current company with a similar position from a Manufacturing background
• Experienced in Specialty Chemicals and Packaging would be preferable.