Supply Chain Manager

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Location:

Wedel, Schleswig-Holstein, DE

Education Level: Bachelor's Degree

Location Type:
On-site

Talent Area:
Supply Chain

Trivium Packaging is a global sustainability leader in metal packaging with more than 60 locations worldwide, nearly 8,000 employees, and an annual revenue of approximately €3.0 billion. Trivium serves a diverse range of customers in a variety of end markets such as food, seafood, pet food, nutrition, beauty and personal care, household care, and premium beverages.

Trivium wants to shape the industry and has embarked on an ambitious transformation journey. In the near term, focus is on building & upskilling the team, deciding where to play & how to win, and increasing financial performance by executing the Trivium Business System (commercial, operational, and supply chain excellence). Sustainability is embedded in our materials and in our actions. Trivium has ambitious sustainability targets and focuses exclusively on products that are infinitely recyclable.

Our company sustainability journey has been awarded a Platinum medal by Eco Vadis, the world’s leading rating agent who allocated this award only to the top 1% of the >75,000 companies reviewed. Sustainability is embedded in each and every function at Trivium, it‘s in our DNA. The global head office is at Amsterdam Airport; however, many people work in virtual teams from different countries.

Our culture is results-driven, entrepreneurial, informal, and highly multicultural. Our people have a high degree of responsibility.

In this position, you are responsible for the comprehensive management of supply chain processes at the plant, including production planning, material availability, and production data acquisition, with the objective of ensuring a high level of delivery reliability. You also ensure compliance with all relevant requirements in the areas of occupational safety, health and environmental protection, as well as quality and energy management.

Another key focus is the efficient monitoring and control of material inventories and material flows to guarantee minimal stock levels while maintaining stable production operations.

Your specific responsibilities include:

• Defining and ensuring smooth processes in procurement, production planning, material flow, and shipping, including the correct posting of transactions into the local ERP system
• Professional and disciplinary leadership of the SCM team (material procurement and management, raw materials warehouse, shipping, production planning)
• Motivating and developing employees; fostering collaboration and communication within the department and across departmental boundaries
• Ensuring compliance with targets for occupational and environmental protection, delivery performance, on‑time delivery, quality, and further development of the KPI system
• Managing and continuously optimizing logistics processes
• Effective inventory management
• Managing and improving communication between suppliers, internal and external production units, service providers, and sales/customers
• Organizing the local and participating in the central S&OP process
• Representing the plant in national and international working groups
• Preparing and updating risk assessments and process descriptions within the scope of the Integrated Management System (IMS)
• Assuming entrepreneurial duties within the assigned area of responsibility

• Completed university degree, e.g., in (business) engineering with a focus on logistics, production, or similar fields
• Several years of relevant professional experience in a comparable SCM position within international industrial companies
• Willingness and ability to cooperate
• Strong organizational skills
  
  High sense of responsibility
• Strong decision‑making and assertiveness
• Excellent command of the English language
• Very good proficiency in using ERP systems (SAP, pro Alpha, BPCS or similar)

• Convenient employee parking directly at the site
• Events, such as Summer and Christmas celebrations or food truck events
• Job bike program to support sustainable and healthy commuting
• Training…