The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for overseeing and managing Imdad's overall supply chain and logistics strategy and operations in order to maximize the process efficiency and productivity. He/she is required to create, lead and coordinate initiatives and activities to achieve optimum integrated management of the goods flow of medical devices and other consumables between Imdad regional warehouses and clients’ premises.
The Supply Chain Manager is expected to develop and execute best practice approaches to ensure the seamless and effective availability of new products, services and applications to customers across the Region. While ensuring optimum inventory levels.
Will be also responsible for the following aspects of the supply chain Sourcing, Purchasing, Transport, Warehousing & Distribution & Inventory management.
Job Responsibilities:
- Developing supply chain strategies while balancing a strategic and operational focus to deliver key company objectives.
- Setting and ensuring the application of Supply Chain P&P, SOP and KPI’s.
- Improving and developing supply chain team performance, knowledge and skills continuously to ensure the optimized SOP and KPI’s.
- Managing and leading Supply Chain operations to achieve corporate goals and objectives.
- Understanding demand needs and maintains up to date Demand and Supply Plans.
- Identify risks and opportunities in each supply chain process. Drive the organization to mitigate identified risks using state of the art techniques.
- Determining and proposing required logistics, capital asset requirements including warehouses, stores, vehicles, equipment and staff to maintain efficient and quality warehousing and deliveries to clients across the group.
- Monitoring and following up current supply chain process to enhance performance and secure efficiency consistently with other departments involved.
- Ensuring inventory accuracy, optimum stock value, stock availability and optimum supply chain cost.
- Accountable for the material flow to and from the warehouse ensuring all requirements are met and give advice to management in the event that priorities have to be set for product deliveries
- Is accountable for ordering products, key supplier performance, reverse logistics, refurbishment, warehousing and distribution with minimal costs and inventories while maintaining the agreed to customer service level.
- Reporting monthly supply chain performance to Vice President and HR on monthly basis.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Finance, or similar relevant field.
- Minimum 8 -10 years of direct experience in supply Chain and Logistics activities.
- At least 3 years of experience on a Managerial level.
- Sound knowledge and experience in Logistics, Demand Planning, cost reduction and P&L management.
- IT literate, proficient user of MS office, advanced excel skills with hands on experience in supply chain management software.
Required Skills:
- Leadership, team building. and managerial analytical skills.
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills.
- Focus on deliverables, result driven.
- Change Manager, able to influence and negotiate with stakeholders within Business, Functions, Markets, and Partners.
- Ability to work in a matrix environment and in cross functional teams.
- Import and export knowledge is required, Healthcare background and FDA knowledge preferred.
- Great interpersonal and communication skills, team player.
- Verbal and written communications, customer focus, professionalism, strategic planning, and negotiating.
