Supply Chain Professional

Professional - Supply Chain

Core Duties:

Procurement

• The Procurement Professional develops and applies procurement processes within projects or business functions to source goods and services, either for routine purchases or for lower value/risk non-standard items or services
• The Procurement Professional works with other functional representatives and/or customers and suppliers to meet operational needs of line management and the business, and to ensure that quality, cost and delivery considerations are factored into procurement decisions
• The role requires a solid professional knowledge and understanding of procurement principles and practices, including an understanding of the impact and implications of decisions made to business stakeholders and suppliers

Logisitcs & Planning

• The Logistics Professional will use apply their knowledge of logistics processes and technologies to ensure that these meet The clients' and the customer's requirements
• This will include maintaining and updating the warehousing infrastructure and processes as required by the business, operating warehousing processes to meet agreed service levels, as well as understanding the key issues in relation to transport management. Furthermore the Logistics Professional will interface with stakeholders both inside and outside of Supply Chain, and appreciate the impacts of logistics decisions on the Supply Chain as a whole
• The Logistics Professional may also be asked to play a role in identifying and delivering improvements to logistics processes both within Supply Chain and as part of cross-functional teams
• In addition, the Planning Professional may be asked to lead continuous improvement activities or to deputise for the Planning Manager

Requirements:

• Requires a solid professional knowledge and understanding of Procurement, Logistics and Planning principles and practices, including an understanding of the impact and implications of decisions made to stakeholders and suppliers
• Works with other functional representatives and/or customers and suppliers to meet operational needs of line management and the business, and to ensure that quality, cost and delivery considerations are factored into Supply Chain decisions
• Will understand how teams coordinate their efforts and resources to achieve shared and individual objectives
• Will understand the roles and responsibilities within the wider Supply Chain team as this will help the individual carry out their role more effectively
• Manages own workload and occasionaly the work of others in a support role
• May provide training/advice to new team members

You will need:

• Good communication skills
• To regulalrly exchange information
• To be equipped to deal with difficult stakeholders

AAP3 is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.