Posted on: 2024-10-08

Salary: CNY 2000K - 2600K per year

Job type: Permanent

Sector: FMCG

 
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  • About my client: Listed company in FMCG industry, my client is a business group covering the manufacturing and distribution of food and beverage products in Mainland China, HK and Macau.
  • We are searching for a seasoned Head of Supply Chain, a senior executive responsible for overseeing and optimizing the entire supply chain management function within the organization. This role plays a pivotal part in driving efficiency, cost savings, and customer satisfaction by managing plant operations, quality, demand/supply planning, logistics and inventory management.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Strategy Development & Execution: Develop and implement comprehensive supply chain strategies aligned with the company's overall business objectives. Lead the development of long-term plans to enhance supply chain performance, reliability, and flexibility.
  • Plant Management: Lead and oversee the strategic direction and operation management of the Group’s manufacturing plants, ensuring efficient and profitable operations while adhering to safety, quality, and regulatory standards.
  • Quality Management: set up quality management policy and systems, create and implement quality planning and assurance processes and procedures, quality control, and quality improvement.
  • Logistics & Distribution: Manage the logistics network, including transportation, warehousing, and distribution operations. Optimize routes, modes of transportation, and storage facilities to minimize costs and improve delivery times.
  • Supply Planning: Translate demand forecasts into detailed production or procurement plans, ensuring alignment between supply and demand.
  • Inventory Management: Implement effective inventory control systems to balance inventory levels with demand, ensuring that customer service and levels of performance are at industry standards while minimizing excessive inventory & costs.
  • Performance Monitoring & Improvement: Build efficient and effective supply chain - systems, processes, policies, and practices. Continuously monitor supply chain performance metrics, identify areas for improvement, and implement corrective actions. Utilize data analytics and technology to drive process improvements and increase supply chain visibility.
  • ✓ Performance Evaluation: Regularly evaluate the effectiveness of demand and supply planning processes using key performance indicators (KPIs) like forecast accuracy, inventory turnover, and supply fulfillment rates.
  • ✓ Process Refinement: Based on performance evaluations, continually refine demand and supply planning processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
  • ✓ Technological Advancement: Stay abreast of advancements in supply chain management technologies and tools, exploring opportunities to integrate them into planning processes for further optimization.
  • Risk Management: Identify and assess potential supply chain risks, including supplier disruptions, transportation delays, and demand fluctuations. Develop contingency plans to mitigate these risks and ensure business continuity.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build and maintain strong and positive partnerships with all stakeholders in Divisions and other departments, including Sales, Marketing, R&D, Finance, and operations, to ensure seamless integration of supply chain activities with overall business strategy.
  • Team Leadership & Development: Lead and mentor a high-performing supply chain team. Set clear goals, provide guidance, and foster a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.

Key Competencies and Techinical Skills:
  • Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Business Administration, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in supply chain management (incl. plant management, logistics management), with at least 5 years in a leadership role, preferably in consumer goods industry. Experiences in multi-national company under matrix organization is preferred.
  • Proven track record of successfully managing complex supply chain operations and driving significant improvements in performance.
  • Excellent people leadership skills. Able to attract, select and develop Supply Chain talents, upgrade Supply Chain people quality, efficiency and effectiveness, strengthen Supply Chain talent pipeline.
  • Strong analytical skills and experience with data-driven decision making.
  • A highly energetic individual, customer-oriented and drive for results.
  • Have strong presence and unquestionable creditability. Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership abilities.
  • Ability to work collaboratively across departments and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Familiarity with supply chain management software and technology trends.
  • Good command of spoken and written Chinese and English.

Contact

Gabriel Xu
+86 21 6065 8039
Fyte
Room 123, 6F, No. 380 Huangpi South Road
200021 Shanghai
Greater China

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