Supply Chain Manager at CDL Human Resource

The Role: Helping to transfer products from the manufacturers and suppliers right to the retail door, and making sure shops remain fully stocked.

Responsibilities of the Supply Chain Manager:

• Review or update supply chain practices in accordance with new or changing environmental policies, standards, regulations, or laws.
• Select online supply routes to maximize economy by combining shipments or consolidating warehousing and distribution.
• Diagram supply chain models to help facilitate discussions with customers.
• Develop material costs forecasts or standard cost lists.
• Assess appropriate material handling equipment needs and staffing levels to load, unload, move, or store materials.
• Appraise vendor manufacturing ability through on-site visits and measurements.
• Negotiate prices and terms with suppliers, vendors, or freight forwarders.
• Monitor supplier performance to assess ability to meet quality and delivery requirements.
• Monitor forecasts and quotas to identify changes or to determine their effect on supply chain activities.
• Implement new or improved supply chain processes.
• Collaborate with other departments, such as procurement, engineering, and quality assurance, to identify or qualify new suppliers.

Qualifications & Skills of the Supply Chain Manager:

• Degree in Purchasing & Supply Chain Management
• Experience in SCM (Delivery people management for an online shopping)
• Good computer knowledge.
• Good team leader
• Planning skills
• Plenty of initiative and can work unsupervised
• Attention to detail
• Ability to use spreadsheets, databases and other IT programmes
• Writing skills
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and make decisions quickly