Head of Supply Chain Management Manager

The mission of the position is to lead plan coordinate implement and control all supply chain activities and functions to meet budget and supply chain targets (e.g. maximize delivery performance reduce cost and inventories) and to represent the plantoperations unit towards internal and external contacts regarding SCM topics. The Head of Supply Chain Management initiates manages and implements action plans for continuous improvement of all supply chain relevant processes.

Lead all supply chain activities and processes for the plantoperations unit define the plant supply chain strategy and translate into action plans based on plantoperations unit BU SCM and Group strategy set plantoperations unit specific SCM standards and requirements towards external and internal contacts and ensure implementation based on BU SCM and Group standards implement and monitor BU and CT specific policies procedures and standards for SCM initiate and manage plantoperations unit SCM optimization measurements to improve the efficiency reliability and cost situation in crossfunctional teams contribute to strategic budget and operative planning of the plantoperations unit (e.g. with respect to investments inventory SCM costs capacity and headcount planning) define SCM plantoperations unit targets and ensure the achievement under consideration of internal and external customer expectations and contribution initiate and implement continuous improvement activities by applying CBS methods and training measures initiate and control investments for supply chain equipment (e.g. forklift trucks AGV warehouses) interface to segment BU or BA functions to gather local supply chain requirements demands and other feedback. represent the plantoperations unit towards internal and external contacts regarding SCM topics (i.e. process requirements) initiate participate in andor steer local supply chain related and crossfunctional projects participate actively in the activities of environmental health and safety participate in supplier selection evaluation and development lead change management in plantoperations unit SCM ensure compliance in plantoperations unit SCM conduct employee dialogues personnel development and coaching

Plan and implement supply chain and logistics concepts (e.g. sourcing and delivery concept requirements regarding flexibility of production setup and machine investments flow and storage concept into and out of production material transportation and provision concept) according to e.g. production control plan layout and standards in close cooperation with manufacturing engineering function define and ensure operation of internal material handling and transportation (internal logistic) for raw materials and finished goods (semifinished goods are excluded) according to standards and planning perform inventory and warehouse management (planning parameter and process settings) inventory handling and operate all plant internal warehouses (not centraldistribution warehouses) for raw materials semifinished goods and finished goods including receiving and shipping and monitor inventory execute operation with external logistic partners (e.g. thirdparty logistics or consignment stock freight companies customs brokers etc. according to standards manage and perform delivery to customer (e.g. transport planning dispatch) freight management customs clearance and packaging management according to standards participate actively in the PLC process and execute logistics planning within customer projects define plant SC master data and parameter control (e.g. lot sizes lead times storage information etc. according to standards (master data maintenance might be done centrally)

Ensure supply chain performance (KPI) monitoring and reporting (e.g. regarding cost delivery performance adherence to schedule lead time capacity utilization) in cooperation with BU SCM and plant controlling identify prioritize and implement SC process improvements e.g. by factory layout planning factory simulation (e.g. logistics processes production planning and control methods) according to standards ensure supplier SCM performance monitoring in collaboration with purchasing (e.g. delivery reliability to production line of external service providers) control measures to improve supply chain performance

Qualifications :

Bachelors degree preferably in supply chain management business administration logistics business engineering or related discipline.                              

At least 5  years of professional experience in various supply chain and logistics functions.
cross functional experience e.g. in engineering quality purchasing or lean manufacturing preferred 

Experience in supply chain and production processes.        

3 Or more years in a leadership position preferably in operational units with functional or disciplinary responsibility for other individuals.

Experience in working with international teams on supply chain topics and understanding of foreign cultures
Fluent level of english Interviews will be in english .

Additional Information :

At Continental we are committed to building an inclusive and discriminationfree ecosystem in Mexico these principles are rooted in our corporate philosophy and culture. Therefore it is totally forbidden to request a pregnancy or HIV test as part of our selection processes.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime