Inviting applications for the role of – Assistant Vice President – Supply Chain Management – Service Delivery Leader

In this role SCM Service Deliver Leader assists clients to think beyond the limits of their traditional business models, choose where and how they should add value, and reorganize to defend themselves against new threats and seize new opportunities. Together with collaborating teams, the SDL uses target operations methodologies to describe the status, the desired future performance level, and the innovations vital to move forward on their journey to operational excellence. Strives for efficient and effective operational model development, operations transformations with great customer experience and end to end digital solutions. Accountable for delivering realistic plans to accurately manage resources, capacities and budgets. Manages and develops a top performer multinational team.

• Leadership track record of setting up and managing supply chain analytics and operations in a COE / shared services model
• Solid knowledge and experience in Inventory Management, Demand & Supply Planning, Sourcing Analytics & Operations, Data Analytics and Reporting
• Exposure to leading supply chain ERPs (Kinaxis / Servigistics / SAP), and business analytics applications (Power BI / Tableau / Llama Soft)
• Drive seamless delivery and customer experience liaising with all the relevant teams including client stakeholders, internal teams, vendors, customers etc.
• Design and implement process controls, continuous improvement plans, best practices, and policies to ensure top class operational performance.
• Leadership skills, ability to motivate and lead cross-functional diverse teams
• An entrepreneurial “can-do” demeanor facilitated by learning and application of industry standard methodologies.
• Experience in managing and developing multi-level teams with 50-100 people.
• Intense communication with all business partners to understand their needs and support them in the most efficient way for the company.
• Creates and owns the Operations Business Plan
• Ability to work in collaboration with peer group, cross regional, cross functional team and achieve desired outcome

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree from a leading university with outstanding academic achievement
• Experience in supply chain with rich leadership experience in managing supply chain analytics and operations in a COE / shared services model
• Solid knowledge and experience in Inventory Management, Demand & Supply Planning, Sourcing Analytics & Operations, Data Analytics and Reporting
• Experience in large and business or functional transformations
• Ability to rapidly identify issues and propose solutions, supported by data and analysis
• Experience in leading change in operational performance through technology interventions and digitalization
• Communicating compelling solutions to c-suite partners
• Commercial and financial acumen in understanding P&L, planning and control of the CAPEX and OPEX related to his/her field
• Hands-on growth mentality paired with a productivity drive
• Experience of running and leading remote teams
• Validated records of strategic business integration cross-functionally
• Proactive, shows continuous improvement and a quality demeanor.

Preferred Qualifications/ Skills

• Advanced analytics in operations
• Process improvements e.g., lean, six sigma
• Cost reduction / profitability programs
• Operating model redesign
• Operations transformation
• Business strategy creation