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Plant Supply Chain Team Leader

Employer
McCormick UK Limited
Location
Haddenham, Aylesbury
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
20 Jan 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Logistics, Supply Chain
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Position:       Plant Supply Chain Team Leader

Based:           Haddenham

Do you have experience of leading a supply chain team? Can you make things happen with agility and pace? Are you looking for a new challenge in the FMCG industry?

If so we would like to hear from you.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Provide leadership and oversight to all facets of the plant scheduling & logistics team, including materials planning, production scheduling, inventory management, product life cycle change management, disposals, risk and SLOB management and master data governance. 
  • Take the five-week plans from the plant planner and translate them into an efficient time-phased factory schedule.
  • Identify and implement improvements to working practices to improve efficiency, performance and reliability in the supply chain, including: vendor management, seasonality and promotions planning and supplier inventory planning.
  • Carry out quarterly review of run-rates with operations management and plant financial controller, keeping the SAP system data current.
  • Manage the TECO and cycle count programmes to maintain process order and inventory accuracy in line with SOX controls.
  • Responsible for all systems monitoring and enhancements (SAP & legacy tools) and system training of core power users. Main lead into McCormick IT for technical enhancements/changes.
  • Report relevant KPIs for the plant supply chain management.
  • Oversee development and coaching of departmental team members. Develop individual goals for direct reports and ensure alignment to functional OGSM's. Follow up and monitor progress of individual goals and adjust as necessary to changes in business priorities and objectives, 
  • Build bench-strength in materials management, scheduling, SAP and APO.
  • Represent Supply Chain planning on local, regional and global projects with regard to Commercialisation, CCI and engineering changes.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

  • Degree qualified, or equivalent.  A relevant post graduate qualification in Supply Chain is desirable, but not essential.
  • Solid Operations, Supply Chain background with proven track record of target focused delivery in fast-paced Operational environment
  • Experience in fast-paced FMCG work environment
  • Proven leadership skills. 
  • Working knowledge of cycle-count process
  • SAP& APO working experience
  • Experience of production and materials planning and management.
  • Track record of achieving results
  • Ability to deal with complexity and change
  • Customer-focused
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong user of IT
  • Experience of inventory analysis and management, including managing and leading improvements in inventory turnover/stock accuracy and JIT/Kanban processes.

Company

McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavour and one of the most respected and familiar names in the industry.

 Our UK business manufactures, markets, and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavourful products for retail outlets, food manufacturers, and foodservice businesses. We create flavours for a wide range of applications, such as beverages, snacks, dairy, bakery/confectionary, savoury, performance nutrition, and health.

 McCormick has had a presence in the UK for nearly 40 years. We have three sites across the country–our EMEA headquarters in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, our new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and innovation centre in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (which is on track to become McCormick’s first Net Zero carbon building), and our plant in Littleborough, Greater Manchester.

 Our brands and our products are trusted sources of flavour in millions of kitchens across the country—in homes and in restaurants. Our UK brand portfolio includes Schwartz, Frank’s RedHot, French’s, Cholula, Herdez, and OLD BAY.

Partnerships with farmers and suppliers around the world allow us to provide great-tasting, quality spices with consistency that you can trust. Our herbs and spices come from around 80 different countries.

 At McCormick, we stand together for the future of flavour, and we bring that commitment to work every day in the UK to deliver top-tier growth and quality from our global business.

 As a people-first culture, we encourage development in many ways, respect everyone’s differences and contributions, and do what’s right to develop our employees and to better our world.

 

Company info
Website
Location
Haddenham Business Park
Pegasus Way
Haddenham
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP17 8LB
United Kingdom

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