Project supply chain lead

Job Purpose

To co-ordinate Supply Chain activities for Motors and represent the Supply Chain function within the Project Core Team.

Supply Chain Management

• Develop and effectively manage the procurement and logistics team for Motors Manufacturing.
• Set up and synchronize Supply Chain processes vs Industrial requirements.
• Drive key activities to ensure all conditions related to suppliers’ deliveries, logistics flows, stock policy and system management are met while meeting logistics quality, cost and delivery (QCD) objectives.
• Manage specific conditions for vendors ensuring compliance with the terms of the contract (e.g. delivery on time in full – OTIF).
• Responsible to pass the gate review related to Supply Chain (design for quality - DFQ).
• Develop processes to ensure the integrity of data needed to run efficient material resources planning (MRP).
• Improve the performance of the supply chain through the appropriate use of tools and techniques and promote continuous improvement.
• Support supplier performance development.
• Plan workload and activities to synchronise all stakeholders of the Supply Chain while maintaining service levels and reducing global inventories.
• Undertake short term planning to coordinate line replenishment and track missing parts, in line with the maintenance plan.
• Plan all interfaces to suppliers to ensure materials availability.
• Coordinate Supply Chain activities related to planning changes, suppliers’ changes or technical modifications with significant impact on supplier’s capacity or logistics flows.
• Provide the date of modifications applicability (rank) to avoid excess inventory.
• Support Supply Chain organisation in case of critical deliveries issues at suppliers.
• Manage Material Availability (missing parts) and anticipate material shortage
• Co-ordinate all Supply Chain activities to secure the end of production (Missing Parts) while minimising costs and obsolete inventories.

Warehouse Management

• Ensure that employees operate in an environment that complies with company Health, Safety and Environmental policies.
• Define Vendors' requirements regarding logistics.   
• Define warehouse layouts, its internal flows and storage policy.   
• Define line feeding layout and kitting associated.
• Manage continuous improvement plans for internal and external flows: key actors to enable APSYS deployment (internal/external pull flow, kit sizing, logistic specification elaboration, material footprint layout etc).
• Manage physical material flow (goods reception, warehousing, picking, kitting, online replenishment, parts shipment, transport).
• Monitor and manage inventory levels.
• Oversee the monitoring of physical stock (value level) and Work in Progress (WIP) levels

People Management

• Prioritise resources, facilitate alignment of the team, and set and cascade KPA’s.
• Drive appropriate behaviour in line with company values through inspiring commitment, encouraging mutual support, and enabling development opportunities.
• Champion and drive a performance culture in line with the vision, mission and strategic objectives of the organisation.
• Proactively manage all direct reports to ensure that the strategic objectives for the function are met, managing non-performance and disciplinary procedures.
• Ensure that all resources within scope of control have the requisite skills and competency sets through mentorship and coaching.
• Ensure people management practices are implemented to achieve the desired results in employee engagement, empowerment, skills development, attraction and retention of key talent, succession planning, etc.
• Maintain an environment where employees respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into all processes, procedures, and practices.
• Become the change champion for all functional change, culture and diversity projects and programmes.
• Implement a learning culture within scope of control.
• Develop and execute functional and leadership skills development strategies in consultation with Human Capital Management.

Minimum Requirements

• Degree in Logistics / Supply Chain.
• Post graduate qualification in Supply Chain. (advantageous)
• 5 - 8 Years Experience in supply chain in an industrial / manufacturing environment including application of ERP systems (e.g. SAP (Supply Chain) and project management

Closing Date

20 August 2026

Should you not hear from us in 30 days, consider your application as unsuccessful.