General Manager: Supply Chain

1 week ago

Germiston, South Africa Omnia (Pty) LTD Full time

**Overview**:
To manage, lead and direct the entire process of procurement and sourcing, inventory management and control, logistics and warehousing, and all associated supply chain activities. Collaboration with Strategic Business Sector GM’s and lead the development and implementation of planning, sourcing, logistics and procurement strategies that meet the business’s requirements. Responsible for the development and implementation of frameworks, procedures, and processes that provide guidance and direction to supply chain functions across the business.

**Qualifications**:
University / Post Graduate (Masters Degree) in Supply chain or related qualification

**Experience**:

- General Experience: Wide and deep experience providing expert competence (10 years’ + experience in a senior Supply Chain leadership role)
- Managerial Experience: Experience with interpreting strategy and policy in order to set and deliver against objectives.

**Duties**:
Take responsibility for setting and managing departmental budgets so they align with organisational strategy.

Take responsibility for developing and delivering change management plans and achieving outcomes that support the organisation's overall strategy.

Develop and obtain approval for annual business plans for a function or substantial business area, ensuring alignment with overall Omnia and Protea business strategy; quantify business outcomes; detail expense and headcount budgets; and develop business cases for key projects, ensuring cross-functional integration.

Communicate the function's strategy and its relationship to the organisation's mission, vision and values; clarify the actions needed to implement it within the area of responsibility; motivate people to commit to these to achieve the organization's business goals.

Manage strategic customer and customer relationships.

Support the overall organisational strategy by developing and delivering operational plans and acceptable outcomes for supply chain across the business.

Identify and manage stakeholders to top management level, establishing needs/issues/concerns and responding to these in the required manner. Lead and coordinate the development of supply chain stakeholder engagement plans to support the communication of business information and decisions.

Identify the capabilities needed to meet the current and emerging business needs of supply chain. Evaluate current capabilities, identify gaps, and prioritise development activities. Motivate others to develop their capabilities and fulfil their personal potential. Build capabilities elsewhere in the organisation through mentoring and other informal methods.

Take overall responsibility for designing, developing and delivering the organisation's supplier management strategy. Personally manage one or more strategically important supplier relationships.

Lead and review planning activities for the overall supply chain in a complex manufacturing business, including all applicable processes/units/suppliers. Lead the design and development of the overall supply chain planning framework and systems.

Collect and analyse the key cost drivers, market dynamics and issues, areas of innovation, and alternative suppliers for business-critical risk area(s) with few alternatives/high costs of changing.

**Job Competencies**:

- Plans and Aligns: _Plans and prioritises work to meet commitments aligned with organisational goals.
- Ensures Accountability: _Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.
- Strategic Mindset:_ Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies.
- Customer Focus:_ Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions.
- Balances Stakeholders: _Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders (internal and external).
- Manages Complexity:_ Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
- Optimises Work Processes:_ Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Financial Acumen:_ Interprets and applies key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
- Leads with Vision and Purpose:_ Paints a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action.- Collaborates:_ Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
- Business Insight:_ Applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organisation's goals.
- Manages Conflict:_ Handles conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.
- Develops Talent:_ Develops people to meet both their career goals and the organisation's goals.
- Interpersonal Savvy:_ Relates openly and comfortably with people from diverse backgrounds, and with varying skill and experience levels.
- Persuades:_ Uses compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others.
- Attention to detail:_ Displays thoroughnes

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