Supply Chain Operations Manager

4 weeks ago

Sandton, South Africa Leroy Merlin Full time

About the Role

The Supply Chain Specialist plays a critical role in driving operational efficiency, minimizing costs, and ensuring product availability at Leroy Merlin. This position focuses on managing replenishment, handling import logistics, and ensuring seamless inventory control to meet customer demand.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Process Optimization: Optimize the flow of goods or information within the specific circuit or process to improve efficiency and choose the right circuit for a specific supplier.
  • Placing Orders (Replenishment): Ensure timely and accurate placement of orders, procuring products in the correct quantities, maintaining the required quality standards, negotiating the best prices, and ensuring delivery at the optimal time to support sales and minimize holding costs.
  • Imports and Clearing of Goods with Freight Forwarder: Oversee the import process by coordinating with freight forwarders and customs agents to ensure the efficient clearance of goods. Ensure all necessary import documentation is accurate and complete, comply with international trade regulations, and avoid any delays in the movement of goods across borders.
  • Category Performance Analysis: Conduct detailed analysis of sales performance, market trends, and category metrics to identify opportunities for improvement. Use insights from these analyses to recommend adjustments in the product mix, promotions, and ordering strategies to maximize profitability and market share for each category.
  • Inventory Control and Management: Manage and optimize inventory levels to balance supply and demand, ensuring sufficient stock availability while minimizing excess inventory. Utilize inventory management systems to monitor stock levels, forecast needs, and ensure efficient stock replenishment to reduce carrying costs and improve cash flow.
  • Coordination and Collaboration: Collaborate with Adeo and other BUs to ensure seamless integration and coordination within the designated circuit.
  • Building Relationships with Suppliers, Distributors, and Store Teams: Develop and maintain strong, productive relationships with key suppliers, distributors, and store teams to foster collaboration, ensure smooth operations, and resolve any supply chain issues.
  • Identifying Supply and Inventory Problems / Root Cause Analysis: Proactively identify and investigate supply chain disruptions, inventory discrepancies, or inefficiencies. Perform root cause analysis to determine the underlying issues, whether related to supplier performance, internal processes, or external factors. Implement corrective actions and long-term solutions to prevent recurrence.
  • Efficient Circuit Flow: Focus on optimizing the flow of goods from International suppliers to the DC and throughout the supply chain circuits.
  • Ensuring Availability of Products: Ensure that all products are consistently available for sale by monitoring stock levels, coordinating timely replenishment, and working with suppliers to ensure no gaps in the supply chain.
  • Managing Stock Rotation: Implement and manage effective stock rotation practices to minimize product ageing, waste, or obsolescence.
  • Improving Supply Chain Costs: Continuously seek ways to reduce supply chain costs through process improvements, better supplier terms, and more efficient logistics.
  • Ensuring Supply Chain Data Quality: Maintain high standards of data accuracy across all supply chain operations, from order entry and inventory tracking to forecasting and reporting.

Requirements:

  • Relevant Supply Chain & Logistics Qualification: A relevant qualification in supply chain management or a related field.
  • Minimum 5 Years' Experience in Retail Replenishment: A minimum of 5 years' experience in retail replenishment, with a strong understanding of supply chain operations and logistics.
  • Excellent Communication Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and distributors.
  • Ability to Plan, Multi-task, and Manage Time Effectively: The ability to plan, multi-task, and manage time effectively, with a strong focus on meeting deadlines and delivering results.
  • Ability to Lead and Influence: The ability to lead and influence others, with a strong focus on building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders.
  • Self-Confident, Hardworking, and Lives by Example: A self-confident, hardworking, and results-driven individual who lives by example and sets high standards for themselves and others.
  • Team Player who is also Comfortable with Working as an Individual: A team player who is also comfortable working as an individual, with a strong focus on collaboration and teamwork.
  • Being Analytical: The ability to analyze complex data and information, with a strong focus on identifying trends, patterns, and opportunities for improvement.

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