Supply Chain Manager

Date Posted:
2025-01-31

Country:
South Africa

Location:
17 Angus Crescent, Gauteng

The Supply Manager coordinates, organizes, and oversees all activities involved in the identification, acquisition, production and distribution of the company’s goods.

Key Responsibilities:

- Collaborates with other departments and stakeholders to identify and maintain resources needed to establish and provide an effective supply chain.
- Establishes performance metrics for measurement, comparison or evaluation of factors affecting the supply chain.
- Develops and maintains detailed inventories of materials and supplies located in the company, at sites and in the factory.
- Maintains required quantity of supplies and materials to optimize production.
- Analyses current inventories and procedures ; suggests improvements to increase efficiency of supply chain and profitability for the company.
- Develops policies to increase efficiency throughout the supply chain while ensuring quality and safety; implements subsequent changes to processes.
- Identifies optimal shipment and transportation routes with attention to consolidation of warehousing and distribution.
- Asses the need for material-handling equipment and staffing; makes recommendations to ensure efficient loading, unloading, movement and storage of materials.
- Negotiates prices for raw material and delivery with suppliers, vendors and/or shipping companies.
- Participates as an advisory member of the product developments team, providing information and guidance on availability and cost of supplies and materials.
- Acts as part of the team coordinating engineering changes, product line extension or new product launches to ensure timely and orderly material and production flow transitions.
- Monitors the performance of suppliers, assessing their ability to meet quality and delivery requirements; identifies and qualifies new suppliers in collaboration with other departments.
- Performs other related duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in business or related field required and or a Master’s degree preferred.
- Three years of experience as a supervisor, manager or similar relevant position required.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills with a proven ability to create and maintain positive working relationships with vendors, suppliers, shippers and customers.
- Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Thorough understanding of company products and logistics.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
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