Supply Chain Manager

The Supply Chain Manager will lead and optimize the end-to-end flow of materials - from Raw Material inputs through Work in Process to Finished Goods - ensuring maximum efficiency, responsiveness, and cost effectiveness. This role requires a proven leader with deep lean expertise, capable of driving operational excellence while balancing inventory management, working capital, and customer order fulfillment.

What You’ll Do

• Define and execute raw material strategy to minimize inventory while ensuring rapid customer responsiveness.
• Challenge and redesign intralogistics processes to eliminate inefficiencies and strengthen plant agility.
• Transition all inventory from floor stored pallets to rack systems, leveraging WMS, Excel, JDE, SAP, and automated warehouse technologies (EGVs or equivalent).
• Lead and inspire a team of Schedulers, Material Planners, and Shipping & Receiving professionals.
• Partner with Procurement and global supply chain teams to optimize working capital and inventory management.
• Facilitate lean workshops and embed a culture of continuous improvement.
• Running ABC analysis in the warehouse to optimize stock positioning, doing spaghetti analysis in order to minimize the flow of materials, manning, and forklifts.
• Applying Kanban models if necessary and checking opportunities to create milk run either internally and/or externally with suppliers in collaboration with procurement.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven supply chain leadership in manufacturing environments.
• Strong lean expertise with a track record of measurable improvements.
• Hands‐on experience with WMS, rack storage, and automated warehouse systems.
• Proficiency in Excel, JDE, and SAP.
• Ability to challenge the status quo and deliver breakthrough results.
• Soft skills: strong communication, collaboration, influencing, adaptability, and team leadership.