Emea Supply Chain Leader

Informazioni sulla Divisione:
BW Flexible Systems è un produttore globale di sistemi di imballaggio per il riempimento e l'insacchettamento di prodotti alimentari e non alimentari. I nostri sistemi di imballaggio sono progettati e fabbricati per ottimizzare l'efficienza e il valore generato dalle linee di imballaggio dei clienti durante l'intero ciclo di vita. La nostra gamma di macchinari include sistemi FFS (form-fill-seal), di carico, insacchettamento e sigillatura, riempimento sacchetti, confezionamento termosaldato flow-wrap, soluzioni di imballaggio richiudibili, pallettizzazione, avvolgitori e altro ancora.

Barry-Wehmiller fornisce a livello globale progettazione, consulenza e produzione tecnologicamente avanzate nei settori del packaging, del cartone ondulato e della trasformazione della carta. Combinando a un'idea di leadership che pone al centro le persone, strategie operative mirate e una crescita basata su obiettivi, Barry-Wehmiller è diventata un’azienda da $ 3 miliardi con quasi 12.000 dipendenti uniti da uno scopo comune: usare la forza del business per costruire un mondo migliore.

Descrizione del lavoro:
GENERAL PURPOSES:
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and implement improvements in the Supply Chain to support the growth and customer go-to-market strategies. Improve responsiveness to customers and reduce operating expenses and working capital.
- Cultivate a culture of people, purpose and performance, in alignment with Barry-Wehmiller’s Leader and Team Member Commitments.
- Proactively engage in the personal growth of Supply Chain team members. Ensure effective leadership, staffing, skill sets and training to meet team goals and evolving business needs.
- Recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of teams and individuals.
- Develop inventory management strategies and programs to ensure maximum inventory turns, best price, high quality and consistent support to just in time style manufacturing and high availability aftermarket.
- Mentor, develop and provide training to drive process standardization and rigor in all purchasing and material planning activities. Incudes process optimization, development of standard work and training documentation.
- Work with key members of the supply chain, new product development, engineering, manufacturing and other key functional areas of the business. Support the S&OP processes/metrics, guidelines, and policies
- Build multi-functional teams to support better Supply-Demand planning integrating with sites, purchasing, sales and marketing, customer service and finance to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Drive relentless focus and organizational execution on the following key supply base metrics: Delivery (OTD), Inventory (DOI), Supplier Quality (PPM), Cost (Material Savings)
- Manage the day-to-day Purchasing, Planning, Material Handling, and Logistics functions to achieve key metrics - on time, at planned cost and quality.
- Support Strategic Sourcing initiatives to develop and execute the best value global supply chain for the division with a focus on the NA Business units.
- Collaborate with Operations to develop and execute Make/Buy strategies.
- Initiate and drive projects for continuous improvement in the areas of material cost, inventory accuracy and planning. Develop and automate key metrics and ensure continuous improvement to metrics over time.
- Drive and ensure suppliers are held accountable for meeting continuous improvement initiatives including lead time reduction, flexibility to schedules, quality improvement & inventory reduction in conjunction with Platform and divisional Strategic Sourcing Functions
- Implement Kanban/VMI/Pull/3PL contracts to ensure maximum inventory turns, best price, high quality, and consistent support to manufacturing.
- Continuously improve performance levels and people/organizational capabilities in line with established objectives, working with local and regional/global teams.
- Develop and lead an engaged group of team members to deliver on business priorities while ensuring compliance with required regulations and practices.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

Degree and\or Master in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, Logistics Management, or Operations Management.

EXPERIENCE
- Minimum 8 years of Purchasing and/or Material Planning and Operations experience. n
- Experience in an Assemble-to-order (ATO)/Engineer to Order (ETO) manufacturing environment with thorough MPS/MRP knowledge and functionality.
- Proven leadership abilities with experience managing teams

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES / COMPETENCIES
- Fluency in Italian and English.
- Strong background and understanding of the following in a mixed model manufacturing environment:

- Tactical Procurement (Buying)
- Kanban/Pull Systems & Inventory Optimization
- Material Planning
- Material Handling
- Logistics
- Understanding of lean manufacturing principles
- Strong project management skills / background
- Knowledge, experi