Supply Chain Manager

**Posting Date**:10 Sep 2024**City**:Roma**Location**:Roma, IT, 144**Contract Type**:Permanent**Division**:Aerospace & Defence**Level of experience**:Intermediate- RINA is currently recruiting for a **Supply Chain Manager** to join its office in **Pomezia** within the Aerospace & Defence Division.**Job summary**
- The resource works directly under customer control. In the Supply Chain Department, the resource holds governance responsibility for managing subcontractors.

**Key Accountabilities**

**Purchasing Strategies (20.00%)**
- Identify functional objectives and collaborate with the Head of Direct Procurement to identify and implement purchasing strategies (category plan).
- Define the area budget (standard cost, lead time, DPO, etc.) in collaboration with the Head of Direct Procurement.
- Share responsibility with Planning and Warehouse for maintaining production material stock levels to meet the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) while maximizing turnover.
- Responsible for actions taken to achieve functional, departmental, and company objectives.
- Manage the processes of sharing strategies with internal stakeholders (GM, LOB, Eng, MA, Mfg).
- Oversee the information management system for the subcontract area according to defined KPIs.
- Manage supplier base.

**Procurement Process (25.00%)**
- Ensure procurement processes adhere to company procedures while maintaining efficiency and effectiveness.
- Cultivate strong relationships with Integrated Product Teams (IPT).
- Engage critically with suppliers and conduct significant negotiation activities concerning costs, lead times, quality, and terms & conditions (T&Cs) that must reflect the customers' contractual terms and conditions.

**Production Process (25.00%)**
- Ensure the management of issued orders aligns with the production plan, requiring clear engagement with planning and a strong commitment from suppliers.
- Activate and maintain consistent and continuous alignment with suppliers through weekly routines that foster a partnership in the supply process.
- Promptly communicate any issues to Planning.
- Oversee recovery plan actions by monitoring supplier performance (lead times, costs, quality) and resolve any supply issues or delays.
- Manage supply issues related to quality and/or process in collaboration with LOB, MA, Eng, and Mfg.
- Collaborate with Finance to manage payments according to the T&Cs defined with suppliers, avoiding supply interruptions.

**Stakeholder Relationships (25.00%)**
- Act as the point of contact (POC) for subcontracts within the IPT model.
- Demand complete, clear, and timely information from IPT leaders while ensuring that the project receives the required supply information.
- Govern communication processes with suppliers.
- Ensure communication processes with other company functions and clients are maintained.

**Company Procedures (5.00%)**
- Hold governance over functional company procedures, with the authority to make changes.
- Ensure maximum support for auditing processes in the subcontract area.

**Education**
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering General

**Job Requirements**

**Experience**
- A minimum of 5 years of previous experience in a buyer role, with at least 3 years in direct purchasing.
- Previous experience in operational areas (e.g., Quality) is considered a plus.
- Experience in medium and/or large companies in the aerospace and defense sector.

**Technical Skills/Knowledge**
- **Negotiation techniques**: Expert
- **Knowledge of aerospace and defense suppliers**: Advanced
- **SAP and Office Suite knowledge**: Advanced
- **Understanding of Supply Chain flows**: Advanced
- **English language proficiency**: Advanced

**Soft Skills**
- **Communication and influence**: Advanced
- **Assertive leadership**: Advanced
- **Conflict management**: Advanced
- **Negotiation**: Advanced
- **Decision-making ability**: Expert
- **Managing ambiguity and problem-solving**: Expert
- **Results orientation**: Advanced
- **Accountability**: Advanced
- Legend:

**Base**: Does not perform activities independently and often requires guidance.
**Intermediate**: Performs activities independently in familiar situations but may require guidance in unfamiliar situations.
**Advanced**: Performs activities independently in both familiar and unfamiliar situations.
**Expert**: Fully autonomous in performing activities and is so proficient in their area of expertise that they can transfer knowledge to others.

**Competencies**
- ADDRESS THE WAY - Have a big picture of different situations and reinterpret it in a perspective way
- CLIENT INTIMACY - Embrace internal and external client needs, expectations, and requirements to ensure maximum satisfaction
- EARN TRUST - Take everyone's opinion into account and remain open to diversity
- MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - Structure activities according to priorities, actions, resources and constraint
- MANAGE EMOTIONS - Recognise one's and other's emotions and express and regulate one's reactions
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