Senior Program Lead – Supply Chain

Salary: £84,000 – £96,000 per year

Senior Program Lead – Supply Chain

Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands

Salary: £84,000 – £96,000 + bonus + car allowance + benefits

Leading the supply chain transformation team of two manufacturing sites, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a large scale.

The position is responsible for successful implementation of a broad variety of manufacturing, CAPEX and significant change programs across their flagship manufacturing sites. You will lead multiple transformation programmes some which have a value of £25m and some that have a big impact but much smaller budget. You will lead all aspects of the project: scope, functional requirements, schedule, finance, risk, quality, resources, external partners and consultants. This role requires influencing employees and senior leaders across multiple functional teams, setting deliverables, presenting with company executives, ensuring projects stay on track and on budget. All this whilst leading, coaching and developing a high performing team.

The role:

Own and build project plans, including milestones, including seeking appropriate project resources.

Create alongside the group team the definition of project scope, technical requirement, goals and deliverables.

Lead external partners, consultants that may assist in the solution design and implementation

Supervise and report project progress to key partners, steering committees as needed.

Develop cross-functional leadership influence to empower team members while holding them accountable at various implementation sites and teams across the globe.

Identify and tackle potential risks and set in place mitigation plans across multiple projects.

Communicate and facilitate issue resolution.

Optimally run change and adoption of new tools and processes at each site

Provides leadership and career development to six direct reports

Takes ownership of developing the site level work plan supported by the weekly action plan and ensures a high-level assessment of systems.

Flags major risk and network-level roadblocks to the central team.

Coordinates with the central team and Op Ex managers at other sites to ensure implementation consistency with the rest of the network.

Be an integral part of the site leadership team

The person:

Degree in Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain Management or other business management field

10+ years of supply chain / manufacturing management or supply chain project management experience, within food or fmcg manufacturing

Experience gained in a an environment of considerable change and transformation

Prince 2 or similar qualifications

A true collaborator and thrives in a matrix environment

CAPEX investment experience

Deep understanding of supply chain / manufacturing planning processes, SIOP, Capacity analysis.

Understanding of ERP systems such as SAP, E1 Oracle

Strong written and verbal communication skills to translate ambiguous supply chain situations into terms clearly understood by various partners.

Strong analytical skills combined with practical intuition for business.

Demonstrated ability to thrive and build relationships in a matrix environment.

Demonstrated ability to work independently, typically initiating own tasks with input/guidance from manager and managing multiple tasks within tight deadlines.

Knowledge of food manufacturing policies, procedures etc

Knowledge of CI systems and methodologies including TPM, Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma

Understands metrics and best in class excellence levels of maturity

Proven leadership abilities, including strong influencing skills without direct reporting

Proven change management skills

Excellent problem-solving skills with ability to balance multiple and changing priorities

Collaborative approach as your natural style

Strong written and oral communication skills

Ability to coach, train and provide constructive feedback to all levels of the plant organization

Demonstrated abilities to build capability and confidence in team

Ability to understand financial data and analysis to estimate values, including the development of Zero-Based Analytics

Understands the budget process and has demonstrated abilities to manage a budget

Ability to recognise and adapt to different audiences

Ability to communicate effectively in a technical environment, including in front of C-level and VP-level stakeholders

To apply please email your CV, or call for more details