Supply Chain Manager, ANZ

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Supply Chain Manager Texture & Healthful Solutions ANZ

Location : Sydney, Australia

Reports to : Sr. Director Supply Chain Texture &Healthful Solutions, EMEA & APAC

Direct reports : 6

Workplace type : On site preferred, hybrid available

Company Background:

Ingredion is a Fortune 500 provider of ingredient solutions that touch millions of lives, every day. With over 19,000 customers in 120 countries, we create solutions that help nourish, comfort, and delight people all over the world. We are proud to source our strength from nature. That’s why we’re growing sustainably, with an industry-leading product portfolio that includes plant-based proteins, sugar alternatives and clean and simple ingredients that deliver on changing consumer needs while protecting our planet. Although we are best known for our food ingredients, we are much more than a food business. We co-create bespoke solutions with our customers; from cosmetics and beauty, to paper and textiles, to pharmaceuticals, driven by relentless curiosity. We make it our business to anticipate industry trends, and to bring together the potential of people, nature and technology to make life better.

We don’t just make ingredients. We create possibilities. Be What’s Next with us.

The Supply Chain Manager Texture & Healthful Solutions ANZ is responsible for managing the entire end to end Supply Chain. This position will be accountable for Planning activities, warehouse & distributions, internal and external collaborations including driving the Sales and Operations Planning Process to ensure inventory is aligned to sales demand through to on-time delivery of product to customers.

This position provides the business with visibility of customer demand while ensuring supply plans are in place to support future business growth.

Core Responsibilities:

Sales & Operations Planning – Oversee the management of the S&OP process to ensure alignment of sales forecasts. Responsible for preparing and chairing monthly S&OP process, with representatives from all areas of the business. Provide the necessary data to identify critical decision points and provide effective written communications to drive resolution on outstanding matters.

Forecast management – Oversee the Demand Planning function to ensure accurate and timely forecasts are updated to make the appropriate planning decisions. Drive forecast accuracy improvements & ensure alignment of forecast data and working capital targets.

Inventory management – Manage domestic inventory levels on imported products to support the companies working capital targets. Ensure slow moving and obsolete stock is managed proactively through cross functional management efforts.

Product availability – Review product availability to ensure customer delivery expectations are achieved. Highlight and resolve outstanding matters with sales managers on any critical service level issues.

Warehouse & Distribution – Manage Australia and New Zealand wide warehouse and distribution via a National network of 3rd party service providers. Manage 3PL service level, conduct RCA to improve customer complaints. Oversee the negotiation of rates with both warehouse providers and transport companies to service local customers with optimum service levels at the most cost-effective price.

Team Management and Collaboration – Manage and provide guidance for team members. Collaborate with the sales and marketing teams and supply chain professionals globally to ensure up to date information is utilized throughout the S&OP process and any changes that are significant are proactively communicated. Communicate Supply Chain KPI performance for key areas to drive meaningful action to improve customer satisfaction and business performance. Manage the Companies CoR policies and procedures to ensure careful selection and management of 3rd party providers to meet the Companies Chain of Responsibility commitments.

Work with cross functional teams such as Sales, Technical, Quality & Regulatory

Manage and Maintain Planning tools (JDA/BY) - Plan and prioritize local and overseas stock replenishment to maintain optimum inventory levels and support the companies service levels.

Responsible for Data Governance, Master Data to ensure data integrity for ANZ.

Qualified candidates will have:

Mandatory requirements:

• 5+ years experience in planning or equivalent role in a continuous production environment,, FMCG or manufacturing
• Accomplished People manager, demonstrated leadership skills
• Qualification in broader Supply Chain or related discipline an advantage
• Ability to generate new ideas and implement new processes to drive improvement
• Ability to communicate effectively functionally and geographically
• Experience with SAP and extensive knowledge of MRP and advanced Microsoft Office (Excel)

Desirable requirements:

• JDA/BY Demand Planning & Supply Planning experience highly regarded

Required behaviors and skills:

• Analytical, methodical, and strategic disciplines essential
• Ability to work with ambiguity
• Ability to identify, research and use initiative and creativity to resolve problems.
• Demonstrated capacity to work to deadlines and budgets with attention to detail.
• Demonstrated commitment to plan for and implement initiatives to facilitate the growth and development of the business and its people
• Flexibility in responding to the overall needs of the business.
• Customer service orientation.

Relocation available: No

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, military status, or disability status.

Ingredion provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If you need an accommodation, please inform us.

Relocation Available:

Ingredion is a leading global ingredients solutions company. We make sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients and biomaterials that are used by customers in everyday products from foods and beverages to paper and pharmaceuticals.

We turn grains, fruits, vegetables and other plant materials into ingredients that make crackers crunchy, candy sweet, yogurt creamy, lotions and creams silky, plastics biodegradable and tissues softer and stronger. Our innovative ingredient solutions help customers stay on trend with simple ingredients and gluten-free or high-fiber foods that appeal to today's consumers.

Grounded in our values of Care First, Be Preferred, Everyone Belongs, Innovate Boldly and Owner's Mindset, we employ approximately 12,000 employees around the world. Our customers operate in more than 120 countries and represent 60 diverse sectors, including food, beverage, paper and corrugating, brewing and other industries.

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