Manager, Supply Chain Management
About the role
The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for ensuring our business can efficiently source raw materials, manufacture products, arrange production demand, store inventory and transport shipments to consumers or distributors. The duties include developing supply chain strategy (Key account, Channel and General account), demand planning, logistics arrangement and supply planning. They also analyze operations performance and resolve issues to meet client demand and keep inventory at a healthy level and within budget. They are crucial in helping oversee and manage the company's overall supply chain and logistics strategy and operations in order to maximize the process efficiency and productivity.
Founded in 1983, Advantech is a leader in providing trusted innovative embedded and automation products and solutions. Advantech offers comprehensive system integration, hardware, software, customer-centric design services, and global logistics support; all backed by industry-leading front and back-office e-business solutions. Advantech has always been an innovator in the development and manufacture of high-quality, high-performance computing platforms. We cooperate closely with our partners to help provide complete solutions for a wide array of applications across a diverse range of industries. To realize our corporate vision of Enabling an Intelligent Planet, Advantech will continue collaborating and partnering for Smart city & IoT Solutions. World-class RecognitionAdvantech is an authorized alliance partner of both Intel® and Microsoft®. Our customers will find the technologies we use inside our products to be widely compatible with other products in the global marketplace. In 2018 and 2019, Interbrand, the world-renowned brand consulting firm, once again recognized Advantech efforts to build a trusted, global brand; it also symbolizes a promise we gave to our business partners, which was to do our best to keep building a trustworthy brand that is recognized everywhere in the world. Advantech was selected as Interbrand’s #5 best Taiwan Global Brand in 2018.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement supply chain strategies that optimize efficiency and minimize costs
- Based on DSN (digital supply network) direction to have SC digital transformation.
- Define supply chain KPIs with related executives.
- Develop SCM OKR (Objective and Key result) to initiate SC processes improvement.
- Demand Planning with monthly S&OP meeting with sales, PM and business owner.
- Supply planning with S&OP meeting with HQ SCM and suppliers
- SCM MBR & QBR Analysis and report - monthly/quarterly
- Manage relationships with suppliers and negotiate contracts.
- Negotiate with carriers to have smooth and cost-effective ocean and air shipment.
- Maintain, execute, and manage SC demand-supply in SAP.
- Oversee inventory management and ensure adequate stock levels.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of products.
- Define and develop SCM dashboard and necessary report with IT.
- Identify process bottleneck and implement solutions in a timely manner
- Train and manage SC team to meet SC KPIs and goals.
- All other duties that may be necessary
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in