The European Supply Chain Associate Director leads the supply chain topics, ensuring accurate demand planning, replenishment, and inventory management across European portfolio. They will also oversee business processes with the affiliates. The manager continuously improves the supply chain using digital and data-driven industry 4.0 standards, adding long-term value to the organization. Additionally, they require strong people development skills and a proactive learning approach.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute cluster/affiliate Demand Planning meetings to align stakeholders on demand management, supply, and inventory levels; develop S&OP process, promote its tools cross-functionally, ensure consensus forecasts; manage supply escalations
- Maintain knowledge of supply chain components: demand management, replenishment, inventory, promotional planning, logistics, seasonal planning
- Report regionally driven KPIs; create additional metrics to support affiliate performance. Sharing with European leadership status and sharing innovative solutions to avoid business disruptions
- Participate in product launches: forecast accuracy for launches, track sales vs. forecast for 6-12 months post launch; recommend inventory strategy shifts,
- Support all financial cycles: forecasting, budget and LRP: providing in-depth analysis of the demand plan
- Build and maintain effective cross-functional relationships with business leaders, Global Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Quality, Finance and Commercial