Supply Chain Director

Job Description : SUPPLY CHAIN DIRECTOR PENANG MALAYSIA Establish and maintain purchasing practices and policies to ensure honest, fair, and ethical with vendors. Keep informed on legal matters that affect purchasing policies Lead and support business units in communicating directly with our customers on all supply chain matters with the aim to deliver customer satisfaction while achieving the company’s goals and optimising the materials margin and inventory turns Maintain optimum inventory levels to ensure on-time deliveries to meet customer requirements minimising carrying costs and premium transportation charges and maximising inventory turnover Establish key programmes or projects that target specific improvement opportunities to reduce costs lead times, resolve quality issues, or increase supply dependability and flexibility Provide customer support to sales group by representing materials in sales presentations and periodic customer meetings and interactions including, but not limited to, potential customer visits, quarterly business reviews, etc. Plan (S&OP), monitoring progress, optimise supply and capacity flexibility, and resolve issues To succeed in this Supply Chain Director (Penang) role, you must have solid foundation in purchasing, especially in the electronics OEM/EMS industry. Key Requirements: More than 12 years of purchasing and supply chain experience with at least five years in a leadership role Experience using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools (MAPICS, Baan, or equivalent) Demonstrated leadership and people management skills including ability to effectively coach and employees at all levels Demonstrated effective customer interface skills Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact and influence individuals, internally and across all levels, functions and geographies Use of discretion with the ability to gain trust of business leaders and others to discuss and respond to sensitive and business critical issues

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