Supply Chain Excellence & Productivity Lead

Supply Chain Excellence & Productivity Lead

Job Description

Supply Chain Excellence & Productivity Lead

Location: Epping Plant, Cape Town, SA or Olayan, Bahrain or Dammam, Saudi Arabia

As a person, you’re a learner – a natural leader – someone who is always taking initiative to make things better and bring others along with you.

You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity and quality, always ensuring your responsibilities become a long-term success story.

In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU. 

This is a critical role within the MEA Supply Chain which encompasses the entire supply chain footprint in MEA – Plants and distribution centers.

The individual will be the thought leader across supply chains to ensure we drive continuous improvements driving gross productivity across mills, supply chains, procurement and DTV.

The individual is expected to bring the outside in thinking, and act as a self-driven change agent.

In this role, you will:



* Develop a comprehensive mill strategy and establish three-year productivity goals for the MEA region to enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of our supply chain


* Foster a culture of innovation by continuously exploring and implementing cutting-edge technologies, practices, and methodologies to drive supply chain excellence and deliver breakthrough results


* Harness the power of digital technologies to improve supply chain operations, such as implementing advanced analytics, automation, and predictive modeling to enhance decision-making – whilst upskilling the workforce


* Spearhead key initiatives to improve Gross Margin across various product categories, focusing on areas such as Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Conversion cost, Energy, Waste, and Manpower


* Influence and drive regional cost benchmarking strategy by conducting in-depth analyses of cost elements in collaboration with Plant operations, Transportation, Warehousing, and Customer teams.


* Manage a team of dotted line CI leaders in mill and SC to implement various productivity programs at mills, warehouses, and other operational levels, guiding them through ambiguity and empowering them to create innovative solutions for complex challenges.


* Develop problem-solving capability by leveraging industry tools, digital solutions, and methodologies, and collaborate with Engineering teams to enhance technical capabilities.


* Champion regional initiatives / programs to build World Class Manufacturing Culture in the organization (LEAN, Reliability, OPEX, LSS, Sustainability, Digital Manufacturing, Maturity Assessment, P2030).


* Drive Operational benchmarks and implement best practices for continuous improvement through application of technical knowledge, skills and capability.


* Orchestrate gross productivity ideation and activation across mill, SC, DTV and Procurement – foc...