Supply Chain Manager

ProAmpac; Donegal; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ProAmpac is seeking a proactive Supply Chain Manager for our site in Ireland. You will lead planning, warehousing and logistics to meet customer demand and KPI targets, while championing safety and our core values.

You will mentor teams, optimise materials flow using SYSPRO, and collaborate with HR, finance and production to maintain cost-efficient operations and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and mentoring teams in a production or manufacturing setting.
• Results oriented with strong planning and problem-solving abilities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills; able to work cross-functionally.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Supply Chain function to meet customer demand and KPIs.
• Champion Health & Safety requirements and company values.
• Provide direction to planning, warehousing and logistics to optimise production plans and labour use.
• Utilise SYSPRO for materials management, purchasing, receipt, storage, issue and shipment.
• Collaborate with HR, Training and Operations to ensure appropriate labour resources.
• Maintain accurate records in the CRM for trials and New Product Development.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Planning

Communication

Inventory management

Microsoft Office

Tools

SYSPRO

CRM

Job description

ProAmpac is a leading global flexible packaging company with comprehensive product offerings. We provide creative packaging solutions, industry-leading customer service and award-winning innovation to a diverse global marketplace. We are guided in our work by five core values that are the basis for our success: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, Involvement and Impact. We are moving flexible packaging forward by redefining innovation through collaboration within our own company and with our customers and suppliers. ProAmpac brings brand owners and packaging experts together to generate fresh thinking, accelerate advanced technology and increase speed-to-market, package customisation and consumer differentiation.

Main Purpose:

To manage the activities of the Supply Chain function, ensuring manufacturing can focus on the delivery of customer demand and KPI’s.

Job Description

• Champion a safe working environment, ensuring that all Health & Safety requirements and procedures are adhered to.
• Continuously display our core values of Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, Involvement and Impact.
• Provide direction and leadership to the Supply Chain function, ensuring that all members of the team have goals aligned to the business objectives.
• Ensure that the Planning function fully utilises all the planning tools available, to deliver the most efficient production plans, in line with Customer demand, including the efficient use of Labour.
• Ensure that the Warehouse and Logistics functions deliver to Customers, on time and in full, the required RM & FG to satisfy their respective needs.
• Using SYSPRO, ensure that the Supply Chain function manages all materials requirements and transactions; including purchase, receipt, storage, issue and shipment in an accurate and timely way. Where variance in any aspect of materials control is identified it must be investigated, reported and closed in line with the expectations of RAP UK Finance dept.
• Ensure that the correct materials are delivered to the place of need and in advance of requirements, where alternate materials or other variation of the plan is required, it is imperative that this is clearly communicated and understood irrespective of the time of day.
• Working with HR & Training functions, ensure that that the Resource Planning function operates in a strategic way to ensure that the required labour resources are in place across the manufacturing operation to ensure continuity of operations in the most cost-effective way in line with budgeted labour spend.
• Ensure that all trials are planned and coordinated, by the Supply Chain function, through each stage of production, storage and shipment, ensuring accurate reporting of all aspects of the trial in the CRM database.
• Maintain an accurate record of all aspects of New Product Development, which consumes Materials, Machine Time and Labour Resource, to support the receipt of maximum funding (Grant Aid) for all eligible R&D activity.
• Identify and implement solutions to opportunities for improved performance in any aspect of business both within and outside the areas of responsibility.
• Ensure that the Operations Manager is notified in advance of any circumstance within the scope of the Supply Chain Manager which may affect the efficient daily delivery of the site objectives.
• Support the teams to sure they ensure they comply with all audit standards in relation to BRCGS / ISO /FSC / PEFC / FSAI.
• Carry out all other reasonable requests.

The Ideal Candidate

• Ability to mentor and/or communicate effectively to new and existing team members.
• Experience working within a production environment advantageous.
• Results orientated.
• Self-Motivated and Enthusiastic.
• Work well with others and on your own initiative.
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Computer Skills, experience with Microsoft Office Suite