Group Head, Supply Chain Management

Gentem Consulting Services Inc.; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Gentem Consulting Services Inc. in the Philippines seeks a strategic supply chain leader to own end-to-end planning across sourcing, procurement, warehousing, logistics and inventory for multi-brand operations.

You will drive governance, cost leadership and digital transformation, building a resilient network, managing S&OP, risk, and performance across 50 profit centers while enabling real-time dashboards for executives.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end supply chain strategy across sourcing, procurement, warehousing, logistics, and inventory for multi-brand, multi-format operations.
• Translate business growth plans into a scalable, resilient supply network that protects margin, service levels, and brand standards.
• Establish group-wide supply chain policies (procurement authority matrix, vendor governance, contract standards, risk thresholds).
• Institutionalize demand planning, S&OP, and inventory governance across 50 profit centers.
• Lead audit readiness for procurement compliance, food safety traceability, and cost controls.
• Drive strategic sourcing and category management for food, beverage, packaging, equipment, and services.
• Deliver enterprise savings through consolidation, should-costing, renegotiation, and long-term supplier partnerships.
• Own inflation mitigation and margin protection strategies (hedging approaches, alternate sourcing, spec optimization).
• Design and optimize the distribution and warehousing footprint (central warehouse, commissary, cross-docks, last-mile).
• Set service level standards for on-time-in-full (OTIF), fill rates, and shrink control across all brands and locations.
• Lead crisis and disruption management (supply shocks, recalls, port delays, weather events).
• Champion supply chain digitization: ERP / procurement suite, WMS / TMS, demand forecasting & inventory analytics.
• Build a single source of truth for spend, suppliers, and stock across 50 profit centers.
• Enable real-time dashboards for executives: cost-to-serve, stock health, and service risk.
• Ensure end-to-end traceability and compliance with food safety standards (HACCP, GMP, regulatory).
• Lead supplier QA programs and recall readiness.
• Integrate sustainability objectives (responsible sourcing, waste reduction, packaging footprint).
• Strategic partner to CEO/COO, CFO, HR, Brand Heads; lead cross-functional S&OP and IBP forums.
• Build a future-ready supply chain organization: Center of Excellence (Strategic Sourcing, Planning, Analytics) and strong field execution teams.

Job description

Job Description

1) Strategic Mandate

• Own theend-to-end supply chain strategyacross sourcing, procurement, warehousing, logistics, and inventory for multi-brand, multi-format operations.
• Translate business growth plans into ascalable, resilient supply networkthat protects margin, service levels, and brand standards.

2) Enterprise Governance & Control

• Establishgroup-wide supply chain policies(procurement authority matrix, vendor governance, contract standards, risk thresholds).
• Institutionalizedemand planning, S&OP, and inventory governanceacross 50 profit centers.
• Leadaudit readinessfor procurement compliance, food safety traceability, and cost controls.

3) Commercial & Cost Leadership

• Drivestrategic sourcing and category managementfor food, beverage, packaging, equipment, and services.
• Deliverenterprise savingsthrough consolidation, should-costing, renegotiation, and long-term supplier partnerships.
• Owninflation mitigation and margin protectionstrategies (hedging approaches, alternate sourcing, spec optimization).

4) Network & Operations Excellence

• Design and optimize thedistribution and warehousing footprint(central warehouse, commissary, cross-docks, last-mile).
• Setservice level standardsfor on-time-in-full (OTIF), fill rates, and shrink control across all brands and locations.
• Leadcrisis and disruption management(supply shocks, recalls, port delays, weather events).

5) Digital & Systems Leadership

• Championsupply chain digitization:
• ERP / procurement suite
• WMS / TMS
• Demand forecasting & inventory analytics
• Build asingle source of truthfor spend, suppliers, and stock across 50 profit centers.
• Enablereal-time dashboardsfor executives: cost-to-serve, stock health, and service risk.

6) Food Safety, Quality & ESG

• Ensureend-to-end traceabilityand compliance with food safety standards (HACCP, GMP, regulatory).
• Leadsupplier QA programsand recall readiness.
• Integratesustainability objectives(responsible sourcing, waste reduction, packaging footprint).

7) Enterprise Stakeholder Leadership

• Strategic partner to:
• CEO / COO– growth readiness, risk posture
• CFO– cost governance, working capital
• HR– workforce planning for logistics & procurement
• Brand Heads– menu innovation feasibility, speed to market
• Lead cross-functionalS&OP and IBP forums.

8) Organization & Capability Builder

• Build afuture-ready supply chain organization:
• Center of Excellence (Strategic Sourcing, Planning, Analytics)
• Strong field execution teams (warehouse, logistics, inventory control)
• Developsuccession-ready leadersfor Procurement, Planning, and Logistics.
• Reduce dependency on ad-hoc external vendors throughinternal capability maturity.