Plant Supply Chain Manager

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the role

• The core purpose of the role is to deliver the supply plan of the site and collaborate with site leadership to enable the execution of this supply plan.
• Represents supply chain in local plant management team and will put in place
  • Raw material call offs
  • Production scheduling
  • In plant logistics and inventory management/controlling
  • Transport planning call-off

Key responsibilities include

• Responsible for the overall performance of the plant’s supply chain process.
• Responsible for a healthy and safe environment for stakeholders directly and indirectly involved in supply chain processes (and product movements).
• Owns the raw material and packaging replenishment process at the site.
• Owns the production scheduling activity of the plant (adherence to schedule/plan KPI).
• Owns the relationship with Global planning regarding production planning parameters and output reviews.
• Translating the customer sales orders and the weekly Operational plan into a daily schedule, maintaining a frozen period.
• Provide visibility and communicate with clarity the detailed production schedule with the respective stakeholders (materials, CS, production, maintenance, process, QA, warehouse, transport).
• Coordinate between functions to ensure smooth production flow and production schedule adherence.
• Highlight/align any impact on the Operational plan and/or upstream/downstream schedule due to execution issues.
• Provide timely input to the national planning lead and/or upstream/downstream scheduler by coordinating within the team as needed.
• Optimize service and cost of service by working closely with the national planning lead and teams.
• Owns the inventory management activity for raw material, packaging and finished product on site.
• Owns the warehousing and transport for flows to and from the site (may vary per local/regional SC context).
• Owns the on-site logistics activities & workforce (material handling, pallet movements, reception, (un)loading).
• Responsible for the plant’s supply chain costs, quality and service for this scope.
• Responsible for the plant’s supply chain productivity. Drives initiatives to achieve productivity.
• Responsible for compliance of local supply chain process with regulations, customer requirements and group standards.
• Develops and maintains relations with internal and external stakeholders involved in the supply chain.
• Drives initiatives to achieve quality and service improvements.
• Cascades and monitors KPIs to deliver expected performance benefits. The main KPIs are the Plant’s OTIF, schedule adherence and inventory accuracy.
• Conducts and supports internal and external audits as required.
• Develops team and drives effective succession planning in line with organizational needs.
• Develops an employee-oriented company culture that emphasizes quality, continuous improvement, employee retention and development for high-performance.
• Act as SPOC for global and regional supply chain functions.
• Maintain and own FTA-related documentation.
• Scope
  • Raw material, packaging and finished goods handled/stored on site.
  • Logistics for inbound flows from supplier/regional DC to plant and outbound flows from plant to regional DC/customer (ownership of outbound logistics may vary per local/regional SC context).
  • The production schedule for (semi) finished goods produced on-site, using planning tools where applicable.
  • Physical stock count activity, reconciliation activity and related actions.

About you

• Bachelor's or master's degree in business administration, economics, or similar.
• Preferably APIC CPIM certified.
• Proven experience in a senior supply chain management role.
• Ability to lead and manage change in a complex environment.
• Travel requirements: 5 to 10%.
• Strong understanding of plant-related supply chain process, SAP MM, SD module user experience essential.
• Experience in supply chain (continuous) improvement process.
• Good knowledge of Forecast to Stock and Order to Cash process.
• Experience working with external logistic providers.
• Good analytical skills.
• Ability to bring people together, set a common agenda and manage interfaces between functions.
• Ability to drive change in a collaborative way.
• Ability to communicate adequately across the organization, from the shop floor to senior stakeholders.
• Ability to build diverse and inclusive teams.

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.