Supply Chain Specialist

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Company Description

About Veolia
Veolia group aims to be the benchmark company for ecological transformation. In 2022, with nearly 220,000 employees worldwide, the Group designs and provides game-changing solutions that are both useful and practical for water, waste and energy management. Through its three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available resources, and replenish them. In 2021, the Veolia group supplied 79 million people with drinking water and 61 million people with wastewater service, produced nearly 48 million megawatt hours of energy and treated 48 million metric tons of waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) generated consolidated revenue of €28.508 billion in 2021. www.veolia.com

Job Description

The Supply Chain Specialist is responsible for managing all aspects of material handling in the order fulfilment, receiving, warehouse operations and delivery, including managing third party warehouse and toller relationships, inventory accuracy, and S&OP planning. Leads and ensures adherence to the appropriate processes, sets the priorities and meets our customers OTC requirements.

You will be required to focus on achieving performance objectives which are in line with the organisation’s vision and overcome those obstacles that may inhibit our Water Technologies Division from achieving these business goals. You are required to:

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Ensure smooth end-to-end SCM operation, planning and monitoring the processes for CMS and ES of customer inquiry, inventory management, and order fulfillment

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Work closely with the local sales team, Supply Chain team and other functional teams in order to streamline business processes and enhance customer partnerships to ensure that all supply chain activities are in line with business objectives

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Continuous improvement of operations, resulting in cost savings and service improvements

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Ensure regulatory compliance with our Water Technologies Division policies, procedures, and government regulations

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Share best practices with counterparts across the region and globally

Culture is an important differentiator when it comes to businesses—it sets the tone of a company. Here at company, we want a winning spirit!

You will be focussed on our four core values: Customer First, Respect, Team Spirit, and Passion for the Environment.

Safety & Compliance

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Ensure compliance, with all regulatory, Customer and Company Division EHS and Integrity policies

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Challenge and influence others on Safety and Compliance standards

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Contribute to culture of continuous improvement, open communication and learning

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Demonstrate active safety, quality & environmental leadership and take ownership/responsibility

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Build and maintain a risk management culture by forming positive relationships with Safety, Quality, Environment and Community with all stakeholders

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Demonstrate a commitment to continually improving health and safety performance

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Become familiar with and abide by all applicable company policies and guidelines, and relevant statutory obligations and ensure comprehensive permit compliance for the facility and region

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Developing and leading by example on a positive safety culture that drives down the number of recordable incidents and accidents, as well as first aids

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Report all occupational injury, illness, near miss incidents and environmental spills regardless of its severity in Gensuite

Key Responsibilities:

 

Sales & Operations Planning

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Lead & sustain the S&OP process by actively engaging commercial teams and PSI Lead through demand planning

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Ensure customer requirements are met in accordance with agreed schedules through stock availability

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Work with commercial, PSI and business operations team on NPI and other special projects in alignment with the company’s Medium-Term Plan (MTP)

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Coordinate with Sales, Supply Chain & Customer Service regarding scheduling and delivery related activities. 

Inventory Management

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Be capable of determining the business inventory management strategies and objectives

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Know how to set up an effective inventory control system and understand the different classes of inventory

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Maintain high inventory accuracy through various techniques including inventory audits, quarterly physical inventory stocktakes, and cycle counting

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Manage inventory level to achieve target with and effectively manage surplus and obsolete inventories

Third Party Warehouse, Logistics & Toller Management

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Ensure 3PL vendors meet company requirements on EHS & Compliance through regular audits

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Analyse gaps/failure in 3PL vendors and set up corrective and preventive actions

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Monitor 3PL vendors invoices to ensure costs are billed correctly and timely

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Monitor quality of tolled products

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Ensure that all agreed procedures and KPIs such as OTD, inventory accuracy, shipping accuracy, etc. are met

Product & Regulatory Compliance

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Accountable locally for Supply Chain and business regulatory compliance by ensuring required permits are available and valid

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Monitor regulation changes and ensure regulatory compliance in all local aspects i.e. customs, import/export licenses, labels, DG storage and waste disposal

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Monitor and ensure regulatory compliance in all logistics aspects i.e. IMDG, IATA, road transport, customs and permits/licenses

Brilliant Fulfilment

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Drive operations to achieve Supply Chain KPIs such as On Time Commitment (OTC), freight and logistics costs targets, inventory etc.

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Actively drive Operation Excellence to deliver better customer outcomes

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Participate and promote continuous improvement activities, health and safety awareness, and adherence to supply chain management

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Initiate and verify cost saving programs

Qualifications

·  Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain or Business
·  At least 2 years’ experience in Inventory Planning, Logistics or Distribution. Expertise in Chemicals or
·  Water Treatment is an advantage
·  Strong knowledge and understanding of local regulations related to Chemicals
·  Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and local language(s)
·  SAP Knowledge is preferred and MS Office software (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint etc.) is required
·  Effective time management skills including sequencing of own work and resource management
·  Self-motivated with high sense of urgency, resourcefulness and adaptability

Additional Requirements:

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The ability to become rapidly competent with new software applications

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Ability to build business partnerships across and between functional groups, with the potential to lead projects

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Effective problem-solving techniques and skills relating to delivery of outcomes

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Strong presentation skills, including facilitating team meetings and engaging groups to achieve outcomes

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Performs other duties, tasks and responsibilities as assigned or required

Additional Information

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.