Supply Chain Manager Process & Tools
Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.
GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 15,000 employees across 41 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers. There are no limits to where you can take your career.
Supply Chain Manager Process & Tools
As Supply Chain Manager Process & Tools, your responsibilities include leading the team of logistic specialists who ensure the availability of the SCM owned applications like ERP, supplier portal, BI tool, etc. Additionally, you will spend a large portion of your time in leading SCM improvement projects across our 4 EWIS sites (India, China, Netherlands and Turkey). All of this needs to be achieved in a safe environment, ensuring compliance with SCM standards and governance. The Supply Chain Manager Process & Tools plays a key role in the execution of the SCM strategy. You will report to the Supply Chain Director.
Job Responsibilities
As Supply Chain Manager Process & Tools, you carry the following responsibilities:
• Provide daily leadership to the SCM process and tools team (6 FTE).
• Ensure availability of SCM owned applications like ERP, supplier portal, BI tool, etc.
• Contribute to the development of improvement plans (business cases) within SCM projects to support the Supply Chain Management team.
• Lead SCM improvement projects from A-Z within agreed time and cost constraints.
• Provide timely updates (KPIs, project plans, and reporting) and escalate when necessary.
• Support SCM projects and processes from a continuous improvement and implementation perspective.
• Support Global/Site Supply Chain Management team in creating and/or implementing business standards.
• Provide input to the Supply Chain Director for designing relevant Corporate Strategy.
• Maintain, manage, and communicate results according to defined project KPIs and project governance.
• Apply PDCA approach, use A3 in case of deviations from the plan to ensure successful project delivery and sustainability.
• Responsible for the uniformity, accuracy, consistency, and accountability of the organization's official master data in local ERP and other supporting systems.
What do you have to offer to be successful
• Bachelor’s degree in logistics/supply chain.
• Min. 5+ years of relevant supply chain experience.
• Project management experience is preferred.
• Analytical, process-oriented, and strong communication skills.
• Affinity with automation/IT.
• Proficiency in Dutch and English.
• Proactive and a self-starter.
What do we have to offer you
We offer an innovative and international environment in which we work in a High Tech organization with a rich history in the field of aircraft manufacturing. Our organization exudes a passion for technology and our employees are rightly proud of what they develop and build.
Once you're on board, you are entitled to a fantastic range of benefits, including:
• A competitive salary based on your experience within the scales of our collective labour agreement (CAO Metalektro). Grade L1.
• Profit-sharing scheme.
• 42 paid holidays for full-time employment (29 holidays and 13 adv-days).
• Holiday allowance
• Working conditions according to the CAO Metalektro, including an attractive pension scheme and travel allowance (from 10 kilometers one way).
• A pleasant and informal working environment, in which we work together to achieve the best result for our customers in a pleasant atmosphere.
As well as a competitive package we’ll offer you a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly! We’ll support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That’s the beauty of being part of a global business, once you’re on board you never know where you career journey may take you!
What we do at GKN Fokker Elmo
At GKN Fokker ELMO, we make wiring harnesses for aircraft, which connect all the electrical systems in an aircraft. To make the wiring harnesses, we have everything in-house from start to finish. From complete engineering to our final product, the ready-to-use wiring harnesses, we do this for well-known aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing, Airbus, and Lockheed-Martin for both civil and military aircraft.
We produce these wiring harnesses worldwide at several sites. In Papendrecht / Hoogerheide we have 800 employees. This is what GKN Fokker ELMO is all about: quality and therefore airworthiness.
Questions or apply directly
We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
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