Supply Chain Director

Role Purpose

Key Accountabilities & Activities

• **Strategic Duties:**
• Actively contribute to the development of the company’s overall strategies, objectives, and policies.
• Design and implement comprehensive work plans for the supply chain division, assigning tasks to ensure the achievement of departmental and organizational goals.
• Develop KPIs for the supply chain department, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and monitoring progress.
• Oversee the implementation of supply chain strategies, ensuring workflow adherence to established policies and procedures.
• Continuously evaluate performance against pre-set goals, proposing preventive and corrective actions when necessary.
• Prepare and manage the supply chain budget, collaborating with the finance division to monitor expenditures and ensure alignment with financial objectives.
• **Technical and Executive Duties:**
• Oversee all supply chain processes, including demand planning, procurement, contract management, and warehouse operations, ensuring efficiency and productivity.
• Collaborate with related functions to accurately assess and forecast material demands and potential new product needs.
• Lead procurement processes, including sourcing equipment, tools, and materials, to achieve cost savings and operational efficiency.
• Approve and manage relationships with high-quality, cost-optimized vendors required to support operations.
• Drive strategic negotiations with major vendors and suppliers to secure favorable contracts and partnerships.
• Oversee contract management processes, including vendor relationship management, dispute resolution, and performance evaluation.
• Identify and address supply chain process bottlenecks, implementing actions to improve efficiency and performance.
• Regularly analyze supply chain KPIs and operational data, providing actionable insights and recommendations to enhance performance.
• Monitor inventory levels to ensure optimal supply while minimizing excess stock and associated costs.
• **People and Leadership Duties:**
• Build, lead, and develop high-performing teams within the supply chain function, fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability.
• Mentor and coach team members, ensuring alignment with the organization’s strategic objectives and values.
• Establish performance metrics for team members, providing regular feedback and conducting performance reviews.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the supply chain team by encouraging innovation and professional development.
• **Risk Management and Compliance Duties:**
• Develop and implement risk management strategies for the supply chain, mitigating potential disruptions and ensuring business continuity.
• Ensure compliance with local and international regulations, industry standards, and company policies across all supply chain activities.
• Establish contingency plans and monitor supply chain vulnerabilities, proactively addressing risks.
• **Business Development Duties:**
• Identify opportunities to optimize and expand supply chain operations, enhancing value creation and competitive advantage.
• Collaborate with other senior leaders to support the company’s growth strategies through efficient supply chain operations.
• Represent the company in negotiations, partnerships, and strategic initiatives related to supply chain operations.

Minimum Qualifications

• **EDUCATION:**
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• **TOTAL EXPERIENCE:**
• Minimum 12 years of total work experience (any sector).
• **RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:**
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience, defined as procurement, sourcing, vendor management, logistics or supply-chain operations in a comparable corporate environment.
• Non-relevant experience (e.g., experience in unrelated industries or functions) does NOT substitute for the relevant-experience requirement above.
• **PEOPLE-MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:**
• Minimum 6 years of those relevant years must be in a direct people-management or equivalent leadership capacity (defined as direct line-management responsibility for a team of staff, including hiring, performance management and termination input).

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Master's degree or a recognised professional qualification in the field.
• Certification: CIPS (Levels 3, 4, 5 or 6 by seniority)

• Certification: CSCMP And APICS CSCP

• Certification: CPSM
• Saudi National (KSA): preferred to support Saudization / Nitaqat compliance; not a blocking criterion.
• Knowledge & skills
• Understanding of performance metrics including P&L, revenue, budgeting and inventory
• Strategic Thinking
• Business Acumen
• Decision Making
• Good teamworking skills and the ability to lead and motivate a team
• creative thinking and problem solving