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• Partner with affiliate Leadership team to drive sales, growth and margin improvement
• Responsible for developing and implementing country supply chain strategies supporting all financial, operational, quality and regulatory aspects
• Build up and maintain supply chain country strategic roadmap, ensure that processes meet and reflect EPD overall expectations
• Responsible for implementing all Supply Chain planning policies: procedures and practices in the market.
• Responsible for driving supply chain effectiveness, with full accountability on E2E SC process.
• Key contributor in Biosimilars localization projects evaluation and implementation.
• Work with TPM leader on TPM selection, capacity reservation to ensure supply security.
• Partner with TPMs to ensure supply security while building a strong relationship with internal & external stakeholders.
• Monitor stock levels of APIs & bulk items at TPMs to avoid out-of-stock situations and ensure safety stocks are maintained.
• Regularly monitor shipments to ensure on-time delivery of materials from APO to TPMs.
• Plan and optimize the monthly supply replenishment : Monthly planning of production orders & updating the replenishment plan on SAP, ensuring alignment with business objectives, demand forecast, and inventory strategies for all products (API, finished products & bulk items).
• Monitor demand changes to ensure supply plans are realistic, adequate and includes contingency plans in such a challenging environment.
• Supply Review and Communication: Lead the monthly supply review and share updates with concerned departments.
• Lead all communications with Planning Centers & supply planners as the main operating link with the Commercial Affiliate.
• Backorder Management: Weekly backorder reporting and follow-up with planners for BO resolution.
• Coordination with RA Department: on annual importation plans, special import permits, and artwork changes to ensure supply is uninterrupted.
• Tender business : Supply Planning to ensure timely deliveries under strict authorities, penalty risk.
• Ensure Safety-stocks are adequate to avoid stockout or expiries & align with concerned departments like Finance, Trade and Operations to meet cash flow goal.
• DI Management : Partner with commercial, Demand and finance teams on Distressed inventory forecasting and monitoring, mitigation of risks ex: communication of short dated stocks to mitigate write offs.
• Inventory Reconciliation: Manage inventory levels and stock reconciliations by ensuring system parameters are correctly set up.
• Acts as a key business partner with commercial team to ensure a cost effective & agile supply chain is maintained, ex: freight mode, warehousing, container utilization, discontinuation initiatives, change of source, MOQ revision, .
• Support in monthly LBE achievement, proactively highlights risks & provide gap mitigation recommendations.
• Provide shipment plan to APO in M-1 to secure containers booking and align on risk/opportunities and Weekly Call alignment on progress.
• Monitor Supply Chain Indicators and metrics to measure TPMs performance (On-time In-full, Supply Adherence, Capacity Constraints) in accordance with SOPs.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues at all levels to achieve organizational goals
• Accountable on compliance with applicable audit and divisional policies and procedures.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Statistics, Pharmacy or Business Administration.

10-12 years experience in the Supply chain field with Minimum 3 years of managerial experience

Strong experience in Supply Planning & logistics

Excellent command of both written and spoken English.

Excellent communication & leadership skills

Proactive internal and external stakeholder communication, coordination and collaboration

Ability to work efficiently in complex and deadline-driven operations, not losing focus on accuracy and quality

Analytical and Problem-solving skills.

• Highly Experienced in presenting to senior management.
• Advanced Excel and database skill is a must
• SAP knowledge & experience is a plus

Company Industry

• Medical
• Medical Devices

Department / Functional Area

• Logistics
• Supply Chain

Keywords

• Supply Chain Manager

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Parkhouse Bell is delighted to be recruiting for a leading electronics retailer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Our client operates over 160 outlets servicing the major brands in mobile phones, computers, and electronic accessories.

Reporting to the COO, you will lead the Supply Function by ensuring efficiency & consistency of supply, cost effectiveness, availability of goods & materials & developing the management team to guarantee timely delivery of goods at a competitive price.

Responsibilities:

1. Ensure efficiency & consistency of supply.
2. Manage cost effectiveness and availability of goods & materials.
3. Develop the management team to guarantee timely delivery of goods at a competitive price.

Minimum Requirements:

1. Bachelor's Degree in business related subject.
2. MBA / MSC Degree (preferable).
3. 10 - 12 years experience at management / senior management level (including 5-6 years Supply Chain Management experience covering planning, warehousing, purchasing & transportation management) in a large Retail / Distribution organization.
4. Very Good English – fluent Arabic.
5. Microsoft skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

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**About Abbott**
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people's health. We're always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
**Working at Abbott**
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:
+ Career development with an international company where you can grow the career
+ A company recognized as a great place to work in multiple countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
+ A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
**The Opportunity**
This position works out of our (Jeddah Office) in the Established Pharmaceutical Division where we are committed to bringing the benefits of our trusted medicines to more people in the world's fastest-growing countries. Our broad portfolio of high-quality and differentiated branded generic medicines reaches across multiple therapeutic areas including gastroenterology, women's health, cardiometabolic, pain management/central nervous system, and respiratory.
As the Saudi Arabia Supply Chain Manager, you'll work closely with commercial team, regulatory, quality, finance & operations teams/departments, as well as third party logistics, cluster, area & global colleagues in the EPD division.
**What You'll Do:**
+ Partner with affiliate Leadership team to drive sales, growth and margin improvement
+ Responsible for developing and implementing country supply chain strategies supporting all financial, operational, quality and regulatory aspects
+ Build up and maintain supply chain country strategic roadmap, ensure that processes meet and reflect EPD overall expectations
+ Responsible for implementing all Supply Chain planning policies: procedures and practices in the market.
+ Responsible for driving supply chain effectiveness, with full accountability on E2E SC process.
+ Key contributor in Biosimilars localization projects evaluation and implementation.
+ Work with TPM leader on TPM selection, capacity reservation to ensure supply security.
+ Partner with TPMs to ensure supply security while building a strong relationship with internal & external stakeholders.
+ Monitor stock levels of APIs & bulk items at TPMs to avoid out-of-stock situations and ensure safety stocks are maintained.
+ Regularly monitor shipments to ensure on-time delivery of materials from APO to TPMs.
+ Plan and optimize the monthly supply replenishment : Monthly planning of production orders & updating the replenishment plan on SAP, ensuring alignment with business objectives, demand forecast, and inventory strategies for all products (API, finished products & bulk items).
+ Monitor demand changes to ensure supply plans are realistic, adequate and includes contingency plans in such a challenging environment.
+ Supply Review and Communication: Lead the monthly supply review and share updates with concerned departments.
+ Lead all communications with Planning Centers & supply planners as the main operating link with the Commercial Affiliate.
+ Backorder Management: Weekly backorder reporting and follow-up with planners for BO resolution.
+ Coordination with RA Department: on annual importation plans, special import permits, and artwork changes to ensure supply is uninterrupted.
+ Tender business : Supply Planning to ensure timely deliveries under strict authorities, penalty risk.
+ Ensure Safety-stocks are adequate to avoid stockout or expiries & align with concerned departments like Finance, Trade and Operations to meet cash flow goal.
+ DI Management : Partner with commercial, Demand and finance teams on Distressed inventory forecasting and monitoring, mitigation of risks ex: communication of short dated stocks to mitigate write offs.
+ Inventory Reconciliation: Manage inventory levels and stock reconciliations by ensuring system parameters are correctly set up.
+ Acts as a key business partner with commercial team to ensure a cost effective & agile supply chain is maintained, ex: freight mode, warehousing, container utilization, discontinuation initiatives, change of source, MOQ revision, .
+ Support in monthly LBE achievement, proactively highlights risks & provide gap mitigation recommendations.
+ Provide shipment plan to APO in M-1 to secure containers booking and align on risk/opportunities and Weekly Call alignment on progress.
+ Monitor Supply Chain Indicators and metrics to measure TPMs performance (On-time In-full, Supply Adherence, Capacity Constraints) in accordance with SOPs.
+ Work collaboratively with colleagues at all levels to achieve organizational goals
+ Accountable on compliance with applicable audit and divisional policies and procedures.
**Required Qualifications**
-Bachelor degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Statistics, Pharmacy or Business Administration.
-10-12 years' experience in the Supply chain field with Minimum 3 years of managerial experience
-Strong experience in Supply Planning & logistics
-Excellent command of both written and spoken English.
-Excellent communication & leadership skills
-Proactive internal and external stakeholder communication, coordination and collaboration
-Ability to work efficiently in complex and deadline-driven operations, not losing focus on accuracy and quality
-Analytical and Problem-solving skills.
+ Highly Experienced in presenting to senior management.
+ Advanced Excel and database skill is a must
+ SAP knowledge & experience is a plus
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.
We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.
To request accommodation, please call or email

Come help us create a better everyday life for the many people. That’s the IKEA vision. We do that by offering a wide range of home furnishings with good design and function at prices so low that many people will be able to afford them.

Overview

Purpose: Create and constantly improve excellence in range administration and forecasting to achieve agreed service levels. Synchronise supply with commercial needs for the best possible customer perceived availability at the lowest possible total cost. Together with the commercial team ensure a smooth range management process and high-quality forecasts for input to supply planning.

Responsibilities

• Administer Range: Manage the product range for each selling unit according to the country range strategy and Sales Leaders' decisions.
• Align Offered Range: Ensure the offered range in each selling unit matches the agreed range and Initiate corrective actions in collaboration with Sales Leaders as necessary.
• Support Forecast Alignment: Assist Sales Leaders by highlighting discrepancies between central forecasts and country/selling unit forecasts.
• Establish New Selling Units: Aid in the establishment of new selling units by supporting range selection and administration.
• Provide Range Change Planning Information: Supply Sales Leaders and selling units with information to facilitate a smooth range change planning process.
• Support Range Change Implementation: Assist Sales Leaders in creating initial forecasts for new items and allocating discontinued items to selling units.
• Monitor Sales Goals: Track and follow up on sales goals for key articles as identified in the business agreement between IKEA of Sweden Home Furnishing Business (HFB) and Retail Sales.
• Allocate Discontinued Items: Manage unexpected deviations of discontinued items, considering all commercial implications, and oversee the range change process.
• Support Range Selection: Provide a range frame based on selling units’ capacity, incorporating input from the Retail Logistics Capacity and Flow Planner, in line with global range dimensioning rules.
• Embrace IKEA Values: Live the IKEA values and foster a strong, thriving IKEA culture that inspires colleagues to achieve extraordinary results in the store.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or a related field.
• 2+ years’ experience in a similar role

Seniorities and Employment Details

• Seniority level: Associate
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Supply Chain
• Industries: Retail

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Supply Chain Planning Manager

The Supply Chain Planning Manager will be responsible for managing supply across the planning horizon, overseeing all elements of material flow including production, raw materials, outplants, site logistics, and contract manufacturing. The role involves managing exceptions in real time.

This position also entails managing production, purchasing, warehousing, distribution, and financial forecasting activities to limit costs and improve accuracy, customer service, and safety. The role requires customer focus, strong decision-making, agility, and excellent communication skills to effectively manage supply across multiple functions and geographies. Additionally, the manager will oversee the performance of the client's network of supply points.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Determine appropriate equipment and staffing levels for loading, unloading, moving, or storing materials.
• Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirements planning, inventory control, warehousing, and receiving.
• Select transportation routes to maximize economy through shipment consolidation and warehousing/distribution optimization.
• Define performance metrics for evaluating supply chain factors such as product cost and quality.
• Implement new or improved supply chain processes to enhance efficiency and performance.
• Develop procedures for coordinating supply chain management with sales, marketing, finance, production, and quality assurance.
• Forecast demand and create supply plans in collaboration with supply chain planners to ensure material and product availability.
• Analyze inventories to increase turnover, reduce waste, and optimize customer service.
• Negotiate prices and terms with suppliers, vendors, and freight forwarders.
• Collaborate with team members to develop transportation plans for goods and personnel.
• Develop storage facility plans for warehouses and storage yards used by other departments.
• Coordinate shipping schedules and routes with transportation providers to ensure timely and damage-free delivery.
• Manage inventory and supervise staff responsible for inventory control, including procurement of new stock.
• Plan and coordinate internal movement of materials and products using advanced computer systems.
• Ensure proper labeling of shipping containers with addresses, contents, and weights.
• Coordinate with customs officials to meet legal requirements for shipments.
• Train staff on shipping techniques, safety procedures, and hazardous materials handling.
• Develop and implement tracking systems for real-time shipment monitoring.
• Communicate with suppliers and shipping providers regarding documentation and follow-up.
• Manage daily, monthly, and quarterly reports.
• Plan and oversee storage of stock in warehouses by categories, applying FIFO processes.
• Monitor and manage production and purchase plans based on sales trends.

Education and Competency

• Bachelor’s degree in logistics, business, or a related field preferred.
• Courses in business, economics, accounting, finance, statistics, and computer science are advantageous.
• Proficiency in Saber process is essential.
• Minimum 4 years of logistics and shipping experience required.
• ERP system knowledge.
• Strong analytical skills.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Excellent communication skills in both Arabic and English, reading and speaking.

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Responsibilities

• Responsible for driving revenue growth and profitability through strategic business development initiatives within logistics and value-added services. This involves achieving sales and profit targets by securing new business opportunities, maintaining strong relationships with existing clients, and enhancing overall customer satisfaction. The role also leads the Business Development team in optimizing operational costs, standardizing pricing strategies, managing sales contracts, and fostering positive customer experiences through effective profiling and complaint resolution.
• Create, develop and implement sales strategies
• Define the Strategies to be adopted within contracting for a new contract or initiating a new service to be delivered to market
• Ensure to have comprehensive knowledge about trends in the market for the value-added services to make suitable modifications in strategy including ordering, sourcing, and merchandizing
• Analyzes marketing potential of new and existing value added services, sales statistics, and expenditures to formulate policy
• Ensure the commercial and administration requirements of the contract are understood and comply with.
• Consult the project commercial team, project managers by providing on-going and regular commercial analysis.
• Cultivate and maintain effective business relationships with existing and new clients.
• Analyzes campaigns’ or customers' feedback intelligently to improve the sales performance and initiate proactive solutions to have advantage of analysis.
• Ensure Clients’ proper profiles are maintained to identify more business opportunities
• Manage the campaigns and invitations for CEVA ALmajdouie expos and events
• Compile, prepare and present information for project updates and technical presentations to staff and executive management.
• Measures the effectiveness of improvements and provide management visibility to such improvements.

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Responsibilities

• Drive revenue growth and profitability through strategic business development initiatives within logistics and value-added services.


• Create, develop and implement sales strategies.


• Define the strategies to be adopted within contracting for a new contract or initiating a new service to be delivered to market.


• Ensure to have comprehensive knowledge about trends in the market for the value-added services to make suitable modifications in strategy including ordering, sourcing, and merchandizing.


• Analyzes marketing potential of new and existing value added services, sales statistics, and expenditures to formulate policy.


• Ensure the commercial and administration requirements of the contract are understood and comply with.


• Consult the project commercial team, project managers by providing on-going and regular commercial analysis.


• Cultivate and maintain effective business relationships with existing and new clients.


• Analyzes campaigns' or customers' feedback intelligently to improve the sales performance and initiate proactive solutions to have advantage of analysis.


• Ensure Clients' proper profiles are maintained to identify more business opportunities.


• Manage the campaigns and invitations for CEVA ALmajdouie expos and events.


• Compile, prepare and present information for project updates and technical presentations to staff and executive management.


• Measures the effectiveness of improvements and provide management visibility to such improvements.

Skills

• Ability to make sound business recommendations based on financial principles.


• Highly collaborative approach with effective negotiation and influencing skills to act for change.


• Excellent project management skills, leading cross-functional teams, with a focus on flawless execution.


• Ability to interact with a multinational workforce with tact and understanding in order to minimize conflicts and maintain a harmonious work environment through counseling and patient handling of issues.


• Well versed in local laws & Compliance and preferably international commercial practices.

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Responsibilities

• Responsible for driving revenue growth and profitability through strategic business development initiatives within logistics and value-added services. This involves achieving sales and profit targets by securing new business opportunities, maintaining strong relationships with existing clients, and enhancing overall customer satisfaction. The role also leads the Business Development team in optimizing operational costs, standardizing pricing strategies, managing sales contracts, and fostering positive customer experiences through effective profiling and complaint resolution.
• Create, develop and implement sales strategies
• Define the Strategies to be adopted within contracting for a new contract or initiating a new service to be delivered to market
• Ensure to have comprehensive knowledge about trends in the market for the value-added services to make suitable modifications in strategy including ordering, sourcing, and merchandizing
• Analyzes marketing potential of new and existing value added services, sales statistics, and expenditures to formulate policy
• Ensure the commercial and administration requirements of the contract are understood and comply with.
• Consult the project commercial team, project managers by providing on-going and regular commercial analysis.
• Cultivate and maintain effective business relationships with existing and new clients.
• Analyzes campaigns’ or customers' feedback intelligently to improve the sales performance and initiate proactive solutions to have advantage of analysis.
• Ensure Clients’ proper profiles are maintained to identify more business opportunities
• Manage the campaigns and invitations for CEVA ALmajdouie expos and events
• Compile, prepare and present information for project updates and technical presentations to staff and executive management.
• Measures the effectiveness of improvements and provide management visibility to such improvements.

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The Role
We are seeking a proactive and experienced Supply Chain Manager to join our manufacturing team in Jeddah. This role is tailored for a Saudi national who will lead and optimize our supply chain operations, ensuring efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and alignment with business goals. Responsibilities: - Develop and implement effective supply chain strategies to enhance operational performance. - Manage procurement, inventory control, logistics, and distribution processes. - Collaborate with internal teams and external suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials and products. - Monitor and analyze supply chain KPIs to identify areas for improvement. - Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies. - Lead, mentor, and develop the supply chain team to achieve departmental objectives. - Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize supply chain cost and service levels.

Requirements
- Saudi national, male / female, who has at least 7 years working experience within Supply Chain function gained from being working for manufacturer - Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, or related field. - Proven experience in supply chain management within the manufacturing sector. - Strong knowledge of procurement, inventory management, logistics, and distribution. - Excellent leadership and team management skills. - Analytical mindset with the ability to solve complex problems. - Proficient in supply chain software and Microsoft Office suite. - Excellent communication and negotiation abilities. - Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

About the company
Elbait is a boutique type of executive search & recruitment management consulting firm based in Dubai. The unique understanding about the market needs, cultural awareness and professionalism enable the firm to offer its services to diversified portfolio of clients that operates in the ME region. Elbait is committed to seek the most suitable professionals on international, regional as well as national basis. Elbait committed to have well-defined partnership with Clients to meet their talent acquisition and executive needs on both Practice and Function basis. In addition, it committed to ensure remarkable contribution to the welfare of Stake-holders, Clients and Job-seekers. Industries: - FMCG, Consumer goods & retail - Construction, Engineering, Oil & Gas, infrastructure (technical & non-technical) - Automotive - Property Management & Real- Estate Functions across industries (other than above): - Sales & Marketing - HR & IT - Finance & Accounting