Senior Manager - Material Management | Automotive | Supply Chain | Global Aftersales
Location: AE
Job Requisition ID: 164702
Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.
By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day
Overview of the role:
Perform, manage branch operations and projects to ensure the right level of Inventory is maintained in the branche of Automotive divisions. To expedite the daily replenishment duties and task related to Demand planning. Ensure data accuracy and timely communication with all branches.
*What you will do:
Demand Planning
• Standardize multi brand parts procurement
• Maintain accurate service levels
• Maintain correct stock days
• Reduce order processing times
• Provide multi brand budget inputs for ordering and pricing,
• Review order quantities generated by Syncron and place accurate orders to principals and other suppliers to achieve healthy stock turn.
• Guide the Inventory Executives in processing the urgent orders and have effective controls to maintain a healthy ratio of urgent orders to stock orders.
• To review branch stocks and to call back slow-moving parts to parts distribution centre (PDC) to maintain lean Inventory.
• To analyse back-to-back orders placed by the branches
• Continuously monitor orders of all brands to the principal and suppliers within the stipulated time
• Obtain approvals as per delegation of authority.
Continuous improvement & Business Intelligence
• Creating dashboards for monitoring of process
• Perform kaizens and projects to reduce operational costs
• Taking necessary actions/ advise for effective inventory control
• Escalate the cases with necessary information if the process is not under control
System Utilisation
• Continuous review of system parameters for improving the service level
• Review of system Alerts,
• Review of branch stock availability
• Mastering the processes and applying as per business needs to improve the efficiency and productivity
Required skills to be successful:
• Demonstrated experience developing management reporting packs and presenting to senior leadership.
• Extensive knowledge of inventory management systems & Supply chain modules in ERP systems like SAP & Syncron
• Skilled in problem solving and continuous improvement methodologies
• Understanding of agile way of working
About the Team:
In this position you will be working in a fast paced and diverse Automotive supply chain environment. You will be reporting directly to the Head of Supply Chain and manage a team.
What Equips You For The Role:
• Around 5 years of experience in the field of Supply Chain, preferably with Automotive experience.
• Extensive knowledge of Inventory management systems.
• Business development and process improvement skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word/ Excel/ PowerPoint/MS Projects)
• Data analysis skill
About Al-Futtaim Automotive
A major division of the UAE-based Al-Futtaim Group of companies,
Al-Futtaim Automotive is an industry leader with presence in 10 countries across the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
Our core business activities at Al-Futtaim Automotive include distribution, manufacturing, leasing and aftersales, and we are firmly established as the regional representative of some of the world’s most iconic automotive brands: Toyota, Lexus, Honda, Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge, Volvo and RAM.
We are driven by a customer-centric approach, constantly pushing the boundaries on innovation, quality standards, and value-added service across our vast universe of customers - right from motoring enthusiasts to fleet operators to contractors. Our mission is to become the leader in custom-made mobility solutions by delivering nothing less than world-class omni-channel experiences.
We channel our local expertise and global trust to deliver one of the most comprehensive portfolios of mobility products and solutions, from passenger cars to SUVs, electric vehicles to high-performance motorbikes, commercial vehicles to industrial & construction equipment.
What keeps the company moving forward is a 9000-member strong team, with inspiring possibilities for growth, throughout the career path.
This is Al-Futtaim Automotive and we empower talent to move forward.
