Supply Chain Planning & Strategy Manager

• Oversees critical aspects of the supply chain, including forecasting demand, managing inventory levels, planning production activities, and ensuring timely access to raw materials by collaborating with suppliers
• Optimizing operations by identifying cost-saving opportunities, managing supply chain risks, and implementing continuous improvement strategies. This includes maintaining product quality and ensuring compliance with industry regulations.
• Effective communication with cross-functional teams, senior management, and country as well as regional stakeholders to align supply plans with business objectives

Accountabilities:

• Demand Forecasting: Collaborate with sales and marketing teams to forecast product demand based on market trends, historical data, and customer inputs.
• Inventory Management: Maintain optimal inventory levels to meet customer demand while minimizing excess or obsolete stock.
• Production Planning: Plan and schedule production activities to ensure an adequate supply of products while optimizing resource utilization.
• Supplier Management: Coordinate with Procurement team to ensure a consistent and timely supply of raw materials and components.
• Capacity Planning: Collaborate with Production team in assessing manufacturing capacities and anticipating potential bottlenecks, making recommendations for improvements or adjustments.
• Lead Time Management: Monitor lead times for both procurement and production to minimize delays in product availability.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate supply chain risks, such as disruptions in the availability of key materials or transportation issues.
• Data Analysis: Utilize data analysis tools and software to analyze supply chain metrics and make data-driven decisions.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including procurement, production, logistics, and sales, to align supply plans with company objectives.
• Cost Optimization: Identify opportunities to reduce supply chain costs while maintaining quality and service levels.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards in the handling and transportation of agrochemical products.
• Continuous Improvement: Continuously seek process improvements and efficiency gains in the supply chain operations.
• Communication: Communicate supply chain performance, issues, and plans to senior management and stakeholders.
• Emergency Response: Develop and implement contingency plans for supply disruptions or emergencies.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure that products meet quality standards and specifications throughout the supply chain process.

• Supply Chain Experience:  8+ years of experience in supply chain management roles, with a track record of success in planning.
• Agrochemical Industry: Knowledge of the agrochemical sector, including product types, regulatory requirements, and market dynamics.
• ERP Systems: Proficiency in using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for supply chain management, such as SAP, Oracle, or similar systems.
• Leadership: Experience in leading and managing cross-functional teams, including team supervision.
• Problem-Solving: A history of addressing supply chain challenges, finding solutions, and implementing process improvements.
• Project Management: Experience in project management to oversee supply chain initiatives and improvements.
• Risk Management: Demonstrated capability in identifying and mitigating supply chain risks to ensure continuity.
• Communication Skills: Strong communication and interpersonal skills to interact with internal teams, senior management, and external stakeholders effectively.
• Regulatory Compliance: Experience ensuring compliance with industry-specific regulations and standards.
• Change Management: The ability to adapt to changing market conditions and lead teams through organizational

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting.  From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.