Senior Manager - Contract Manufacturing

Our Client is growing plant based good manufacture, they have been going through hugh grow along with aquisations and now on looking to transform their supply chain and operations fuctions.

They now require a proven Senior Manager of Contract Manufacturing to join their team.

About this opportunity

This role is responsible for developing and implementing effective packaging sourcing strategies to optimize packaging costs, service to customers, inventory, and obsolescence risk. S/He will be also responsible for cost saving measures, drafting, and managing contracts, ensuring performance to contract obligations, and quantitative analysis to identify financial impacts of decisions. The position will be involved in developing and vetting capital investment plans for the Coman sites, tied to changes needed capabilities and/or capacity.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Maintain SKU production start dates and track deliveries to meet start date; schedule and lead meeting with 3rd parties and internal stakeholder to get deliveries completed
• Supports the business with facts and analysis in areas needing capital investment with the coman locations.
• Coordinate with Supply Planning team and 3rd party management to align on future production needs
• Cultivate supplier and manufacturer relationships through regular communication and business reviews
• Work to understand available capacity line process detail, and troubleshoot production line layouts for efficiencies and quality
• Create and implement programs to develop, continuously improve, govern, rationalize, and monitor agreed SLA's/KPI's
• Key internal contact and interface with the 3rd party for product launches from the coman locations
• Identify cost saving measures at 3rd party locations

Your skills and experience

To be successful in this role, you'll have:

• Able to interpret technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with abstract and concrete variables
• 7+ years of relevant experience. Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Clearly communicates goals and objectives
• Strong commercial acumen, with an action bias, able to work successfully towards strict deadlines
• Highly organized, with strong analytical skills and champions collaboration
• Lean manufacturing mindset, with end-to-end supply chain experience, highly self-driven
• Familiar with and comfortable working in a production environment