SCM Project and Office Support

Job Description

The Supply Project Support role will be critical to ensure projects are successfully facilitated and delivered on time to support the ambitions of rollout. The Supply Project support will be responsible for support projects and responsible for supporting the scoping, planning, and timing of projects via application of the PMO toolkit ( Lean tools) .The role is responsible for supporting / facilitating project teams to successfully plan projects, establish a culture of discipline and excellence in execution.(Initiatives / Projects are enterprise-wide and business critical and involve a high degree of planning, complexity, and risk.)What are we looking for
• Bachelors Degree or Higher in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or Business Administration/Management
• 3+years Project Management/Business experience
• Experience across multiple business functions
• Demonstrable experience of facilitating and delivering multiple complex projects at a cross-functional or enterprise-wide level
• Demonstrable experience of working within a structured project environment
• Knowledge of operations management, logistics and supply chain
• Supply chain design expertise; understanding of end-to-end supply chain network design and optimization
• Demonstrable understanding of business process and change management
• Functional skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint
• Commercial, Crop Protection or Seeds knowledge is an advantage
What will be your key responsibilities
• Delivers cross-functional support to the project team through scheduling recurrent project meetings, creates/maintains records / register, project plan and action log.
• Support to the chairs project lead for project meetings, gathering info/update from cross-functional teams, and manages the communication flow between all functions and levels within the organization.
• Updates team lead / members on progress of the project activities and ensure inputs from all functions are on time
• Compiles and delivers project reports for project lead / business lead and provides meeting notes and ensures completion of any resulting actions.
• Serves as central point of contact for the team, provides timely and accurate messaging at project lead, highlight potential risks and interdependencies as they relate to the success to the overall project
• Provides primary support for the functions leading the project: Customer Service, Planning and Distribution
• Reports and escalates risks/issues and recommendations of Project lead / team to the appropriate Steering Group(s) as required
• Facilitates the cross-functional team and support to develop monitor project timelines
• Support in use and/or optimization of PMO toolkit ( Lean tools) Change Management, PCRs, risk management, timelines
• Create robust and cost-effective supply chains aligned to the strategy, with specific emphasis on security of intellectual property (IP), security of supply, product quality, total cost of supply, inventory management, risk management, asset network optimization & investment.
• Propose and report against targets set against the standard set of KPI s to ensure delivery against the strategic imperatives.
• SCM office support
Skills:
• Project management
• Process management
Critical technical, professional, and personal capabilities
• Looks constantly for new ways to create value for the company
• Innovative and new solutions to existing problems
• Thinks outside of the box finds innovative solutions
• Strategic thinker, Negotiator, decisive, result oriented, self-motivated
• Analytical thinker, Strong influencing skills. Effective communicator
• Pro-active team player / knowledge sharer / open and transparent
• Ability to develop network across organization, ability to influence and motivate people
• Ability to develop strategies and agenda for change
• Excellent presentation and stakeholder management skills
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Keyskills :
supply chain managementsupply chainproject teamsnetwork designoffice supportmicrosoft wordrisk managementproject supportproduct qualityproject reportscrop protectioncustomer servicebusiness processchange managementinventory managementnetwor