Supply Chain Manager

Who are Advanced Medical Solutions?
 
AMS is a world-leading independent developer and manufacturer of innovative tissue-healing technology, focused on quality outcomes for patients and value for payers. AMS has a wide range of surgical products including tissue adhesives, sutures, haemostats, internal fixation devices and internal sealants, which it markets under its brands LiquiBand®, RESORBA®, LiquiBandFix8®, LIQUIFIX™, Peters Surgical, Ifabond, Vitalitec and Seal-G®. AMS also supplies wound care dressings such as silver alginates, alginates, and foams through its ActivHeal® brand as well as under white label. Since 2019, the Group has made seven acquisitions: Sealantis, an Israeli developer of innovative internal sealants, Biomatlante, a French developer and manufacturer of surgical biomaterials, Raleigh, a leading UK coater and converter of woundcare and bio-diagnostics materials, AFS Medical, an Austrian specialist surgical business, Connexicon, an Irish tissue adhesives specialist, Syntacoll a German specialist in collagen-based absorbable surgical implants and Peters Surgical a global provider of specialty surgical sutures, mechanical haemostasis and internal cyanoacrylate devices. AMS's products, manufactured in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Thailand, India, the Czech Republic and Israel, are sold globally via a network of multinational or regional partners and distributors, as well as via AMS's own direct sales forces in the UK, Germany, Austria, France, Poland, Benelux, India, the Czech Republic and Russia. The Group has R&D innovation hubs in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France and Israel. Established in 1991, the Group has more than 1,500 employees. For more information, please seewww.admedsol.com

 

Key Objectives:

• To ensure that they always undertake their duties in compliance with company policies and procedures.
• To deliver 100% achievement of the production plan by ensuring material yield and machine availability is optimised.
• To provide excellent levels of customer service always.
• To ensure that products are produced “right, first time every time”.
• To ensure that a safe and healthy work environment exists by adhering to the company health and safety and environment polices and ensuring full compliance with relevant legislation.

What the role involves:

• Ensure we have a two-week fixed production plan by having a clear understanding of multi-level scheduling in a just-in-time business.
• Ensure there is visibility of Capacity and manpower requirements on a rolling three monthly basis.
• Ensure that we source the right materials on time and in full to meet all customer orders, which in turn ensures an OTIF of no less than 95%.
• Negotiate contracts with raw material suppliers and customers for the supply of their own materials.
• Plan and implement logistical strategy, ensuring targets are met and minimum costs are achieved.
• Use computer software to track goods from origin to delivery.
• Work on forecasts and inventories, keeping an accurate record of the process and analysing performance.
• Maintain a stock inventory accuracy of no less than 95%.
• Ensure that every OTIF failure is taken to root cause and corrective actions are implemented to eliminate recurrence.
• Manage and motivate your team with the use of personal development plans, regular 121’s and quarterly performance appraisals.
• Improve the overall supply chain performance and look for any possible innovations to the process.
• Develop new and existing relationships with suppliers.
• Manage and minimise the risks (for example operational or reputational) that could affect or interrupt the supply chain.
• Consider the environmental impact of the supply chain to drive net zero.
• Implement new technologies and stay alert to new trends and developments in the sector.
• Ensure that the ERP system delivers the maximum benefit to the business.
• Manage the warehouse function and staff effectively by utilizing the space available in a just in time business.

What we’re looking for:

Essential

• Be Highly analytical and well organised.
• Strong IT skills and the interest in / ability to learn new systems.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Good communication skills with the ability to relay information at a level relevant to the audience.
• Strong relationship builder.
• 2 years operation experience in Supply chain management.

Desirable

• Experience in Oracle ERP system.