Supply Chain Director

About Abbott Diagnostics Korea

Our business provides testing solutions for Infectious Diseases lateral flow test, such as Rapid Diagnostics Test, Elisa, Urine Chemistry and these allow healthcare professionals and their patients to get same-day results.

Major Responsibilities

• Accountable for creating appropriate supply strategies in line with commercial and marketing needs and be responsible for facilitating an S&OP process in line with Divisional standards
• Define the mission and strategy of purchasing organization, implement of long-range material management, manufacturing and business improvement initiatives
• Manufacturing Capacity and Operation Planning, Supply Planning, & Inventory Planning, Purchasing etc. in coordination with commercial teams
• Implement strategies to reduce lead times and ensure optimal capacity utilization as well as surge capacity where applicable
• Manage inventory levels to hold appropriate inventory levels based on statistical models for forecast and demand planning
• Coordinate with cross-functional business teams to develop the best economic strategy for production planning to support customer demand and achieve cost reduction targets
• Work together with Commercial and Marketing leaders in order to validate forward looking demand forecasts as well as new product introductions
• Identify supply risks and mitigation strategies accordingly, minimize "high risk" products to mitigate expiry or obsolescence
• Manage strategy for SKU rationalization and Master Data governance
• Monitor warehouse daily operation for both material management (RM/SFG/FG) and logistics management according to SOP to meet the KPI and review volume back-log or workload to assess proper staffing
• Develop local procedures for inbound/outbound shipping, warehousing and transportation and 3PL warehouse management process
• Develop and track goals and objectives to assure annual improvements in operational performance; cost; product quality; productivity; and customer satisfaction linked to purchasing
• To liaise and co-ordinate with internal and external stakeholders in providing strategic logistics solutions
• Develop plans, cost estimates, and schedules for integrating these needs into existing purchasing activities
• Establish and maintain active communications with Divisional management in procurement and supply chain other relevant groups to ensure current understanding of their concerns and requirements. Establish goals and plan resources to meet the needs identified through this
• Manage key stakeholders in Finance, Quality and Operations to insure achievement of business unit operations goals
• Provide leadership to the managers for procurement and supply chain and optimization
• Manage relationships with major suppliers, vendors, or sub-contractors to ensure the organization receives satisfactory standards of service
• Execute key decisions with direct impact on costing, allocation strategy, operational excellence and strategic partners
• Evaluate logistics projects for cost optimization, competitive service and continuous improvement initiatives
• Manage a clean and safety warehouse working environment and optimized space utilization and ensure to comply with health and safety compliance
• Manage for all logistics transactions such as exportation and distribution cooperating with GBS team and global logistics involved in logistics process
• Responsible for booking, scheduling, delivery order, customs clearance, issuing bill of loading with EDI transmission
• Monitor shipping quantity, delivery times, costs and efficiency on all customer orders
• NPI Project management in terms of operation and support team to perform their responsibilities and liabilities
• Lead cross functional projects such as inventory optimization, ERP installation, global planning process and so on for business excellence
• Enforce compliance of personnel with administrative policies, procedures, safety rules, and governmental regulations.
• People management for Supply Chain & Purchasing organization to motivate, organize and encourage teamwork within the workforce to ensure productivity targets to be met or exceeded
  
  

Basic Qualifications / Experience

• Bachelor’s degree is required and preferably in a related field, such as Business administration, Commerce and Trade, Immunobiology, (Bio)Chemistry, Clinical pathology, etc. / MBA or MOT is preferred
• At least 15 years of work experience in a related function such as Supply Chain, Purchasing, Procurement, Operations, Supplier Management in bio/medical devices/pharma industry and entire business process for global supply chain
• Manage and Control the KPI(Key Performance Indicator), carry out a role for control tower to solve business issues/problems with cross functional team members.
• Strong data analysis skill with logical approach and good understanding of various ERP system
• Strong verbal and written communication with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization
• Good at setting the streamlined process for SOP(Standard Operating Procedure)
• Excellent MS Office skill (Excel, Word, Power Point)
• Good written and spoken English skill
• Minimum 10 years of people managing experience with more than 10 subordinates