Regional Supply Chain Manager @ Wienerberger – West-EU / Hybrid

juli 18, 2024

Client Description

Wienerberger is a leading provider of innovative and ecological solutions for the entire building envelope, catering to both new constructions and renovations, as well as infrastructure for water and energy management.

Since 1819, their team of over 20,000 employees has been enhancing people’s lives. Our products and solutions enable energy-efficient, healthy, climate-friendly, and affordable living globally. Wienerberger is the world’s top brick producer and Europe’s leading clay roof tile manufacturer, with over 200 production sites across 28 countries. Furthermore, they are the foremost provider of pipe systems and surface pavings in Europe.

When defining the strategic plan to enable growth for the business unit Building Solutions, Wienerberger realized that supply chain would play a key role throughout the whole company. After having defined regions based on certain market-specific characteristics, they now want to position a Regional Supply Chain Manager in each region to spearhead the supply chain organization.

As Wienerberger’s designated business partner in this matter, Purson, has been mandated to aid them in finding the right expert for this exciting role!

Job Description

Act as a strong business partner and center of expertise for regional COOs, Managing Directors, and local Supply Chain Managers.
Ensure alignment with the Corporate Supply Chain team and strategic categories to enforce supply chain processes and standards.
Focus on correct usage and optimization of ERP
Ensure alignment of ERP-usage within the international supply chain playing field
Lead intercompany S&OP meetings.
Collaborate with local management to establish rules for intercompany forecasting, stock reservations, order management, product life cycle management, and intercompany pricing.
Provide expert input on supply chain organization and processes to country and regional teams, including creating overviews of plant utilization and stock evolution.
Conduct business case calculations and optimization simulations to optimize capacity allocation and inform mid and long-term investment decisions.
Deliver optimal customer service and experience at minimized costs.
Ensure effective knowledge management within the supply chain function, including sharing best practices, training, and enhancing competencies.
Provide critical input for regional prioritization of supply chain improvement initiatives.

Profile

Possess a master’s degree or equivalent in business administration, technical studies, or other relevant fields.
Hold at least 5 years of professional experience in Supply Chain within a large-scale, international products/solutions business, particularly in the manufacturing industry.
Demonstrate excellent proficiency in English, both spoken and written.
Exhibit strong project and process management skills.
Have operational experience in leading small to medium-sized project teams.
Show a strong affinity for IT, especially with Supply Chain-related modules of SAP or other relevant ERP systems.
Be proficient in MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Possess strong communication, relationship management, and negotiation skills, with the capability to set direction, evaluate, coach, mentor, and support others.
Have excellent interpersonal and meeting facilitation skills, with the ability to energize colleagues.
Appreciate working with multicultural teams in a cross-border matrix organization.
Be willing to travel frequently (up to 40-50%).

Offer

Wienerberger offers you the opportunity to pick up a strategic role with broad internal and external exposure within the Wienerberger network.
You will take the lead in further developing and optimizing supply chain within Wienerberger, leaving an imprint on further processes and overall growth.
A broad compensation package will be presented, relevant to your experience and potential.

Contact

Frederik Degryse | frederik@purson.be | 0032 470 19 40 13