The mission of the Stocks and Assets Management team in the cluster is to achieve operational excellence in stock and assets management and optimize Packaged Gases (PG) mobile assets Retesting.
The team drives high customer service level and cost performance through optimized Capex and Opex, with the ultimate goal to ensure that the right assets are available in the right place, at the right time and at the right cost, supporting seamless and efficient PG mobile assets supply across the cluster.
As part of the Stocks & Assets Management team, the entity Stock & Assets Manager role is to contribute to this mission in their entity by leading their team in optimizing the fleet of PG mobile assets over the cylinder life cycle from procurement to assignments to plants, to retesting and, ultimately, to retirement.
The Stock & Assets Manager UK is accountable for ensuring the performance of the stock required to the Packaged Gases operations in the UK in a service model, working on two main axes:
1) availability at the right time at the right place (cylinders/bundles, empty & full)
2) the optimization of the assets usage and costs.
To this end, they hierarchically lead a team in charge of the following main processes:
S&OP: proposing an updated demand forecast and required production plan enabling the setup of the right resources (people & assets) at the right time to meet customer demand in the mid- to long- term horizon.
Assets Management: investment requests, cross-border asset transfers, gas service changes.
Stock Management: stock target definition, offer review, mobile assets reallocation.
Retesting Management: from mid- to long-term planning (Retesting Planning) to the weekly level (Production Scheduling).
Their team is in close contact with the primary transport dispatchers for organizing and optimizing the flows between plants, in close coordination with the secondary logistics and testing planning teams.
The entity Stock & Assets Manager’s scope covers plants, hubs, distributors stock points.
The Stock & Assets Manager UK is accountable for ensuring the highest availability of PG mobile assets at the lowest total cost, planning and measuring the performance of the physical inventories and leading action plans to reduce IDR (Inventory Difference Rate).
Education
Bachelor with strong experience/engineering degree
Experience
Supply chain management (3-5y)
Competencies
English
Core Competencies
- Knowledge/experience of cylinder, valves, valves and equipments, Gases and its packaging
- Knowledge and experience of “Order to Delivery” process
- Knowledge and experience with financial accounting and investment analysis
- Knowledge and experience with stocks inventory devices and accounting principles
- Proficiency utilizing Google Suite programs
- Usage of SAP & BI
Soft skills
Leadership to deliver results
Communication skills
Ability to work in matrix organization (drive by influence, orchestrate multiple parties without direct management, conflict management)
Ability to balance short to long term objectives in a complex environment (arbitration): decide efficiently
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