Supply Chain Manager in Bedford

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For over 90 years, Fujifilm has engineered leading film, print and camera products. Now, we have evolved into a leader across multiple industries and practices — moving into healthcare, business innovation and electronic materials. We create a sense of continuous improvement, keeping value and collaboration at the core of our culture across Europe and the rest of the world.

In Healthcare, our goal is to make a positive difference. We proudly support healthcare professionals and their patients with diagnostic innovations, while also supplying life-impacting medicines and vaccines. Our commitment to giving our customers, employees and society more value from innovation keeps us moving forward. Join our team and give our world more smiles.

FUJIFILM Healthcare UK are looking for a Supply Chain Manager to own the day-to-day management and delivery of our Supply Chain products to our customers by building a strong working relationship with our network of vendors and European Supply Chain.

Candidate Location: Bedford or Surrounding Areas

What you’ll do:

• Lead, motivate, communicate with, develop, appraise, and performance manage staff to ensure they are fully motivated to achieve the best performance aligned with the company's needs.
• Create and maintain effective forecasting models to optimise inventory and demand planning, aligning with sales and production requirements.
• Ensure full compliance with industry regulations, legal requirements, and company policies related to supply chain management.
• Excel in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing business demands, demonstrating strong project management skills to drive change and adapt quickly.
• Lead the operational projects that need to be delivered for Supply Chain.
• Drive continuous improvement in the customer experience by actively seeking opportunities to enhance service levels.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to improve Business Support procedures, policies, and standards.
• Work with the European Supply Chain Management team(s) to optimize inventory levels and reduce lead times for the UK business.
• Oversee inventory control processes, optimizing stock levels to reduce excess inventory and minimize waste while ensuring adequate supply for production demands.
• Implement systems and processes to manage and analyse inventory data, ensuring real-time visibility and accuracy of stock across all locations.

What you’ll need:

• Experience in managing and leading in a Supply Chain environment.
• Proficiency in SAP.
• Experience of using PowerBI ideal.
• Ability to think creatively, innovate, and resolve problems, emphasizing long-term sustainable solutions over short-term fixes.
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage workload and priorities efficiently, while constantly striving to improve existing processes and systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with other service/support groups.