Director, Supply Chain & Operations Japan

Location Tokyo
Discipline Supply Chain & Procurement
Job type Permanent
Salary Negotiatable
Reference 38293

【COMPANY OVERVIEW】

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【JOB RESPONSIBILITIES】

  • Responsible for supply chain management for Japan market to ensure supply can meet business and customer requirements at right time right place with right quantity and quality.

  • Control inventory at right level to offset market and supply risk and keep cost to reasonable level.

  • Responsible for controlling OPC within the pre-determined targets and development / execution of continuous OPC improvement actions

  • Responsible for optimizing customer service level and inventory holding by a well-coordinated data-based planning process across related functions and as a result, keep / improve SC KPI's. such as MAPE, LIFR, OTIF, Inv turns

  • Partner with 3PL in Japan and responsible for constantly delivering / improving industry leading logistical quality which is defined by KPI's such as: Miss-pick (PPM), Miss-delivery (PPM), On-time delivery, Cycle count accuracy

  • Partner with 3 BU's, global functions in Japan, GBO&PE and responsible for coordinating timely and successful new products launches across 3 BU's, 

  • Manage Supply Chain budget and drive cost reduction initiative to meet local business and global functional requirements.

  • Develop team to enhance team members competency. Develop succession plan and mitigate people movement risk. Measure individual performance and develop talents in each SC teams and develop rotation plan.

 

【REQUIREMENTS】 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or equivalent, MBA is preferred Fluency in English and Japanese

  • EXPERIENCE (e.g. health care industry, multinational company, number of years, what level/types of roles, etc)

  • 10+ years of experience in global supply chain management preferably both in Logistics, and Demand/Supply Planning functions.

  • Management experience of Purchasing, Package, Order Management, QA, Manufacturing functions plus

  • Experience in Medical equipment and/or Pharmaceutical Industry and multi- national companies, Knowledge in Japanese Pharmaceutical Law, GMP, GDP

  • Minimum 5 years of people management experience in a certain size of organization

  • Experience in ERP implementation plus

 

【FOR FURTHER INFORMATION】

Contact NAME: Luigi Cirillo

luigi.cirillo@cornerstone.jp

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