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Supply chain manager
Description
Directors of Operations Planning are in charge of managing and organizing the set of activities for the acquisition, production and distribution of the products that companies offer to their customers. Therefore, they are responsible for managing the entire supply chain with the ability to integrate operations at the material and information flow level, covering the entire range of suppliers, production centre, logistics operators, points of sale and final customers.
Direct the functions of programming, purchasing, production planning and physical distribution (stocks of finished products, warehouses, order preparation and transportation) and also the launch of new products. Thus, their work begins with the acquisition of the raw material and ends with the delivery of the product to the final customer, passing through the entire series of agents involved in the production chain. For this reason, they often require good communication, negotiation and management skills.
Due to the increasingly global and competitive environment, Directors of Operations Planning are becoming a key professional for the global strategy of the company, since they constantly have to search for new formulas because improving the supply chain can be the company's greatest competitive advantage. They also become a key figure in the organization of the company, since they keep constant communication with suppliers, subcontracted companies and with professionals from other areas of the company in order to guarantee the global operation of the flow of materials and information.
Tasks
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