Supply Chain Manager

Job Details

Job Title: Supply Chain Manager

Location: Taipei, Taiwan

Work Arrangement: Onsite

About the Role

This position assumes the overall accountability for Taiwan’s supply chain. This includes the organization, the assets, the systems, the processes, and the deliverables. Active contribution is expected, and active collaboration with the Country Leadership Team is imperative.

The role reports will also actively collaborate with the Supply Chain Centre of Excellence and with Supply Chain leaders in other countries is assumed. The role oversees the full supply chain organization in Taiwan. This includes the supply chain staff, contractors, and third party providers.

Key Responsibilities

• The role has overall end-to-end accountability for Taiwan’s Supply Chain operations, covering both strategic leadership and operational execution across the following functions:

• Quality, Health, Safety & Environment (QHSE)
• Procurement and supplier management
• Inbound logistics and materials management
• Warehousing and inventory management
• Outbound transportation and distribution
• Customer service and order fulfillment
• Custom clearance procedure

• All supply chain functions fall under the accountability of the Supply Manager, irrespective of whether activities are performed in-house or outsourced to third-party providers. The role is responsible for continuously evaluating, designing, and optimizing the make-versus-buy and insource-versus-outsource strategy to ensure the most effective balance of cost, service, quality, risk, and scalability.

• The role is accountable for defining, monitoring, and delivering against key performance indicators (KPIs). While KPIs may evolve over time, they are primarily grouped into the following areas:

• Safety and compliance
• Cost efficiency and productivity
• Inventory optimization and working capital
• Operational excellence, transformation, and strategic projects

• To consistently achieve and exceed these KPIs, the role is responsible for driving supply chain strategy and continuous improvement across Strategy, Organization, Change, Processes, and Systems in collaboration with the Regional Director, SEA, APAC Supply Chain Director, and Supply Chain Centre of Excellence colleagues.

Job Requirements

The most important requirements are a solutions oriented mindset and a strong desire to deliver results. Leadership skills in all four directions are important too, as is the ability to balance principal and customer expectations with organizational capabilities. In addition to this, the right candidate probably recognizes him or herself in this profile:

• Bachelor’s Degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or equivalent
• 8-12 years in core supply chain functions (planning, logistics, procurement, manufacturing support).
• Leadership experience in most of the supply chain functions listed above
• Collaborative and communicative
• Flexible and adaptable
• Progressive career path
• Change management experience
• Customer or supplier management experience
• Distribution experience
• Chemicals or ingredients supply chain experience

Please note that this is a general description of the role and its requirements. The duties and responsibilities within this role may change over the course of employment at the employer’s discretion. 

About Caldic

At Caldic, we’re a global leader in distribution solutions, serving diverse markets across the world. Joining us means becoming part of an entrepreneurial, collaborative, and innovation-driven team.

We offer:

• Global opportunities with rapid career growth and development
• An inclusive, diverse, and dynamic work environment
• The chance to shape the future of specialty ingredient solutions across industries like food, pharma, personal care, and more

We operate in 43 countries around the world. Our innovative solutions are tailored to meet the needs of industries such as food, pharma, personal care, and industrial markets, ensuring sustainable success for all stakeholders. To learn more, visit: www.caldic.com

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