SUPPLY CHAIN DIRECTOR, ASAHI USA

Company: Asahi Europe & International
Location: Madison
Posted on: October 15, 2024

Job Description:

In the USA, Asahi imports, markets and sells the Asahi Super Dry beer brand as well as the spirits brand Twisted Shotz. Very excitingly, EMEAA has recently purchased a fantastic new production facility in Wisconsin USA, Octopi. This marks a key step forward in accelerating our growth journey and realizing our ambitions for our Global Brands, most notably Asahi Super Dry for North America.Established in 2014 and expanded several times, Octopi's modern production facility was built from the ground up to make a wide range of beverages including beer and RTDs. Its state-of-the-art packaging lines cater to fill multiple styles and sizes of bottles and cans for maximum flexibility in packaging.
More information can be found at Asahi Europe and International (asahiinternational.com) Key Purpose of the roleThe Supply Chain Director will be responsible for delivering all aspects of end-to-end Supply Chain for the combined Asahi Beer USA, Octopi and Twisted Shotz/RTD businesses. This includes customer service, demand/supply and materials planning as well as all warehousing & logistics activities. They will lead the S&OP agenda for the region ensuring that there are no functional or regional silo's, ensuring delivery of volumetric and financial targets with a customer service excellence mindset. This will be a challenging role, involving everything from developing strategy, developing the capability of the team, implementing best practice Demand and Supply Management across multiple states including Licensing contracts with other brewers and or customers.This role is key to enabling USA's long-term growth ambition and is responsible for bringing all US entities together to form one coherent business with supply chain optimized across all product types and distribution models.
Key Responsibilities & OutputsStrategic / Business Leadership

• Lead the integration of Octopi Supply Chain into AEI/EMEAA such that it is quickly established as operating BAU, consistent with AEI processes and best practice
• Developing the long term strategic Supply Chain plans for the US Business Unit to deliver brand and commercial targets
• Work as a key member of AB USA's Leadership Team supporting delivery of the overall Business unit goals
• Responsibility for orchestrating the S&OP process in AB USA, in alignment with the EMEAA planning teams
• Develop short/medium and long term plans for the optimisation of physical supply chains and warehousing footprint to enable future growth, improve service, reduce cost & SCOPE3 CO2 impact (will require partnership with Canadian peers)
• Work alongside the Commerical teams to build customer engagement plans, based on joint Supply Chain collaboration opportunities
• Full P&L and Balance sheet responsibility for all Supply Chain activities
  Demand & Supply Planning
  • Lead the development and implementation of one integrated Demand planning process across the AB USA business
  • Develop a glide path to significantly step change and improve Forecast Accuracy and Demand Bias across the integrated Supply chain, including a suite of internal metrics, to be jointly implemented across the Commercial and Supply Chain teams, based on FMCG best practice
  • Responsibility for all Supply and materials Planning activity, working with the Central Planning teams to model both short and long term capacity planning.
    Logistics/Warehousing
    • Responsibility for optimising all Logistics activities across AB USA, optimising existing processes as well as designing the future state to deliver all Customer Service targets
    • Manage all 3PL (Warehouse & Logistics) contracts, ensuring compliance to KPIs and joint business planning activities to improve efficiencies and reduce costs
    • Map out current and future requirements for systems integrations of WMS and ERP systems to ensure optimal solutions
    • Work with procurement on annual tendering process and RFP's to ensure best possible cost/service
      Team Leadership & Capabilities Development
      • Develop the capability of the team and evolve the Supply Chain structure to support the maturity of our systems and processes
      • Successfully integrate the Octopi SC teams into functional areas consistent with AEI practice including the gap analysis of existing workforce to allow targeted training and development
      • Lead / Support continuous improvement initiatives including automation agenda for AB USA
        ExperienceBusiness Leadership
        • 10+ years experience, leading Supply Chain activities in an FMCG business, across multiple sites at a national level
        • Strong experience of building team capability both in the short and long term
        • Ability to manage experienced Stakeholders at all levels of the business
        • Integrity, reliability and confidence
          Functional Leadership
          • Experience of integrating multiple demand and planning processes into one aligned way of
          • working
          • Demonstrated capability to run an S&OP process at company and SLT level
          • Strong business acumen, understanding priorities and functional requirements
          • Strong analytical skills in order to assess and drive business performance in a dynamic context
            Strategy & Planning
            • Clear demonstrated experience of driving a Continuous Improvement culture across all Logistics activity to optimise service to the end customer and drive efficiencies and cost savings
            • Good strategic level thinking, with the ability to focus on delivering short term changes, whilst not loosing focus of the long-term strategy
            • Problem analysis, judgment, decisiveness; independence; resilience
              We are committed to nurturing a workplace where we celebrate and respect difference, and support everyone to be true to who they are! At Asahi Europe and International we believe you can SHINE AS YOU ARE - no matter your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We want to support you to be courageous in your individuality and to know that whoever you are and whatever your circumstances, you can belong with us without having to conform.

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