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Logistics project manager

As logistics project manager, your main tasks will be to support operational logistics departments in mastering critical skills, setting up training programs, and managing and optimizing processes.

The departments involved in the operations are :

Distribution (storage, reception and dispatch services for third-party customers)
AOG (Aircraft On Ground) services
Cross-docking flows (reception, processing and dispatch, in particular of repair flows)
Import and export customs clearance flows
Transport (road and air)
In more detail, your duties will cover the following aspects:

Operational training and follow-up :

  • Analyze the skill gaps required to carry out supply chain operations, in collaboration with your line manager.
  • Design, implement and monitor a training plan to ensure the acquisition of the necessary skills within the scope provided, in collaboration with the HR department.
  • Define and monitor action plan indicators

Quality, Safety, Environment :

  • Assist process management by setting up and maintaining a document repository to support logistics activity managers
  • On a weekly and monthly basis, analyze malfunctions and implement corrective actions, in collaboration with the Quality department, employees and logistics activity managers.
  • Ensure and monitor actions arising from the Quality policy

Lean management :

  • In collaboration with all departments, propose and participate in improvement workgroups.
  • Monitor, manage and assist the implementation of improvement actions defined by the continuous improvement policy (5S, Lean Office, SQCDP, QRQC, PDCA, Hoshin Kanri, etc.).
  • Actively participate in the life of the department in terms of improving management, deadlines and costs.
  • A driving force in internal communication within the department and between different areas of the company.

Industrialization of new processes :

  • Organize a technology watch function for logistics operations by monitoring innovations and participating in network events
  • Participation in various development projects set up by the company
  • Interface with the IT department to define the department's needs and implement them (identify areas for improvement, write functional specifications).
  • Participate in cost and process analyses in response to calls for tender.
  • Participate in coordinating the commissioning of new customer contracts or modifications to existing customer contracts, in compliance with quality, productivity, deadlines, safety and the environment.

This list is not exhaustive.

Sustainability Content Manager

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We're looking for a project and content manager to boost our internal and external communications, by feeding our IA chat, animating our international community and actively contributing to our initiatives.

VIE Saint-Gobain USA - Sales & Operations Planning Practitioner

https://joinus.saint-gobain.com/en/usa/spc/v/34400/265762/vie-sales-operations-planning-practitioner-mf

VIE - Sales & Operations Planning Practioner 

WHY DO WE NEED YOU?
Some information to catch candidates' attention
✓ Omniseals USA is implementing a New Sales & Operations Planning Process and, a key enabler to align supply
chain capabilities with business objectives and customers' continuous service improvement. As part of the
roll-out, Omniseals is willing to train young professionals, who will participate, assist and contribute to this
exciting journey. This journey starts with 2 US plant, including Bristol Rhode Island.

✓ You will join the US Supply Chain Team, reporting to the North America Supply Chain Manager, based in the
other plant (California) and Bristol, RI, Site manager.

✓ You will have an opportunity to:
o Learn details and good practices of Sales & Operations Planning, to achieve an integrated demand and
supply plan.
o Participate to Bristol site weekly and monthly S&OP meetings
o Assist with the preparation of those meetings, including capacity planning
o Contribute to the Demand Forecasting analysis with Sales managers, monitoring sales trends, market
dynamics, and promotional activities to refine demand projections.
o Learn how Data is essential to support analysis and report performance indicators

The main role
✓ Learn Bristol plant operations basics, as well as market dynamics
✓ Participate with local teams to prepare Sales & Operations Planning cycle meetings
✓ Contribute to data analysis for capacity planning & demand forecasting
✓ Assist with data gathering and S&OP Process performance reporting
✓ Learn how to interact with cross-functional teams, based in Bristol, RI, or remote (Sales & Marketing,
Operations, Supply Chain, Finance controlling,

Extra information
✓ As part of your training on good practices of S&OP, you will also have opportunities to travel and meet with
other plants' teams.

REQUIREMENTS: IS THIS ROLE MADE FOR YOU?

✓ Full English and Pack Office proficiency
✓ Master's Degree in Supply Chain
✓ APICS CPIM certification preferred
✓ Preferred Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
✓ Basic Knowledge of ERP and MRP systems
✓ Ability to be autonomous
✓ Already having a first experience in industrial or logistics teams' environment,
✓ Already having a first experience working with cross-functional teams

A TEAM THAT IS READY TO WELCOME YOU
How to write block 4
> Present the team that the VIE would join (how many people, rituals, team's vision, etc.)
> Nice to have: testimony from the manager or a colleague (or another VIE)

STEPS TO JOIN US
- A response is sent to you by email within 3 weeks (Response sent by TA France)
- If we want to move forward with you, you will have a first interview with our HR Talent Acquisition
Team in France (on Teams)
- Then, you will have interviews with the team (on Teams):
o Davody Babak: North America Supply Chain Manager, and VIE N+1 (Babak.Davody@saint-gobain.com)
o Joseph St Clair: ENC IS/IT Manager (Joseph.St.Clair@saint-gobain.com)
o Scott P Campbell: Bristol Plant Manager & Segment Leader and co VIE N+1 (Scott.P.Campbell@saint
gobain.com)
o Sebastian Moore: Human Resources Manager (Sebastian.Moore@saint-gobain.com)
o Bertrand Neyret: Supply Chain (bertrand.neyret@saint-gobain.com)
- If you are selected, you will receive confirmation by email and have an Onboarding Day at the Tour Saint-Gobain in Paris before your departure.

WE WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE MORE ABOUT US
Saint-Gobain Group presentation :
https://www.saint-gobain-northamerica.com/
Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and services for the industrial markets. Its integrated
solutions for the industry are developed through a continuous innovation process and provide sustainability and
performance. Our corporate purpose is to make the World a Better Home. We have a strong industrial presence in the
USA, through several activities.
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics - Omniseal Company's presentation
https://www.omniseal-solutions.com
Omniseal Solutions is an engineering leader with over 65 years of historical legacy, relentlessly dedicated to the design
and manufacture of precision sealing and wear control solutions that protect critical applications in the most
demanding environments and passionately driven to push "Beyond the Boundaries of Possible." We have 4
manufacturing facilities in the USA. Bristol, Rhode Island, is one of them, with 122 staff, and located close to the city
of Providence.

ADVANTAGES IF YOU JOIN US
- Non-taxable monthly allowance (VIE status regulation)
- Support for up to two (2) months of accommodation and transportation
- Round trip booking (+ visa fees, luggage allowance - fixed by Business France)
- Health and social protection

TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVEN'T FORGETTEN ANYTHING
This is an excellent opportunity for you to learn how a Sales & Operations Planning process is actually
implemented in a business, not only at management level, but also on the shopfloor. The medium size of the
location and approachable people will make it easy for you to quickly grasp the scope of Bristol activity, itself
part of a wider US and global network within PPS - Omniseals and the Saint-Gobain group.

Supply chain project manager

Operational training and follow-up

  • Analyze the skill gaps required for Supply Chain operations in collaboration with the Operations Manager
  • Design, implement and monitor a training plan designed to ensure the acquisition of the necessary skills within the scope provided
  • Define and monitor action plan indicators
  • Documentary updates of procedures and operating modes
  • Update information in collaboration with referring operators, Operations Managers and the Quality Manager
  • Draft non-existent procedures and operating modes in collaboration with referring operators, Operations Managers and the Quality Manager.
  • Respect the principles of the Quality Management System (QMS)

Project follow-up

  • Manage company process improvement projects.
  • Design and implement lean management policy
  • Manage continuous improvement initiatives aimed at improving processes
  • Ensure data consistency between project management and operations
  • Ancillary missions possible depending on the progress of primary missions.

Quality :

  • Issue malfunction sheets and progress sheets as part of a continuous improvement process
  • Ensuring the actions that follow from the improvement process
  • Be a key player in the environmental approach by complying with processes, internal operating procedures and raising internal awareness, particularly with regard to waste sorting

This list is not exhaustive.

FNAC-DARTY DOWNSTREAM SUPPLIER INTERNSHIP

DOWNSTREAM SUPPLIER TRAINEE - duration: 6 months

Reporting to the Fnac Darty Store and Web Supply Manager

Your main missions are as follows:
- Manage supplies from your scope to stores and websites
- Coordinate supplies with product teams, national logistics, stores and web teams
- Satisfy all internal (stores and web) and external customers
- Anticipate the needs of Internet/external customers (to accentuate pro-activity)
- Manage the various highlights of the category (promotional operations - end of year)
- Ensure improved stock management in store and on the web
- Monitor various logistics indicators (rate of availability, unserved, shortages in stores, stock budget)
- Manage and monitor store news (openings, renovations, moves, closures, etc.).
- Intervene directly, with a national vision, on store and web supplies.

Profile required:

You have a 5-year degree in business or supply chain.
You have managed a perimeter with a large number of references.
Autonomous and rigorous, you're comfortable working in a team, using IT tools (Excel, etc.) and have a good analytical mind.

Key skills :
Customer/people orientation
Strive for excellence
Ability to communicate
Ability to adapt
Organizational skills
Rigorous

Buyer

Reporting to the Purchasing Manager and working as part of a close-knit team, your role will be to help implement the purchasing policy -family and project- for the company's 2 production sites, guaranteeing the best quality/price/deadline conditions, and with a view to deploying a more responsible approach.

In detail, your missions will be as follows:
- Assist the Purchasing Manager in analyzing the purchasing portfolio, and implementing the strategy for the families entrusted to you,
- Monitor the technical, economic and regulatory aspects of the markets concerned,
- Monitor the supplier portfolio and strengthen partnerships
- Work to improve the performance of certain suppliers,
- Identify potential savings,
- Launch calls for tender for new projects.
- Search for new suppliers and participate in their qualification
- Finalize and update supplier performance indicators
- Monitor material indices and draw up monthly reports
- Update and consolidate ERP data
...

We look forward to receiving your application if :
...You have at least 2 years' higher education, and 2 years' initial experience in industrial purchasing, ideally in the metallurgy sector, enabling you to become operational quickly.
...Your strengths include performance management, purchasing legislation and win-win negotiation techniques.
...You have good IT skills and are familiar with the use of an ERP (parameterization and extractions, etc.) and office tools such as Excel (DCT, use of calculation formulas, etc.).
...You have good interpersonal skills, enabling you to build quality relationships, both with your suppliers and with the other departments you will be working with (production, engineering, quality, etc.).

...Organization, curiosity, rigor and flexibility are among your strengths.

...English could be a plus.

The job may not be for you if:
*you haven't worked in an industrial environment,
*the word "negotiate" is foreign to you,
*you're only interested in the one shot...

If you recognize yourself in this position, we look forward to hearing from you!

MANAGER OPERATIONS SUPPLY CHAIN (F/H)

A fast-growing SME with a presence on 4 continents, EMBALL'ISO designs, tests and validates high-performance isothermal packaging that maintains the transport temperature of pharmaceutical products, and also offers its customers Reverse Logistics services to enable isothermal packaging to be reused as part of a circular economy approach.

Perhaps you're thinking of changing jobs at the start of the new year AND you're interested in the Reverse Logistics concept?

Then take a few minutes to discover a rare job opportunity located near Lyon that may be of interest to you:

 

MANAGER OPERATIONS SUPPLY CHAIN (F/H)

 

Based at our head office in Saint Georges de Reneins (69), you will report directly to the Managing Director and manage a team of nearly 15 employees based in France and abroad.

You will be responsible for guaranteeing operational excellence in logistics, leading the tactical steering of the S&OP and providing the GM with strategic thinking, integrating a holistic vision of the global industrial/logistics network.

The Supply Chain function is key for EMBALL'ISO, both to support the Group's very rapid growth and further structure the management of complex, international flows, and to guarantee the performance of the reverse logistics model.

Reverse logistics is at the heart of our offer, optimizing profitability and forming a fundamental cog in the culture of EMBALL'ISO, a socially responsible economic player committed to quality and the environment since its creation.

 

With an engineering degree or business school specializing in logistics/supply chain, you have at least 10 years' experience in an equivalent position in a company with an international reach. Fluency in English is essential.

Do you like agile and dynamic environments? Would you like to join an international company where your contribution will make all the difference? Join a company on a human scale, where technical, human and intrapreneurial qualities are the keys to business success.

 

To seize this opportunity, please send your CV + salary expectations to our consultant HANTAA SEARCH AND SELEXION under reference EMBAL/SCOM by email: erbe@hantaa.biz who will contact you within 3 weeks if your application is selected.

General Manager - Central Purchasing & Distribution M/F

We are looking for a General Manager to manage the strategy and operations of a purchasing and distribution center (supply chain, logistics and transport) in the Paris region.

You will be responsible for managing and optimizing purchasing, product distribution across our customer's network, and strategic transformation issues.

Your objective will be to guarantee service quality and internal customer satisfaction through efficiency and improvement of highly industrialized processes, while respecting budgetary frameworks.

Missions

  • Purchasing strategy and management: Define and implement purchasing and supply chain strategy at regional level, ensuring profitable and competitive negotiations with suppliers.
  • Optimizing product supply and distribution
  • IDF Region Logistics Warehouse Management
  • Management of large teams: responsible for social management (CSE, NAO, etc.), managing a team of purchasing managers, logistics and distribution managers and support functions.
  • A driving force in structuring issues related to transformation and innovation
  • Store relations: Develop and maintain strong relations with the network (internal customers).
  • Financial performance and analysis: Monitor budgets and key performance indicators (KPIs), and propose corrective actions to achieve financial targets.
  • Compliance and accountability: Ensure compliance with quality standards, regulations and internal processes.

Profile

  • Training: 5 years' higher education (business school, Master's degree in supply chain, logistics, or equivalent)
  • Experience: Minimum of 10 years' successful experience in managing a major cost or profit center related to Logistics or Supply Chain, in a general management or regional management position in a similar environment: central purchasing, mass distribution, retail, logistician/3PL, FMCG, BtoB, BtoC distribution, Retail, Food, Catering, Agri-food | Logistics

Core competencies 

  • Expertise in purchasing, logistics and distribution management.
  • Excellent negotiating skills with social partners.
  • Strong financial management and performance analysis skills.
  • Proficiency in supply chain management tools (ERP, TMS, etc.).
  • Leadership, strategic thinking and long-term vision.

Personal qualities

  • Excellent decision-making skills, responsiveness and crisis management.
  • Strong results orientation, autonomy and rigor.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Sense of innovation and ability to lead change and transformation projects.
  • Communication quality

The workplace is based in Seine et Marne (77)

Contact at Turnpoint: sagon.marine@turnpoint.fr

Methods, Process and Innovation Manager

We are recruiting a Methods, Process and Innovation Manager for our customer, a transport and logistics service provider.

The position is based in Saint-Nazaire (44). You will work on the Chantiers de l'Atlantique site.

As the Site Manager's right-hand man, you will be responsible for boosting the site's performance and providing support for processes, continuous improvement and innovation.

Your main tasks will be as follows:

Cross-functional management :

  • Replacing the Site Manager during his absences
  • Comply with all the rules and controls specified in your safety delegation.
  • Responsible for compliance with work procedures and internal regulations.
  • Setting up and monitoring KPIs

Methods / Continuous Improvement Project Manager :

  • Carry out studies, frame projects, organize workshops, lead various project bodies, monitor planning, analyze risks, manage start-ups, monitor budgets and ensure project communications,
  • Coordinate continuous improvement of the various platforms (Lean Management)
  • Optimize logistics capacity according to activity and service level requirements
  • Optimize processes to improve productivity, quality and customer service
  • Define best practices and deploy them on each platform

Maintenance 

  • Define technical specifications, and draw up maintenance plans and their frequency,
  • Check the compliance of suppliers, subcontractors and service providers,
  • Managing and supplying spare parts stock, relations with suppliers
  • Plan and monitor regulatory inspections of the site (electrical inspection, fire detection, alarms, fire extinguishers, etc.)
  • Check that safety protocols for external contractors are kept up to date, and that PPE is worn and work areas are marked out,
  • Ensure that statutory inspections (equipment, installations, buildings, etc.) are carried out by service providers on the agreed dates, and that all points of the annual safety audit are complied with.

Security 

  • Ensuring an exemplary safety culture on site
  • Conduct health and safety audits
  • Participate in monthly safety meetings

Profile required:

Graduated from an engineering school, you have at least 5 years experience in logistics or industry as a Methods Engineer.

You are a self-starter and enjoy working in the field.

Strong Lean / continuous improvement skills are expected.

You will interact with various contacts at Chantier de l'Atlantique, as well as within the Group.

Contact Turnpoint clopin.sonia@turnpoint.fr

Procurement & Inventory Manager M/F

For our client, a leading player in distribution logistics, we are looking for a Procurement & Stock Management Manager based in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône.

Reporting to the Supply Chain Department, your main mission will be to define the procurement policy and ensure its proper application in France and Europe.

You will also have the following responsibilities:

- Strategically manage the analysis and anticipation of needs, and the adaptation of stocks (in volume, quality and distribution), while improving product availability (level and quality),

- Manage the various information flows between the Purchasing / Supply Chain / Logistics / Warehouse departments...,

- Develop relationships with suppliers and warehouses,

- Manage a small team directly and develop its skills,

- Implement a new supply management information system,

- Support employees in managing change,

- Develop, monitor and optimize KPIs and performance indicators (service rate, availability rate, inventory turnover rate),

- Make service improvement and cost control part of a continuous improvement process.

Profile

Trained to degree level (Bac+3/Bac+5), you have at least 10 years' experience in Supply Chain, including 5 years in a similar position in Procurement / Inventory Management.

The profile sought will be that of an operational manager with expertise in inventory management in the distribution sector (retail, mass distribution, etc.).

The following professional qualities are required:

- Expertise in inventory optimization (valuation, rotation, quality, depreciation, reduction of unsold stock)

- Live team management

- Strategic and operational knowledge of the supply chain (logistics/warehousing/stock management/transport)

- Transformation and change management

- Knowledge of supply management information systems

The following personal qualities will be preferred:

- Strong analytical skills

- Initiative, responsiveness, decisiveness

- Sense of customer service / global service / performance and financial results

- Team spirit, both with own teams and internal colleagues

- Expertise in change management and innovation

- Pedagogical skills / sense of method (sense of progress in change, of taking into account the assimilation of teams)

- We are looking for a "doer" who implements projects and gets them done.

- Communication and listening skills

We prefer managers who are autonomous, pragmatic, easy to get along with, enjoy working in a team, rigorous, results-oriented and have excellent commercial interpersonal skills.

The candidate must be able to adapt quickly to the company's commercial culture. In addition to strong entrepreneurial skills, this culture demands a high level of attention and vigilance with regard to human values.

Professional English is a prerequisite.

The position is based in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (95).