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This is now a recognized function in the retail sector, which was not the case in the past. In the past, the Supply Chain Director 's main functional responsibilities were performance management and optimization project management. Today, they have added a real operational dimension to this role.
Their title has evolved in this direction, and they can now be called Supply Chain Director, Operations Director, or Operations and Supply Chain Director.
As a member of the management committee, he/she manages the teams of the Logistics, Transport, Sales Forecasting, Inventory Management and Procurement and Sales Administration Departments, and even Purchasing.
He/she is in constant contact with the sales networks, and integrates real-time feedback on sales.
Depending on the company, he/she may draw up sales forecasts in consultation with the stores, or consolidate those drawn up by them.
He/she is responsible for defining and managing resources (logistics and transport networks, subcontracting), stocks and flows as part of the implementation of the company's strategy, defined in liaison with the management committee, which he/she implements in the form of short, medium and long-term plans, on a global and international scale, for the company's products and services.
In most cases, he/she is supported by an Organization/Project Management team, and by Management Controllers seconded to him/her.
His/her role is to see and anticipate developments in the Supply Chain, in order to ensure that the company stays one step ahead of its competitors.
In his day-to-day work, he is responsible for the interface between the banners, Procurement, Suppliers, Financial Services, Purchasing and Logistics (understood in this sense as all the physical operations of flow processing, warehousing, order preparation, value-added services, transport and deliveries) and for taking into account the imperatives of these different
services as well as the overall optimization of the organization.
More generally, he/she coordinates and supervises the company's management of all operational aspects.
To this end, he/she manages large teams through the intermediary of the Service Managers and Logistics Managers reporting to him/her. This reporting relationship may be functional, but will preferably be hierarchical.