supply chain manager

Code 1324.8

Supply chain managers plan, manage and coordinate all activities related to the sourcing and procurement of supplies needed to run manufacturing operations from the acquisition of raw materials to the distribution of finished products. The supplies can be raw materials or finished products, and it can be for internal or external use. Moreover, they plan and commission all the activities needed to be performed in manufacturing plants and adjust operations to changing levels of demand for a company's products.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • product life-cycle
  • product data management
  • supply chain management
  • supplier management
  • supply chain principles
  • corporate social responsibility

Skills and competences

  • analyse logistic changes
  • estimate costs of required supplies
  • liaise with managers
  • order supplies
  • assess supplier risks
  • manage supplies
  • identify key processes of traceability systems
  • identify software for warehouse management
  • maintain relationship with customers
  • maintain relationship with suppliers

Transversal competences

  • analyse supply chain strategies
  • analyse supply chain trends
  • manage inventory
  • strive for company growth
  • follow company standards

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences