Customer Supply Chain Team Manager – French Speaker

Customer Supply Chain Associate Manager – ideally French Speaker

•             Location:   Frimley, Surrey

•             Function:   EMEA Shared Service Centre (SSC) – Order Management / Customer Fulfilment

About the role

As part of the EMEA SSC you will be accountable for the leadership, management and performance of a team of Customer Fulfilment analysts supporting France, Belgium, Spain & Portugal, ensuring that the highest levels of customer service are given to internal and external customers and Key Customer Supply Chain Performance Indicators are met, in line with agreed common best-in-class replenishment practices.

About the Team/Department

The Customer Supply Chain function is made up of 6 multilingual teams who support our commercial businesses across the EMEA region with making sure our products are delivered on time in full to our customers (retailers)

Responsibilities

Team Leadership

• Provide clear leadership to a multi-Country customer fulfilment Team through a combination of objective setting, one-to-one coaching and training.
• Ensure all team members are focused on Customer requirements and are properly equipped to provide outstanding levels of service.
• Continuously build capability within the team through coaching, focusing on Business acumen, Supply Chain Knowledge and Communication & Influencing.

Functional Leadership

• Propose optimum customer fulfilment solutions and improvement plans to strategic customers

Customer Relationship Management

Lead the CF Collaboration Team and liaise closely with Customers, with Country Sales and with Supply Chain to ensure clear and proactive communication to Customers on all service elements, including:

• Case fill level (and on-time delivery if appropriate).
• Out of stocks and remedial plans.
• New product listings and delists
• Upcoming events and promotions

Strategic leadership in developing collaborative planning of promotions and events with major Customers.

Service Leadership

Be the advocate of the Customer and of outstanding service with all SCJ colleagues and in all established processes, including:

• Control Tower Meetings
• Supply availability and allocation management

Process excellence

To deliver on-going effectiveness improvements to the order management and customer collaboration activities using lean tools and methodology

• Together with lean champions, SME Leads and CF Centralized Team Leads, identify and generate efficiency to the Customer Fulfilment department and reinvest capacity created into further value-adding customer-centric tasks.

Experience you’ll bring:

• Ability to Lead Teams / Strong People Leadership capability.
• Ability to build strong internal and external customer relationships
• Track record of Order Management best practices implementation
• Commercial or Customer Fulfilment or /and Supply Chain background
• Strong operational Order Management /Customer Service skills and experience
• Good knowledge of FMCG business
• Good level of French (written and spoken) with Spanish - desirable

Behaviors you’ll need:

• Passion for Customer Service and Joint Value Creation
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
• Ability to influence at all levels

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive pay & benefits incl Profit Share
• Flexible starting and finishing times + 4.5 day working week
• 33 days annual leave including public holidays due to supporting European countries
• Pension, Life cover & Health Insurance
• Free parking, Shuttle bus service from local train stations, EV Charging Points
• Free onsite Gym with free classes

About us:

SC Johnson is a fifth-generation family company built on a spirit of adventure and winning the right way. We have been leading with purpose for over 130 years, building top brands such as Raid®, Glade®, Kiwi®, OFF!®, Windex®, Ziploc® and more, in virtually every country. Through these household names, we are making a positive difference to the world around us. But we only succeed with the combined vitality and strength of our 13,000 people who we truly value and support in their pursuit of individual and shared goals.

You need to be legally eligible to work in the country of application.

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Inclusion & Diversity 

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We’re committed to ongoing efforts that help us attract, hire, and retain diverse talent who want to build a positive, inclusive environment. Read more about our ongoing initiatives at https://jobs.scjohnson.com/inclusion.