Supply Chain Manager Karahal (India)

Role Summary

The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for leading the end-to-end supply chain, production planning, material availability and

supplier performance activities required to support IrvinGQ’s operational delivery, customer commitments and growth objectives.

The role will ensure that materials, purchased parts, subcontract activity and production plans are aligned to demand, inventory

targets, customer delivery requirements and business performance metrics.

Reporting into the Senior Operations Manager, the role will work closely with Operations, Sales, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Project

Management and Business Unit teams to maintain on-time delivery, low past dues, optimise inventory, strengthen supplier performance and support productivity improvement across the business.

Primary Responsibilities

Supply Chain Leadership

• Lead through visibly demonstrating and instilling our culture.
• Champion IrvinGQ’s values and contribute positively to a culture of accountability, teamwork, continuous improvement and customer focus.
• Lead the Supply Chain and Planning function, ensuring transparent priorities, accountability and alignment with operational and business unit requirements.
• Develop and maintain robust processes for purchasing, supplier management, material planning, production planning and inventory control.
• Drive a culture of urgency, ownership, continuous improvement and cross-functional problem solving.
• Support the development of team capability through coaching, performance management and succession planning.

Planning and Material Control

• Own the sales, inventory, supply and production planning processes required to support customer demand and business plan delivery.
• Ensure loaded customer demand has the required raw material, purchased parts and subcontract support available in line with production schedules.
• Identify, communicate and escalate material risks, capacity constraints and supplier issues that may impact customer deli