Strategic Supply Chain Leader

We are seeking a senior supply chain director to lead our efforts in optimizing organizational value chain integration and performance. The ideal candidate will have expertise in creating large-scale solutions, managing complex delivery projects, and recognizing trends and patterns in data.

• Develop and implement strategic plans to drive business growth and revenue.
• Oversee the quality of analysis and solution team outputs, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Design test methodologies and success criteria for value-chain improvement solutions across multiple capabilities and regions.
• Facilitate cross-functional business improvement and solutions development workshops to drive collaboration and innovation.
• Obtain and document client requirements for business solutions that improve value-chain integration and performance.
• Support management of the prospective client pipeline by evaluating and qualifying solution leads.
• Manage project team performance and provide performance feedback to team members in a constructive manner.

• 10-15+ years' relevant work experience in operations and/or solution design roles.
• Supply chain management knowledge and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding and ability to provide guidance on analysis and design of complex multi-capability supply chain solutions.
• Proven track record of leadership and team/project management.
• Ability to inspire, motivate, and direct individuals to take ownership of and achieve desired outputs.
• Establish an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect between team members.
• Clearly articulate a goal and purpose to ensure alignment of team members towards a desired objective.
• Manage performance of team members.
• Provide performance feedback to team members in a constructive manner.
• Proven track record of delivering successful projects.
• Ability to ensure high standards of accuracy, quality, and service delivery to meet and exceed client expectations.
• Apply knowledge, tools, and technical expertise to support value creation, tailoring it to the specific needs of the client.
• Thorough understanding of capabilities offered by Imperial/DP World.
• Advanced understanding of financial and management accounting (commercial models).
• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of supply chain costs, cost drivers, and cost efficiencies levers.
• Exceptional analytical skills.
• Creating & delivering professional presentations.
• Written and verbal communication, including technical writing skills and ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to clients and internal teams.
• Time management: comfortable working under pressure with stringent deadlines and complex deliverables. Flexible hours to achieve deliverables.
• Plan, manage and be responsible for own time management according to tasks priorities with a high attention to detail.
• Self-motivated and proactive.
• Able to think logically and objectively with the ability to be innovative in approach and solution design/problem solving.
• Takes responsibility and accountability for the work and performance of others.
• Willingness to travel (predominantly Africa, ad-hoc).

• Business acumen: Ability to understand financial and economic concepts and principles; identify, create, and/or exploit opportunities, and evaluate business growth and sustainability.
• Client centricity: Invest in building relationships, understand client requirements and ensure high standards of quality outputs. Ensure continuous tracking of trends, market information, and development to meet future client needs.
• Improvement orientation: Ability to explore, identify, learn, and implement new and creative ways to improve processes, value chain effectiveness, service delivery, and cost optimization.
• Interpersonal effectiveness: Establish effective interpersonal relations with key stakeholders to enable functional integration. Establish a culture that values and embraces diversity and inclusiveness of people and ideas.
• Personal courage: Provides constructive feedback in a manner that inspires accountability and self-redirection amongst colleagues and subordinates. Provides an environment for robust debate and open discussion amongst colleagues within a functional area.
• Strategic orientation: Analyze and evaluate the commercial environment and business factors through systematic processes and incorporating these insights towards building a viable operational strategy at a multiple value chain level. Translates the enterprise strategy into targets & operational plans for a multiple value chain function. Develops and implements solutions at a functional level to address actions emanating from insights, either to mitigate critical risk or capitalize on opportunity. Explains the strategic direction of the organization to others.
• Be a team player, live and protect the team culture.