Associate Supply Manager / Supply Manager

Job Summary:

In this role, you will ensure that material deliverables are on time, profitable, high quality, and meets customer expectations. A collaborative and customer-focused way of working together with our sales companies (Front line) is your way to successful project execution.

Your main responsibilities:

• Using a feasible solution to complete the supply project safely, on time and within budget.
• Verify the received order information, steering order bound engineering and confirming the order to FL.
• Resource, financial and quality planning for the supply project and leading the multifunctional supply project teams.
• Manage project design quality planning, sourcing planning and logistics planning.
• Managing Supply Line (SL) Project Start Up meeting and Design review meetings.
• Participate in project steering group meetings providing supply management input
• Supply chain scheduling across KONE.
• Supply project variation and scope management.
• Effective collaboration and communication with all stakeholders
• Composing, collecting and distributing necessary technical information to FL.
• Confirming material delivery times & informing FL about any deviations in delivery operations.
• Identifying and facilitating project related change management activities.
• Shared responsibility for supply project cost control with Front Line (FL) Project Manager but with direct responsibility for the project’s financial result in supply line
• Supply project reporting, project audits, internal handovers and supply project final closure.
• Providing support for Supply Line claims.
• Coach Supply Management Specialists

Pre-requisites:   

• Strong collaboration, communication, and cross-cultural skills
• Experience in working in a global matrix organization is a benefit.
• Customer focused way of thinking and working.
• Willingness and ability to take responsibility, solve problems and make decisions.
• Values clearly defined procedures and guidelines in work
• Consistently delivers work of high quality. Drive and persistence to reach set goals.
• Good business negotiation & communication skills and able to professionally interact with Global stake holders, presentation skills are an asset.
• Good IT skills, e.g. in Power tools, SAP skills are an asset. Knowledge on quality tools is a benefit.
• Good spoken and written in English is a must, other languages are seen as a benefit.
• Willingness to travel worldwide and flexibility in working times due to time difference between global projects functions.
• Working knowledge in any project management tools/ MS-projects
• Project management experience will be added advantage.
• Elevator / Escalator technical competences are a benefit
• Understanding of Marine concepts will be added advantage       

Total Experience: 8-15 Years

Qualification: University degree (B.E) in Mechanical or Electrical.

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

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