Associate Supply Manager / Supply Manager

About the job

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.

Requirements

• Project Management
• Logistics Management
• Supply Chain Planning

Qualifications

• University degree (B.E) in Mechanical or Electrical

Preferred Technologies

• Project Management
• Logistics Management
• Supply Chain Planning

About the company

KONE is focused on developing innovative and sustainable solutions for elevators and escalators, ensuring safe and efficient transportation of people and goods. The company values employee engagement and fosters a collaborative culture to achieve both career and personal goals.