Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science company specializing in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials. The company’s products and solutions, which are used in nearly every major industry, include pressure-sensitive materials for labels and graphic applications; tapes and other bonding solutions for industrial, medical, and retail applications; tags, labels and embellishments for apparel; and radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions serving retail apparel and other markets. The company employs approximately 36,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2021 were $8.4 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Based in the Avery Dennison Medical plant in Longford, reporting directly to the Plant Manager

You directly contribute to the material flow (RM supply, Production Planning, WIP management) ensuring an OTIF delivery to the customer, respecting the Safety, Quality, and Production requirements

Your main responsibilities:

The Supply Chain Manager is conscious of the Avery Dennison ethics and values and acts upon them; integrity, courage, external focus, diversity, sustainability, innovation, teamwork, excellence

• Lead the planning, material, and warehouse team ensuring structure, processes, and goals aligned to achieving monthly, quarterly, and annual profit plan targets for sales, Customer OTD, and inventory within our business division.
• Develop and build a strong relationship with the planning, materials, and warehouse teams to strengthen cross-functional collaboration.
• Build and develop the skills of the planning, material, and warehouse teams through coaching, mentoring, and encouragement of self-learning to enable robustness and flexibility of the team to support the business
• Support the business with detailed analytical views on the demand to supply signals available. Ensuring good communication and presentation towards internal and external customers and stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of procurement/sourcing/supplier contracts, with skills in defining commercial terms and contract negotiation.
• The ability to operate in a commercially savvy and highly intelligent environment, being credible and authoritative with senior stakeholders and legal experts
• Implement and lead and manage the Avery Dennison S&OP roadmap for the medical business.
• Uses business trends and customer needs to create actionable goals that create competitive advantage.
• Streamlines existing ERP system procedures and creates roadmaps for the site to achieve >90% ERP Health.
• Establishes and maintains planning parameters in MFGPro to optimize inventory holding costs, piece price, and logistics costs.
• Coordinates documentation of new processes with systematic training incorporated to insure sustainable improvements.
• Performs Value Stream Mapping of key Materials Management processes, identifying and facilitating Continuous Improvement activities.
• Facilitates the creation of inventory management plans that are backed by process improvements to improve key inventory metrics.
• Leads the implementation of production plan adherence and other key Materials Management measures across the site
• Performs inventory and ABC item stratification analysis to achieve inventory targets while meeting availability goals.
• Responsible for delivery of short-term and long-term results in order to develop and maintain the organization’s credibility with the business and create opportunities for the function to add greater value to the business.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement through active deployment and participation in removing waste from our supply chain processes.

• Minimum Bachelor Degree (Engineering, Supply Chain, Economics)
• 5+ years of experience and/or background in an industrial or logistics environment
• Skills: Logistics management, Inventory management, Analytical mindset, Presentation Skills
• Working knowledge of modern manufacturing, material flow and improvement strategies (e.g. ELS, continuous flow, cellular etc.) and the ability to integrate those into the operation.
• Strong leadership skills. Ability to lead, contribute, and influence others in a team-based organization

AVERY DENNISON IS EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK:
We not only embrace change… we drive it. We work hard, push hard, and take brave risks. Our culture is innovative and collaborative - where bold ideas turn into action. We grow strong talent through stretch opportunities only restricted by your interests. We are committed to workplace diversity, both for employees and for the business. We are a force for good, imbedded in industries and communities worldwide. We are challenging ourselves and others to reach higher and think bigger to improve the quality of all life. Avery Dennison is a great place to work for everyone. We offer:

• Workplace Flexibility
• Structured learning and development
• Mentoring program
• Competitive total rewards

We look forward to receiving your application.

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