Regional Supply Chain Operations Director

LOCATIONS: Dubai

Job Purpose

Lead the Supply Chain Operations function with the respective Brand / Geography, owning Distribution, Planning, Supplier performance and financial analytics of the supply chain function. Act as the regional / Country leadership teams supply chain contact and represent the function within the regional business units at LT level (where required).

Job Responsibilities

  • Develop long term plan of supply chain operations with the region – Leveraging distributor scale / Control tower development in conjunction with Regional & Global supply Chain leadership teams
  • Lead functional performance tracking and reporting & financial requirements for the regional supply chain team
  • Support global CoE team with Data & technology requirements / implementation as required
  • Own the respective financial elements & budgeting of the brand / country supply chain function
  • Partner with Brand / Country functional leaders to support brand / marketing activity where required, including LTO / New product development support
  • Lead the supplier performance for the region, ensuring accurate measurement, reporting and continuous improvement of OTIF and other measures as required.
  • Manage 3rd Party distribution partners strategy, compliance and performance 

Working Relationships

  • Regional Brand functional leaders (Finance / Strategy / FSQA / FIT / Sustainability)
  • Brand Global Leadership teams
  • Regional Leadership teams 
  • Yum Global Supply Chain team 
  • Yum Regional Supply Chain Leadership & teams
  • 3rd Party partners / consultants

Supervision of Personnel

  • Brand / Geography dependent – 1 – 6 Direct reports (Planning / Distribution / LTO buyers – L7 – L10)

Knowledge & Skill Required

  • 10+ years’ experience in Senior supply chain roles, ideally within food industry or related field 
  • Experience in logistics / planning preferred but with end to end supply chain knowledge 
  • Demonstrated ability to manage teams on a multi country scale; inspiring & growing teams
  • Excellent communication and partnership skills with the ability to work effectively with internal and external partners across the global business
  • Strong strategic leader with demonstrated ability to lead enterprise-wide strategic change
  • Strong leadership skills; prepared to challenge status quo and drive change
  • Ability to gain buy-in & influence key stakeholders at all levels in a global organization

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