External Manufacturing Coordinator- 12 Month Fixed Term Contract (Wine Jobs: Management & Administration)

Contract

  Accolade Wines

  Reynella, South Australia

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Accolade Wines is the world’s leading provider of New World premium, commercial and value wines. We sell our wines in over 100 countries and have more than 1,600 dedicated employees in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Europe, Asia, North America and South Africa and … we make some of the world’s best known brands!

In this role

Your main duties will be:

  • To be day to day point of contact for a subset of the AW glass contract pack and repack requirements with external suppliers. The objective is to ensure all orders are completed in full and on time to the agreed specification.
  • Escalation of issues to the business to help ensure prompt resolution.
  • Communicate performance expectations to suppliers and conduct regular review of costs and reliability of the supply chain via category and tier review.
  • Supporting NPD initiatives via capability and feasibility reviews with suppliers
  • Assist to maintain the dry good supplier strategy in alignment with AW lowest cost to serve production strategy

Key tasks will include

  • Coordinate all  the glass manufacturing aspects of relationship with suppliers
  • Act as the conduit for communication between suppliers and AW and manages queries, NCRs, prices changes and effectively escalates issues.
  • Ensure all documentation is produced to the agreed time lines.
  • Develop KPI and maintains KPI’s and the performance scorecard
  • Develop a communication and reporting plan that is agreed with AW stakeholders and any issues / concerns are highlighted and resolved.
  • Provide financial analysis of work performed and raise potential improvements / decisions that AW can make to improve their cost effectiveness through business processes and decisions
  • Work with the planning manager to ensure business planning rules are aligned with the AW requirements and where capacity constraints exist priorities are clearly identified and escalated in a timely manner
  • Ensure all monthly invoicing is accurately managed and tracked.
  • Is involved joint Continuous Improvement forums via issue identification and driving cost saving initiatives and reporting on the same.
  • Work with the QA personnel to ensure that the quality plans are being adhered to and the products being produced meets Accolade quality standards as outlined in the Contract packaging Quality Manual (forms part of the SLA).
  • Manage the procurement function of evaluation and review of new suppliers, monitoring performance of existing suppliers and resolving or escalating performance issues in a timely manner.
  • Provide the Product Management team with insight regarding supplier capability, costs and packaging risks/ opportunities on NPD projects
  • Use of AW systems ( JDE, AP) to interpret dry goods requirement to meet the production schedule
  • Short term coverage of support roles in times of absence or leave
  • Ensure suppliers are using correct protocols and procedures that ensure a transparent and ethical process has been undertaken.
  • Manufacturing variances and supplier issues – find root cause, identify the drivers and remove where possible.

To succeed, the essential knowledge & skills are

  • Technical or administration degree or equivalent experience.
  • A minimum of 5 years supply and manufacturing or related experience in a packaging or drinks related industry.
  • Proven ability to develop strong relationships and manage external parties to already agreed contracts and Service Level Agreements
  • Well-developed interpersonal and influencing skills
  • Experience in a fast moving area with frequently changing priorities and requirements
  • Knowledge and experience of procurement processes, manufacturing, packaging and suppliers,
  • analytical data management, management of cost reduction and supplier improvement programs

Ideally you will have this experience..

  • Previous experience in a large global wine company

..And these qualifications

  • Formal qualification in Business Administration

Sound like your kind of drop?

Accolade Wines will provide you with the ideal climate and a hand-picked rewards package for you to make a difference in our successful and growing business.

At Accolade Wines, our name is our motto, so here's to you... and here's to your future

How To Apply

https://jobs.accolade-wines.com/job/Reynella-External-Manufacturing-Coordinator-Reynella-12-Month-Fixed-Term-Contract-SA/401098000/

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