Procurement and Supply Chain Manager (Portugal)
At Colorifix, as Procurement Manager, ignite the sustainable textile revolution! Lead dynamic sourcing strategies and drive eco-innovation in supply chain optimisation.
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Role description:
The business has grown over the last 8 years from an R&D stage to our current scale-up stage and with that growth, we need a supply chain expert with the end-to-end knowledge who can help our supply chain process to evolve in line with our increasing customer demands. Based at our Portuguese offices the Procurement and Supply Chain Manager will help establish relationships and robust processes for how we source, receive and ship a broad range of inputs and finished products. In terms of procurement, it spans from components for our fermentors to ingredients for the food that we feed microorganisms used in our dyeing processes. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in selecting and managing regional logistics partners for inbound and outbound – whilst at the same time working internally to align solutions for the different areas of our business. It is essential that along with the requisite experience, this person also brings a self-starting attitude, is comfortable working many fronts and can effectively drive things to completion.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Working with all areas of the business to design and roll out a supply chain strategy for all areas of inbound/outbound logistics, strategic sourcing and supply chain operations
- Finding new international suppliers for a variety of components and ingredients for our products
- Establishing partnerships with 3PLs to help with storage and shipment of fermentors and biological feed materials
- Working with finance to help understand custom requirements when products are shipped globally
- Scheduling in line with the company’s growth production plan
- Playing a hands-on role in all areas of the global supply chain
- 10+ years in an end-to-end supply chain role – with experience designing and implementing supply chain processes
- Strong understanding of logistics – inbound, outbound and warehousing
- Experience sourcing, contracting and managing 3rd party logistics providers
- The ability to design and monitor strategic KPIs focused on OTIF metrics
- Previous start-up experience would be beneficial
- Marine Cargo insurance knowledge would be advantageous
- Accredited to IoSCM standards or equivalent is desirable
- Must be able to communicate well in Portuguese and English
Skills and experience:
An existing right to work in Portugal/EU is required for this role.
Title: Procurement and Supply Chain Manager
Reports to: CCO and COO
Location: CFX Portugal, Vila Nova De Famalicao
Remuneration: €35-43,000 depending on experience
Holidays: 22 + BH + Birthday
Other Benefits: Share Options etc.
- Department
- Operations
- Locations
- CFX
About Colorifix Limited
Colorifix is a biotechnology company that has developed the first entirely biological process to produce, deposit and fix pigments onto textiles. Inspired by the way colours are produced in nature and engineered through synthetic biology, our process entirely cuts out the use of harsh chemicals and leads to huge reductions in water and energy consumption.
We provide a plug-in solution for existing dye houses and mills around the world. The technology can be used with standard industry machines and works on a broad range of fabrics from natural to synthetics, allowing us to be cost-competitive and highly scalable.
Procurement and Supply Chain Manager (Portugal)
At Colorifix, as Procurement Manager, ignite the sustainable textile revolution! Lead dynamic sourcing strategies and drive eco-innovation in supply chain optimisation.
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