Demand & Supply Chain Lead - Chepstow, United Kingdom - IQ Endoscopes Ltd.

Description

Culture of IQ Endoscopes

We have a product with the capacity to genuinely change lives for the better and bring huge benefits to the medical device industry and industry professionals, and we want our new colleagues to feel as passionate about our mission as we are.

At IQ Endoscopes, culture is incredibly important to us and we recruit colleagues who fit that culture. This isn't just a job to us, it's a passion.

We want you to be a part of our vision and to find
your purpose within our organisation.


PURPOSE:
To create pioneering endoscopy technologies for the early diagnosis of diseases, helping people live longer & better


VISION:
A world where everyone has easy access to safe, sterile endoscopy


MISSION:
Design and deploy high quality sustainable single use endoscopes


STRATEGY:
To enter the single use endoscopy market
as soon as possible with a product range that is
clinically and
commercially credible, will be adapted to meet future market demands and sets the
benchmark for carbon neutral responsibilities
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at IQ Endoscopes

At IQ Endoscopes we work hard, but we give ourselves a break. We support each other, but we question and challenge each others' thinking. We recruit highly skilled professionals and specialists, but we collaborate and listen to each other's opinions and ideas.

It doesn't matter where you come from, what your background or beliefs are, who you love or how you express yourself.

What matters is that you are you, and you can be you within our team.

Our inclusive culture has grown organically as a result of focusing on recruiting the right person with the right skills.

Nothing else. Plain and simple.

We are a progressive organization set to disrupt the medical device industry with our innovative and pioneering design - we want diversity to remain progressive, we want equity to breathe our values.

We are inclusive because inclusivity is how we will achieve our vision.

Talk to us if you have any ideas about how we can improve our recruitment process. We want to know.

Job purpose

This position exists to take a lead in developing and implementing critical operations to ensure that our supply chains are set up and run at the right quality level, with optimised capacity, have capability aligned with New Product Introduction and are underpinned by good cost control.

You will be responsible for identifying and being the main point of contact with our Logistics partners.

Additionally, you will create and maintain our rolling demand plan for finished goods utilising inputs and insights from Sales, Marketing, and Finance.

Working closely with our external manufacturing & logistics partners you will ensure the flow of supply to secure stock availability and efficient inventory levels, Once established you will be responsible for themanagement and continuous improvement of these systems & processes aligned with the evolution of IQ Endoscopes as we grow to become a commercial organisation and into high-volume manufacture.

You will work at the interface between Operations and Engineering to ensure a clear and smooth translation of product information to our external partners.

Together, with our UK Manufacturing Lead, you will collate pricing information, have the ability to negotiate on pricing for components for different volume break points and run analyses to ensure that the company understands and is controlling its position on product COGs at all times.

Key responsibilities

The main responsibilities and activities for this post holder include:

• Lead the Production Planning & Scheduling for IQE to manage production schedules with external manufacturing partners, including making recommendations to the rest of the team in terms of stock optimization.
• Establish the IQE's Supply Chain in the UK from Manufacture to Warehousing to Customer Sales.
• Responsible for Demand planning working crossfunctionally to identify key constraints and develop plans to mitigate these.
• Develop and implement practices to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of strategic initiatives in production planning and materials management.
• Responsible for implementing Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) processes to assure sufficient product supply to support changing demand.
• Provide support to internal NPI projects in particular supplier management (sourcing and maintaining relationships), inventory management for prototypes and preproduction and assist in design transfer processes to CMOs.
• Leverage existing, and implement new, systems and processes to improve end to end supply chain efficiencies.
• Recommend plans and strategies for continuous improvement in operations and procedures to meet both short and longterm needs and to resolve problems.
• Oversee Materials Management for internal production of products to ensure accuracy in inventory.
• Support all projects involving forecasting
• Work inclusively and with