Supply Chain Director NIM Europe

Interim Supply Chain Director: what are the advantages for your company?

The supply chain manager represents a certain added value for your company if you wish to set up an interim management. It allows you to identify the weak points of your company by pointing out the underperforming sectors. The supply chain director will then be able to provide concrete solutions in a very short time.  

The interim supply chain manager: what is it?

The supply chain transition manager plays a key role in the industrial sector. He often makes his skills available to a carrier or a logistics specialist. In your company, it is he who will be responsible for defining a production strategy capable of optimizing both costs and deadlines, without forgetting quality. This will increase your margins. So he takes care of the supply chain. This means that he must oversee both upstream and downstream all of the company’s production activities: sales, production planning, inventory management, supply, delivery to the end customer. The supply chain manager will then have to meet customer needs by emphasizing three important factors: deadlines, price and quality.  

Role of the interim supply chain manager

The missions of the transition supply chain director will be above all focused on your needs. On a daily basis, he coordinates and supervises the supply, purchasing and production teams. He must :
  • Define objectives in line with the strategy set by the general management.
  • Ensure the link with carriers, suppliers and various interlocutors. In short, he must be a fine negotiator.
  • He can anticipate customer needs in order to organize the supply if necessary, or limit stocks if necessary. Even redistribute the tasks of the various human resources.
He is not, however, a logistics director. The supply chain manager has a steering role that goes beyond mere flow management. This gives him an even more central role than that of a logistics director.  

The main assets of the interim supply chain director

If your company’s service level proves to be perfectible or if there is a malfunction in all or part of the production chain, then the transition supply chain manager may be the solution. But the supply chain transition director intervenes especially when the position usually occupied by its holder becomes vacant. Especially when there is a significant risk for your business. Of course, this transition manager masters the various SCM and ERP software packages on the market, as well as the tools for planning logistics flows or on demand. It is directly operational, and able to intervene in your company’s processes. Another asset, NIM Europe offers seasoned transition supply chain managers for your company. You opt for a service, which gives you a certain flexibility. Discover examples of transition missions as Supply Chain Director: