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Our client, a large multi-national based in Cork are looking to recruit a Business Operations Manager for a permanent position.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the business operations activities within the overall International Supply Chain, specifically focusing on Logistics type activity.

Duties

• They will Implement and standardizes business intelligence gathered from various processes, systems and experiences.
• Identifies and recommends productivity & quality improvement opportunities.
• A key part of the role will be to identify key business metrics and reports.
• They will manage specific Logistics business operations and continuous improvement of the processes.
• They will also manage process and reporting activities to include financial, productivity, quality compliance, training, and/or efficiency, etc.
• Analyzes data to provide decision support to senior management.
• Identifies Supply Chain inefficiencies as well as best practices and drives improvement initiatives with senior management and operations teams.
• Acts as customer advocate for processes, metrics, measurments, and tools developed for management of the business.
• Acts as a liaison and interfaces cross-functionally to maintain communication between business groups, especially the country offices & partners.
• Participates in the development of overall objectives and long-term goals of the organization
• Solves Supply Chain challenges through expertise in the areas of foreign trade, customs, compliance, distribution networks and general awareness of the industry to enable EMC's Supply Chain be a key differentiator.
• Executes project plans to roll out new/enhanced processes or systems capabilities.
• Participates in project/initiative prioritization process.
• Identifies key operational and performance metrics to measure business performance and drives reporting activities.
• Measures performance of the organization against strategic and tactical operational metrics.
• Develops business models, business cases and forecasting tools in support of various strategic initiatives

Requirements

• Ability to work effectively with senior management
• Possesses strong industry knowledge
• Forward Thinking
• Sense of urgency / Problem Solving ability / Customer Service skill
• Ability to manage in a matrix environment
• Ability to handle conflicting priorities
• Financial and analytical experience
• 5-10 years management experience in a similar role.