Would you like to contribute to shaping tomorrow's aquaculture land-based industry?

AKVA group Land Based business area is investing heavily in the development of sustainable solutions in land-based farming and is now in a process where they are strengthening their capacity.

The Director will have the overall responsibility for the supply chain management within the Land Based Business Area. We are looking for a candidate with commercial awareness, a strategic mindset and sound knowledge of the whole supply chain. You can work on both a strategic and operational level, have excellent collaboration skills and are able to build strong relations across the SCM domain. The position reports to COO Land Based.

AKVA group can offer an exciting opportunity if you want to work with supply chain management and process improvement. You will be part of building a business area in an international business with sound local roots and short decision routes. AKVA group is the world leader in providing technology for the aquaculture industry and have a strong focus on the development of their employees, solutions, and products. The working environment is open and informal, and based on the vision that employees perform their best when they thrive, are committed, and have a good time at work.

Main tasks:

• Overall responsibility for the supply chain strategy within the Land Based Business Area with specific focus on sourcing and purchasing
• Coordinate and run processes/discussions to understand supplier’s capacity, possibilities to grow and secure our capacity and priority in their deliveries
• Identify where we need new suppliers, implement supplier development and qualification of products/solutions from new suppliers
• Identify and implement improvements throughout the supply chain, including improving contractual framework and specifications
• Establish and report on KPI’s
• Negotiation of commercial terms and conditions with subcontractors and key suppliers
• Focus on bottom-line results, realize synergies, and identify potential risks and establish quality assurance processes in the supply chain, including taxonomy and sustainability  
• Ability to be a contributor in rolling out new ERP solution

Education and experience:

• Higher relevant education, preferably on a master’s degree level
• Solid experience from supply chain management
• Sound negotiation skills
• Experience from establishing and developing supply chain organizations
• Experience from implementation of ERP solutions is advantageous
• Proficiency in English is required, both written and spoken

Location is Kverneland Industripark, Klepp stasjon. Travel must be expected.

We are looking for a candidate who thrive in a hectic environment. You are self-going, analytical, can drive initiatives and are motivated by creating results together with your colleagues.

Questions related to the position can be made to Visindi by Dag Vevatne, 916 56 111 or Siv Tone Hilde-Larsen, 916 56 109. All enquiries are treated in confidence, also towards our client in the initial phase, if requested. Please submit your application and CV via www.visindi.no as soon as possible and no later than 31. October 2021.