Supply Chain Manager

Supply Chain Manager

Manage production planning, purchasing, inventory, warehousing, distribution, demand forecasting services and associated activities to limit costs and improve accuracy, customer service, or safety. Examine existing procedures or opportunities for streamlining activities to meet product distribution needs. Direct the movement, storage, or processing of inventory.

• Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirements planning, controlling inventory, warehousing, or receiving.
• Manage a Sales and Operations Planning process
• Select transportation routes to maximize economy by combining shipments or consolidating warehousing and distribution.
• Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality.
• Implement new or improved supply chain processes to improve efficiency or performance.
• Develop procedures for coordination of supply chain management with other functional areas, such as sales, marketing, finance, production, or quality assurance.
• Through effective planning forecast demand or create supply plans that ensure availability of materials or products.
• Analyze inventories to determine how to increase inventory turns and reduce waste.
• Negotiate prices and terms with suppliers, vendors, or freight forwarders.
• Analyze information about supplier performance or procurement program success.
• Monitor suppliers' activities to assess performance in meeting quality or delivery requirements.
• Design or implement supply chains that support business strategies adapted to changing market conditions, new business opportunities, or cost reduction strategies.
• Meet with suppliers to discuss performance metrics, to provide performance feedback, or to discuss production forecasts or changes.
• Monitor forecasts to identify changes and predict effects on supply chain activities.
• Participate in the coordination of production process changes, product line extensions, or new product launches to ensure orderly and timely transitions in material or production flow.
• Identify or qualify new suppliers in collaboration with other departments, such as quality assurance.
• Design or implement warehousing strategies for production materials or finished products.
• Develop or implement procedures or systems to evaluate or select suppliers.
• Document physical supply chain processes, such as workflows, cycle times, or system flows.
• Diagram supply chain models to help facilitate discussions with customers.
• Evaluate and select information or other technology solutions to improve tracking and reporting of materials or products distribution, storage, or inventory.
• Identify opportunities to reuse or recycle materials to minimize consumption of new materials, minimize waste, or to convert wastes to by-products.
• Review or update supply chain practices in accordance with new or changing environmental policies, standards, regulations, or laws.
• Design or implement supply chains that support environmental policies.
• Locate or select biodegradable, non-toxic, or other environmentally friendly raw materials for manufacturing processes.
• Appraise vendor manufacturing capabilities through on-site observations or other measurements.
• Conduct or oversee the conduct of life cycle analyses to determine the environmental impacts of products, processes, or systems.

Skills and Knowledge

• Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
• Management of Material Resources — Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
• Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Transportation — Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
• Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources
• Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Education and Experience

· Bachelor's Degree

· Supply Chain Management

· Business Administration

· Industrial Engineering

· Logistics

· Operations Management

· Procurement

Experience:

• 5-10 years of experience in supply chain management, logistics, or operations, with increasing responsibility.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person