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Job Title: IMPORT/SUPPLY CHAIN SPECIALIST
Reports to: PLANT MANAGER
Job Summary: The position is responsible for driving profitability, improving partner efficiencies, ensuring smooth logistics operations, managing import and customer clearance processes, optimizing inventory management, forecasting demand, addressing supply chain issues, and continuously improving processes for operational excellence.
Job Responsibilities:
- Troubleshoot and coordinate support for day-to-day business partnerships with plants, team members, vendors, and external customers to build and maintain collaborative relationships.
- Track and manage the movement of material to and between vendors and customers, including monitoring carrier pickup times and providing a daily shipment plan. Responsible for tracking and tracing shipments until they reach their destination.
- Provide lane analysis and routing guide suggestions to provide cost savings to customers.
- Conduct demand planning, inventory replenishment, and optimization activities to effectively meet customer demand for the Battle Creek plant.
- Communicate order status throughout the organization.
- Manage material flow, including material transactions, inventory levels, order processing, shipping, and receiving.
- Identify constraints to achieving goals and collaborate to find and implement effective solutions.
- Coordinate distribution of products and schedules through Dedicated Delivery Plan of transportation to maximize efficiencies and control costs.
- Track partner(s) performance.
- Resolve delivery discrepancies between origin, port, delivery agents, third-party logistics, brokerages, customers, or other partners to ensure on-time delivery and proper payment checks.
- Update customs entries deductions based on provided Brokerages entry forms for importing goods into the USA. Review, Audit, Approve as Importer of Record CBP Census warning Letters, and update the HTS codes as needed basis.
- Archive and keep up to date the Arrival Notices received and follow up on pickup numbers to be provided in a timely manner.
- Process data entry and archive of orders received via e-mail or from the OA system to ensure Quote and processing of booking is secured in a timely manner.
- Track and share Proof of Deliveries with internal partners as needed.
- Maintain control sheet of demurrage, detention, and/or other additional charges received, identify root causes, and provide potential solutions.
- Propose and drive supply chain improvements through completion.
- Maintain and keep control of Vendor key contacts templates.
- Process and ship unplanned samples or other local or international shipments.
- Provide support and compliance with all local and corporate Camel Energy Inc., Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Policies, procedures, and related requirements.
- Ensure all operations adhere to laws, guidelines, and ISO requirements.
- Understand principles of accounting and finance.
- Assist with the development and release of SCM standard processes and procedures.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Strong knowledge of forecasting methodologies, data analytics, value stream mapping, and lean processes.
- Ability to work independently and make decisions without direct supervision.
- Excellent prioritization skills, able to meet deadlines, and capable of multitasking with minimal supervision.
- Proficient in self-prioritization, analytical thinking, forecasting, and troubleshooting.
- Skilled in compiling, preparing, and presenting data in a clear and accurate manner using Microsoft Office tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and statistical forecasting tools. Experience with PV tables and V lookup is preferred.
- Outstanding organizational and coordination abilities with high attention to detail.
- Exceptional customer service skills and the ability to identify customer needs and recommend solutions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work effectively in a multicultural environment, and establish relationships with peers, internal/external customers, and vendors while maintaining confidentiality.
- Experience in customer service and managing relationships with customers and vendors.
- Familiarity with freight studies and cost analysis to support Supply Chain Manager or Plant Supply Chain teams.
- Ability to maintain a safe and clean work environment.
- APICS certification is preferred but not mandatory
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, management, engineering, operations management, mathematics, statistics, business analytics, or a related field.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar role in a fast-paced work environment, preferably with relevant experience in logistics, manufacturing, demand planning, production planning, or inventory management.
- Ability to thrive in an unstructured environment and adapt to frequent changes, delays, or unexpected events.
- Proven experience as a logistics and purchasing coordinator, demonstrating functional knowledge of demand and supply chain processes.
- Prior experience in value stream analysis and familiarity with lean concepts.
- Experience in root cause analysis using problem-solving tools to identify and correct issues.
- Preferred experience in the automotive industry.
- Proficiency in VISCO, ERP/MRP systems, Outlook, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams is strongly preferred.
- Strong business acumen and understanding of the business implications of decisions made.
- Reliable in ensuring work responsibilities are covered when absent.
- Skilled in project follow-up to ensure timely completion with all necessary data and supporting documentation.
- Adherence to company policies and procedures, supporting the organization’s goals and values
Work Environment:
We are a Battery manufacturing company. While performing the duties of this job, the employee works with and near large machinery and equipment daily, the employee will be exposed to a variety of Health and Safety hazard and will be required to ALWAYS adhere to all Health and Safety rules and wear personal protective equipment (PPE).
Physical Demands:
The employee must be able to frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
