Job Title: Supply Chain Manager Department: Purchasing

Reports to: Chief of Operations Effective Date: 1/17/2023

Hours: M-F 8-5

Job Summary:

Supply Chain Manager leads and participates on a team that contributes to the Steel Tech culture by creating a strategy for the flow of goods, resources, and information required by the supply chain. Negotiates best timeline, price, and volume of materials to meet company standards, protect company from fluctuation in the market, and support forecast, sold jobs, and orders.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Develops effective Supply Chain strategy to maximize customer satisfaction and best value solution.
• Communicates and negotiates with suppliers and vendors to procure the best value solution of price, availability, and quality attributes.
• Leads the supply chain team in executing best practices and measures performance through agreed upon KPI's (Key performance Indicators).
• Plans, Manages, and coordinates all activities related to the sourcing and procurement of necessary materials and supplies needed to meet the changing levels of product demand.
• Works with plants, warehouse, and logistics departments to determine and set up intercompany transfers.
• Manages inventory levels and costs of consumables and materials to maximize inventory turns by developing and implementing inventory control systems and practices.
• Works with transportation companies to set most cost-effective solution.
• Assists, implements, creates, and supports proper utilization of ERP system
• Member of the operations staff, responsible for routinely report department KPI's along with appropriate analysis and countermeasures where necessary.
• Gathering Information - Observing, receiving, and qualifying and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Continuous Improvement - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Tech Competency - Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Developing and Building Teams - Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent Leadership and coaching principles that embody Steel Tech core values and behaviors. Manufacturing and Industry Knowledge, Inventory Management, and effective purchasing practices
• Production and Processing - Knowledge of metal building raw materials, production processes, BOM, machine capabilities, internally and externally, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• ERP knowledge
• Standard Manufacturing definitions and language
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Negotiation principles and concepts
• ProNest and nesting software
• Knowledge of principles and methods for moving goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
• Understanding of metal building material market trends
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistics, and their applications.
• Effective leadership that motivates and engages team members, manages priorities, and projects that practice efficiency with all resources: people, time schedules, and project plans to include shop files and drawings that provide for excellent customer service.
• ERP implementation and data input capabilities
• Communicate, schedule, and manage effectively by using Microsoft office programs
• Effectively manages multiple tasks simultaneously, maintain focus, and adapt to a variety of challenges
• Conducts detailed procedures in a time constrained environment
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Strong sense of time organization and urgency
• Able to work independently and within a team
• High diligence, Sense of urgency, strategic, analytical
• Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
• One on Ones with their people
• Engage opportunities to expand the Steel Tech culture by using Org. health toolbox.
• Inter department assignments utilizing KSA to accomplish schedule attainment
• Continuously developing team members with one on ones intentionally
• KPI development, management, and reporting
• Development and accountability of team member performance, KRA, and growth plans
• Develop, maintain, and improve systems that maximize clarity, quality, and efficiency
• Vendor Relations, proper and effective negotiation
• Create supply plans that ensure availability of materials or products.
• Monitor forecasts and quotas to identify changes or to determine their effect on supply chain activities.
• Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality.
• Analyze inventories to determine how to increase inventory turns, reduce waste, or optimize customer service for internal and external customers.
• Develop procedures for coordination of supply chain management with other functional areas, such as sales, marketing, finance, production, or quality assurance.

Education and Experience:

Required: High School Diploma, Bachelors Degree and/or 5 years of industry supply chain/purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment 

Preferred: Master's Degree and/or 10 years of industry supply chain/purchasing experience. 

Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Prolonged sitting, use of computer and office machinery and systems.
• 25-50% of time may be spent at the plants for inventory and purchasing needs
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, lifting, pushing, and pulling.

About the company

Steel Tech Building Systems markets, designs, manufacturers, and delivers metal buildings. We are a privately held company that rejects a mindset that cares only about the bottom line. Our values drive our decision-making. With long-term, win/win relationships, our employees, dealers, and vendors come before a commission or profit incentive. Knowing that these strong relationships are key to success, it is paramount that our team members are successful and have continuous growth–personally and professionally. We are all imperfect humans, but we desire continually to be pursuing excellence in values beyond the status quo. Therefore, we intentionally focus on building a strong team culture.

We are headquartered in Monett, MO and are IAS AC472 accredited.

What to Expect

• To be passionate about Steel Tech’s purpose & values
• To work as a team toward specific goals
• To be on time, focused, and ready to work
• To recognize your team members’ achievements
• To engage in healthy conflict
• To choose excellence and not settle for less

What We Offer

• A team-based culture where you feel valued
• Mentors who guide team-members' personal and professional growth
• Recognition for work well done and for achieving goals
• Competitive compensation
• Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance packages
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match

Steel Tech Building Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.