Supply Chain Manager

Job Title: - Supply Chain Manager.

Job Location: - Clearwater, FL- (Onsite)

Job Type: - Full Time/Direct Hire.

Pay Rate: - $120K to $140K (Annually)

Job Description.

The Supply Chain Manager (SCM) will manage, develop, and improve material planning, purchasing/supply chain operations, production/repair scheduling, and warehouse/logistic operations to ensure an on-time, quality flow of material for an uninterrupted production flow while minimizing inventory costs. The SCM will be the leader/manager/facilitator to focus the functional BU Team participants (buyers and planners) to identify problems, use data to understand problems, determine true root cause, and develop effective corrective actions. The successful SCM will listen, learn, train, and build a cohesive well performing team that exceeds both internal and external customer expectations.

Duties And Responsibilities

Develops, implements, and manages cross-functional, fully integrated planning processes that incorporate make versus buy, capacity planning, scheduling, inventory, material, and associated cost elements.

Performs analysis of customer demand, sales forecasts, and historical material usage to develop and execute build to order and build to forecast plans.

Coordinates with cross-functional Business Unit Teams to develop the best economic strategy for production planning to support customer demand.

Establishes and implements methods and best practices related to the systems and process that support inventory forecasting, purchasing, and material control.

Prepares customer delivery reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends and uses information to proactively communicate potential late deliveries.

Establishes and supervises production scheduling activities by monitoring material inventories, tracking progress of production and reviewing factors that affect schedules.

Develops and executes a sourcing strategy to meet the company’s business growth and sourcing requirements. Identifies, develops, and manages effective relationships with existing and potential suppliers of goods and services to meet the established cost, quality, and delivery targets.

Establishes, implements, and manages systems to evaluate, monitor and report supplier corecard performance.

Coordinates and works with quality, design and manufacturing engineering, machining, and assembly operations to ensure 100% on-time delivery by establishing and monitoring schedule to proactively identify and address any issues.

Responsible for accuracy of inventory counts by implementing and managing, in conjunction with Finance, an inventory control system, capable of identifying discrepancies in inventory counts and taking corrective action to guard against inconsistencies in the future.

Achieves financial objectives by working with management group to prepare the materials budget, schedule expenditures, analyze variances and initiate corrective actions.

Participates as a leading manager of the Operations team in making cross-functional operational decisions and coordinating very closely with the Business Unit Managers.

Leads projects for Productivity or Continuous Improvement opportunities when dealing with Purchased or Procured products and services.

Works with Management to develop long-term goals and objectives for purchasing & planning and tracks performance using selected KPI’s.

Works closely with the Business Units and Engineering, as well as the BU Managers during new product development/redesign phase to ensure purchased product costs, quality standards and product availability fall within the established criteria of the Company/Project.

Represents the company in negotiating contracts and formulating polices with suppliers. Directs and coordinates activities of the Business Unit buyers, planners, and supply chain team members to further the attainment of goals and objectives.

Qualifications

BS degree in business, management, or other related discipline.

Experience in management of materials and sourcing within a design and manufacturing

Working knowledge and understanding of ERP/MRP systems and their use in a manufacturing environment. Experience with EXACT MAX is a plus.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access.

Decisive leadership skills & problem-solving under pressure

Strong interpersonal & communication skills (both verbal and written)

Organization skills with strong attention to detail