This position manages the disposition of excess and obsolete components and surplus finished goods within the Kitting Supply Chain while working collaboratively with Reorder Buying, Production Control, and Manufacturing Operations. This position is also responsible for managing the team responsible for the entry and tracking of inventory transfers between plants.
Ensure departmental and support personnel are focused on continuous improvement of processes. Promote alignment by understanding and communicating customer needs and requirements throughout the organization.
CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide direction to teams in Supply Chain. Analyze, resolve or escalate inventory issues. Ensure daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly tasks of Supply Chain teams meet standards.
Resolve daily Supply Chain issues. Direct team regarding issue resolution and continuous improvement.
Communicate to senior management Supply Chain and service issues with short and long term recommendations on resolution.
Ensure inventory plans and execution of plans are consistent with Supply Chain goals.
Provide support to internal manufacturing operations.
Prepare and present forward-looking, future projections of inventory, volume, service, planning, capacity, and space considerations. Assure that the system parameters are correct. Manage communication between Teams.
Management responsibilities include :
Typically oversees professional employees/teams OR typically manages non-professional employees through Supervisors in manufacturing, distribution or office environments.
Day-to-day operations of a group of employees.
May have limited budgetary responsibility and usually contributes to budgetary impact;
Interpret and execute policies for departments/projects and develops.
Recommend and implement new policies or modifications to existing policies.
Provide general guidelines and parameters for staff functioning.
Hiring staff, recommending pay increases, performing performance reviews, training and development of staff, estimating personnel needs, assigning work, meeting completion dates, interpreting and ensuring consistent application of organizational policies.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Mathematics, Applied Statistics, or related field.
Relevant Work Experience
At least 4 years of experience in operations and/or supply chain.
Experience demonstrating knowledge level of MRP, buying, demand management and forecasting.
Additional
Position requires the ability to apply concepts of algebra and business statistics.
Advanced level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using AVERAGE function, merging and centering cells, printing centered page and/or creating a pivot table).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience in import logistics, inventory planning and transportation.
Experience managing people, including hiring, developing, motivating and directing people as they work.
Experience with SAP.
Advanced level skill in Microsoft Access (for example: modifying default field properties, creating a sub-form, adding a control button, modifying query criteria and query totals, using conditional formatting and/or viewing data relationships).
