Who We Are

With over 13,000 employees at 43 production facilities in the US, Canada and Europe, Hearthside Food Solutions is one of the fastest growing food companies and the industry's largest contract manufacturer. Our secret to success? Our people. We know an investment in our people is an investment in our company. By empowering employees through skill development and career advancement opportunities, we emphasize a culture of continuous improvement - both for the business and our people.

What We Offer

We offer a competitive wage and wide array of benefits including: •health/dental/vision insurance • flex spending accounts • short & long-term disability • paid holidays and vacation • bonuses opportunities (referral, production, etc.).

About the Supply Chain Specialist

Job Responsibilities include management of production schedule, customer expectation communications, reports and shipment timing. Manage materials supply, including a thorough understanding of demand by customer and SKU, MRP reports, material release process, PO confirmations and receipts using SAP. Responsible for supply management for assigned suppliers, products and facilities, identification of and management of material inventory plans for assigned items, align and coordinate efforts with operations and production planning to ensure timely receipt of all materials and production schedule timing is met for customer. Develop unique inventory plans by category and customer, ensure realization of department goals and objectives, execute and maintain functional best practices.

Job Duties include:
•Utilize SAP reports and data for efficient execution of functional responsibilities and objectives.
•Enter production schedules, including any required schedule changes in SAP to meet and achieve customer satisfaction and communicate changes to all parties as needed
•Run and analyze MRP, performing analysis of customer demand, sales forecasts and historical material usage to develop and execute forecasting plans
•Ensure products are received on time and are available to fill customer orders to keep supply chain moving and eliminate downtime and ensure customer expectations are met
•Assist commercialization team in product development and trials.
•Provide weekly/monthly detailed analyzed reports for customers
•Communicate and help coordinate shipments with T&W department and customers
•Attend customer meetings to discuss next several weeks and shortages of scheduled production resulting from any difficulties
•Build and support Bill of Material structure working with Commercialization Team, create and define items to be consumed by Bill of Material (BOM) and drive timely part setup, BOM releases and changes to support new product introduction as well as changes to existing BOM business.
•Coordinate returns and/ or replacement of products
•Facilitate and manage QN/NCMR completion, closure within 30 days and full financial recovery within 60 days.

As supply chain analyst (Procurement): • Collate purchase orders and requisitions in order to order materials including Request for Quotes and track PO confirmations
•Resolve conflicts concerning materials or services at the department and supplier levels
•Identify and evaluate suppliers that provide the best cost, cost savings, lead time and service to meet our overall business objectives
•Build strong relationships with qualified external suppliers, negotiate procurement details and seek new ideas from suppliers to reduce costs and ensure quality is met for internal and external customers
•Maintain files related to purchase orders, suppliers, quotes and other correspondence
•Perform inventories report as required and work with IC to understand its accuracy.
•Develop initiatives to reduce slow moving inventories, excess inventories, obsolete inventory and process improvements to achieve company inventory goals
•Manage products extensions request with customer or suppliers and inbound freight and freight claims as needed.
•Prepare daily reports (Past Due, On Time Delivery, Shortages, etc.), monitor, update and call out material losses.
•Eliminate line downtime due to material availability and quality issues.
•Coordinate efficient receipt and movement of materials with third party warehouses and supplier management programs with cross functional HFS resources.
•Identify the "right size" for all assigned material inventories and identify and drive best practices within total supply chain, including the development of supplier and supply related metrics.
•Work with internal and external freight resources to ensure timely deliveries of inbound materials at competitive rates.
•Track, report and process quality performance issues for suppliers, work to eliminate supplier related quality issues for all materials.
•Ensure material quotes are up to date and perform cost card analyses and updates.
•Negotiate prices with chosen vendors and helping with preparing contract documents.
•Participate in quotes if needed or utilizes SIE IQO (quotes) for SAP system updates (routing, speed, crew, etc.).

Qualifications: • Procurement and supply chain education or experience gained through Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
•Experience in a manufacturing environment required.
•Customer service background preferred.
•SAP experience required.
•Proficient with MS Office (Word and Excel).
•Ability to multi-task and prioritize work based on short and long-term objectives.
•Well-developed influence management skills and experience in conflict resolution.
•Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to communication with all levels within the organization. • Strong attention to detail, analytical and decision-making skills.
•Ability to build collaborative relationships with industry, trade, other associations, regulatory agencies and Hearthside staff.
•Ability to understand and comprehend MRP and published schedules.

Interested in the Supply Chain Specialist role? Apply now for consideration.