SUPPLY CHAIN/MATERIALS MANAGER
Company: Condux International
Location: Mankato
Posted on: October 15, 2024
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Job Description:
Position Purpose: The Supply Chain/Materials Manager is
responsible for source selection and procurement functions directly
associated with the company's needs for raw materials, services,
fixed assets, tooling, secured at cost, quality and delivery
competitive levels consistent with company policy and industry
performance standards.
Position Summary: The primary job of the Supply Chain/Materials
Manager is to negotiate pricing, terms, and annual contacts with
suppliers, direct the purchasing and planning/scheduling team and
effectively manage the supply chain process.
Requirements
Essential Duties:
1. Responsible for purchasing and negotiating materials, equipment,
and supplies from vendors
2. Forecast annual material, purchasing volumes, annual savings,
tooling costs and repair budget
3. Evaluate vendor quotes and services to determine first in class
suppliers
4. Initiates strategic purchase orders and amendments for
materials, services, and/or special tools; arranged for submission
and inspection of sample products as required; maintains close
coordination with manufacturing and engineering to ensure timely
execution of product and services sourcing activities
5. Studies market prices and trends, engineering developments, and
manufacturing method improvements applicable to assigned
responsibilities and company goals
6. Aggressively resolve all pricing, invoicing, and contract
related issues with the suppliers
7. Create and maintain supplier metrics to assess quality for
service, product, and process; communicates metrics to suppliers as
appropriate and tracks corrective actions to completion
8. Managers cost savings, delivering annual direct and indirect
goals. Coordinates and managers inventory targets for all raw
material inventory levels while maximizing bulk discounts
9. Integrate material requirements planning functions with the
sales and operation team, planning WIP requirement process to
enable seamless execution of product planning
10. Minimizes risk of obsolescence by having the right part, right
place, right time and at the right cost
11. Lead the search and implement breakthrough strategies that
improve systems, methods, procedures, people, and processes as it
applies to Supply Chain Management
12. Collaborate with manufacturing, accounting, and IT to drive
improvements to materials and inventory management programs.
Essential Areas of Responsibility:
1. Supply Chain Department Management
2. Supplier Negotiation
3. Strategic supplier management
4. Tactical & strategic procurement planning
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Requirements:
1. 4 year degree in business, operations or supply chain
management
2. 5+ years Manufacturing Supply Chain Management (planning and
procurement)
3. In-depth working knowledge of ERP, MRP, Office 365, inventory
management, supply chain concepts and manufacturing processes
4. Strong orientation for detail and high-quality standards
5. Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills,
capable of influencing key stake holders, collecting critical
inputs and facilitate collective solutions
6. 3+ years experience with advance planning and scheduling (APS)
systems and methodology, fundamental product engineering methods
and Bills of Materials (BOM)
7. Experience in processional decision making, analytical, critical
thinking and negotiating skills
8. Experience with progressive production and inventory control
methods and techniques
9. Positive attitude, collaborative, and adept at ever changing
priority
10. Certification a plus or willingness to obtain certification
Physical Demands:
Mental Demands:
1. Ability to simultaneously address multiple complex priorities
and problems
2. Work under high pressure and safety sensitive situations
3. Ability to exercise independent judgement and make decisions
4. Analyze, interpret and utilize data and technical
information
Working Conditions:
1. Adheres to the time and attendance requirements as established
by the department supervisor.
2. Conditions will vary from office to production environments
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