Manager, Supply Chain

**OVERVIEW OF POSITION:** Responsibility for overseeing all aspects of Sales & Operations Planning including Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Supply Point Coordination, and Inventory Mgmt. **RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS POSITION:** ***Management – 15%*** - Manage Procurement and Supply Chain processes. - Responsible for management of all inventories. - Manage carrier performance program. - Achieve desired economies of scale by consolidating vendors, suppliers and resources. - Create individual and departmental development plans. - Develop planning group vision and recruit new personnel. - Liaise with Accounts Payable Department to ensure accurate and timely payment of invoices, as necessary for the business with the supplier. ***Sales & Operations Planning – 25%*** - Develop and maintain process for material forecasting - Create and maintain balance between supply and demand. - Create, interpret, and report on Key Performance Indicators. - Analyze and outline deviations from targets and plans (gap analyses). - Provide input as to product enhancements and/or new product development. ***Demand Planning – 15%*** - Responsible for creating/maintaining demand plan review. - Responsible for aligning the demand plan with the S&OP outcome. - Challenge input from market intelligence in forecast demand. - Monitor macro trends in supplier and contract base and implement plans to react. - Oversee corporate reporting. - Responsible for SKU classification in demand segmentation. ***Supply Planning – 15%*** - Meet service level framework agreement with suppliers. - Implement procurement strategy and policies. - Ensure visibility of forward supply and inventory plan. - Manage excess stock, minimize write offs. - Maintenance of the ISO Qualified Supplier Evaluation Program. - Monitor capacity planning. - Prepare purchase requisitions, approve and issues purchase orders in accordance with company policy and negotiated terms and conditions. - Manage phasing-in and phasing-out of products. - Set long term strategy based on consumption trends. - Oversee the notice, registration, scheduling and requests for the import of product portfolio. ***Projects – 30%*** - Initiate and roll out SOP best practices and manage SOP enhancement projects. - Identify and agree upon supply chain improvements projects. - Develop creative analytic reporting for forecasting and inventory management. - Continually develop expertise to support growth for new projects. - Assist in performing distribution optimization study. - Develop inventory deployment capability. **COMPETENCIES/SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE OR TRAINING PREFERRED:** To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements/preferences listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - Required – Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Admin. - Required – 8 to 10 years of Supply Chain Planning, Forecasting, Production Scheduling, Inventory Deployment, Supply Chain Network Design and Project Management experience. - Required – 3 to 5 years people management. - Required - Experience using Windows, Office, Word, Excel, ERP/CRM Systems - Required – International Supply Chain Management – Customs Agency.