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SUMMARY: The Senior Director, Supply Chain, is responsible for leading the Procurement, Inventory Management and Distribution Operations, including inventory optimization, freight, and network improvements, integrating with technology and IT, and leading distribution process improvements. Position reports to the Chief Operating Officer.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary duties.

• Oversee procurement, distribution, and warehouse functions to achieve company's customer experience [CW1] [BL2] expectations and improve overall operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Strategic Planning and Performance Management

• Strategic Inventory Management

• Procurement and Vendor Management

• Collaboration

• Team Leadership

• Lead change management initiatives to continuously improve purchasing, inventory management and distribution practices.
• Prepare and manage annual expense budgets and capital investment budgets.
• Other duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS: The requirements listed below are representative of the education, experience, skills and/or abilities required. An individual must meet the minimum requirements as listed in each Qualifications subsection.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, operations management, business administration, engineering, manufacturing, quality, or other related field of study.

EXPERIENCE:

• At least fifteen years of progressively responsible experience in a distribution supply chain environment
• At least five years of experience leading and managing people.

SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Passion for the work! A strong desire to build a winning team and create an organizational culture committed to continuous improvement and our core values.
• Thorough understanding of broad business practices including inventory optimization, contract negotiation, and warehouse management.
• Creativity, and excellent analytical, quantitative reasoning, problem solving, planning and strategic skills.
• Proven capability in executive-level interface skills; presentations, negotiations relationship management, etc.
• Ability to develop strategy and win consensus from key stakeholders.
• Ability to motivate, encourage and lead others.
• Strong interpersonal skills, innovative thinking, and sound judgment.
• Demonstrated organizational development experience.
• Strong experience with, or background in, information technology is a plus.
• Proven ability to lead a multi-site distribution environment.
• Capacity for strategic thinking for long-term supplier relationships.
• Excellent ability to communicate; writing, speaking and presenting information effectively.

Requirements:

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some movement from area to area, transporting of items such as a laptop computer, small products or parts, product books or catalogs. Position also requires long periods of sitting while driving or riding as a passenger in an automobile to customer sites. Ability to effectively communicate using company-issued devices such as laptop, mobile phone, etc.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

While performing the primary duties of the job, the employee is regularly exposed to a general office environment. Must be able to move through customer sites, including warehouses, shipyards, oil field rigs, manufacturing facilities, and related machinery, etc. Work outside normal business hours is required from time to time. Overnight travel is less than 25%.

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position and is not an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with it.

Evolution Motion Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer