Job Description
Senior Supply Chain Manager, End to End Supply Chain Leadership, Manufacturing, Medical
Sumter, SC
Competitive Salary [about $157K] Bonus, Full Benefits, World Class Global Corporation
Responsible for directing and managing all financial and human resource activities for the Supply Chain Department. Reports directly to the Plant Manager of the Sumter Specimen Management manufacturing facility. Responsible for ensuring excellence in the plant wide supply chain processes, therefore enabling excellent product availability for customers as well as components availability for sister plants and business partners. Enables supply chain Continuous Improvement, CI by advising functional peers on business trends, cross-functional synergistic opportunities, formulating product flow scenarios, and facilitating business revenue optimization strategic and tactical planning.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
Must have experience in these areas:
Purchasing: Responsible for the purchasing of all raw materials, component parts, MRO materials and capital equipment required to meet production schedules and to support plant operations.
- Oversees the issuing of purchase orders and change notices as required for materials and components and the establishing of proper lead times to obtain adequate supplies to meet manufacturing production schedules.
- Guides and coordinates Purchasing and Supplier Quality personnel toward quick and efficient corrective action processing of non-conforming raw materials.
Planning: Ensures validity of demands by attending demand debrief and asking for regional rationales justifying certain changes.
- Aligns with Global Supply Chain groups on volume or mix.
- Makes recommendations for schedule changes that optimize equipment, personnel, materials, and time.
- Facilitates planning discussions with global supply chain to find ultimate balance between plant efficiencies and forecast / global supply chain requests.
- Reviews master production schedules driven from the SCM (Supply Chain Management) system and managed by the plant
- Reviews global requirements for the Rubber and Injection Molding departments to ensure that both in-house and sister sites requirements are supported.
- If materials are One Company Procurement managed, works in conjunction with OCP to identify suppliers that meet these goals.
- Consolidates world-wide demand for cannula and works with Medical Segment to ensure that capacities are in place to meet out year demand.
Master Data Management: Understands production control systems and functions to setup and maintain schedules and to record and report all associated activities.
- Manages development and implementation of procedures, practices, work flows, and the sequence of operations to obtain maximum efficiency, accuracy in the performance of duties.
- Control documentation as required to ensure that the efficient and underlying operation of the department will meet ISO/QSR/SOX requirements.
Product Sorting: Process owner responsible for optimizing the disposition of nonconforming material across business units and in coordination with quality.
- Calls out and coaches on standard process to minimize inventory stuck at the plant.
Sterilization: Responsible for maintaining appropriate talent, support & coordination to protect the plants bottleneck that is our on-site Gamma sterilizer.
- Liaise with corporate functions such as Sterilization Assurance or Microbiology Lab groups to identify/share standard processes, get appropriate support & perspective from global network.
Shipping: Responsible for maintaining appropriate talent, support & coordination in order to protect the flow of products out of the plant to the appropriate DC's / plant.
End to End Supply Chain Leadership: Has direct supervision of 3 Managers, who respectively have responsibility for the Inbound, Outbound and Planning aspect of the whole Supply Chain.
- Coach, support and challenge them towards improvement in each area.
- Facilitate alliances between the groups and ensure their work environment is fair & fulfilling.
- Highlights changes and presents the plant-wide capacity outlook for the whole facility.
- Filters, reports or explains information about business performance / marketing strategies with plant LT in order to maintain a strategic alignment between the plant and the BUs.
- Works with Business Integrators on strategic projects such as manufacturing transfers, make vs. buy assessments, risk mitigation, business continuity exercises, etc.
- Responsible for the Supply Chain exempt personnel, including employee coaching, counseling, training, performance management and development.
- Networks with central functions to stay in touch w initiatives such as Control Tower and get central support for transformation projects such as digitalization of data or processes.
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- BS Degree in Business, Engineering, or relevant field.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience performing in a similar role within a manufacturing setting.
- Minimum of 15 years manufacturing experience
- Effective negotiation skills to support the purchasing process
- Proficient with SAP and APRISO systems
Candidate Details: 15+ years experience//Seniority Level - Mid-Senior
Management Experience Required – Yes//Minimum Education - Bachelor's Degree
Screening Questions: Have you had experience managing supply chain disruptions, such as raw material delays or port congestion?
Have you negotiated contracts with key suppliers for cost savings or improved terms?
Have you developed or improved a demand forecasting process?
Have you worked directly with production teams to reduce material shortages or line stoppages?
Have you managed supplier performance using formal KPIs or scorecards?
CONTACT/SEND RESUME:
Bill Marek - CEO
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