Supply Chain Director
HR Collaboration Group LLC
- South Bend, IN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Creative, innovative, collaborative, and flexible work environment
- Challenging and progressive career opportunities
- Competitive pay programs!
- Comprehensive Health & Wellness Benefits
- Retirement Program with Excellent Employer Match!
- Paid Vacations and Holidays
- Open communication, recognition programs, and team-building events
- And much more to motivated, results-oriented individuals who want to make a real difference in their community and role
- Researches, plans, manages and executes on short- and long-term strategies to optimize the supply chain, from raw material purchasing to on-time delivery of finished goods, ensuring optimal quality, delivery, and budget success.
- Evaluates, develops, and manages supplier relationships to ensure cost, quality and reliability goals are achieved.
- Leads the procurement strategy across multiple commodities, primarily steel and hardware, and outside services (painting, galvanizing, etc.) to ensure customer specifications are achieved.
- Researches, develops and implements logistics improvements to ensure a seamless coordination between vendors, production, warehouse, and customer delivery.
- Implements and improves processes and systems (ERP, MRP, supplier scorecards, S&OP, forecasting, etc) to drive optimization and efficiencies.
- Collaborates cross-functionally with Operations, Sales, Engineering and Finance to align supply chain with growth goals.
- Leads, coaches and mentors the team to ensure continued growth and ability to reach growing business goals.
- Education: Bachelors Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Purchasing or similar related field preferred; or an equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
- Experience: 7+ years of supply chain/purchasing & leadership experience within metal fabrication, machining, industrial manufacturing or related industry. Experience establishing new systems, policies and procedures for a department is needed for this role.
- Certifications: Lean, Supply Chain, or Purchasing certifications would be a plus.
- Functional Skills: Strategic-thinking skills with the ability to research, develop, plan, organize, and execute strategies to drive success; understanding of inventory and purchasing strategies; strong in vendor negotiations, supply base rationalization and logistics optimization; results-oriented; strong analytical, problem-solving, and time-management skills; ability to manage and drive projects and metrics; ability to manage to P&L expectations. Familiar with setting up priorities, goals, and metrics to track and ensure business success.
- Technology Skills: Strong aptitude with computers, ERP/MRP systems (NetSuite, Epicor, Infor, etc.), and Microsoft Suite products.
- Communication Skills:Strong written & verbal communication skills, along with presentation skills, are also required.
- Leadership/ Behaviors: Excellent Customer and Leadership focus; ability to train, coach, mentor, manage and drive innovation; strong ability to create results and grow a team; innovative to think outside the box to create enhancements; ability to build from scratch with a hunger to make a difference; independent learner with the ability to listen, network, collaborate, and influence others to get things done; able to relate to all levels within an organization.
- Culture Match: Lives by the Golden Rule to treat others as we would like to be treated; accountable to the Company, self, & others; high integrity and pride to deliver excellence each & every time.
- And, the compensation will grow as the business grows!