We have an immediate opportunity for a SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER.

• Manages and facilitates supply management activities between divisions and business units and their suppliers.
• Develops and maintains lean strategies & best practices according to organizational needs including “Just In Time (JIT) deliveries and inventory
• Implements sourcing strategies to drive deflation, while maintaining quality; providing the company competitive advantage in the areas of procurement of materials and services. Conducts timely audits and evaluations of suppliers as part of RFQ process.
• Drives sourcing processes to allow buyers to perform core procurement, value added tasks; streamline clerical duties. Intimately understands functionalities of business systems as a tool for streamlining processes and obtaining spend information; and optimizing departmental automation opportunities.
• Commercializes and introduces emerging technologies, create and capitalize on new methodologies such as e-marketplaces and bar-coding.
• Partners and provides tools for and from key partners within business such as Accounts Payable, Inventory Management and Manufacturing.
• Supports growth of buyers within the corporation. Mentor, empower and help associates to grow. Keeps communications flowing within procurement team to know the pulse of corporate-wide internal customers
• Analyzes and develops a consolidated supplier base to meet current and future commodity needs.
• Creates and maintains mutually beneficial long-term partnerships with suppliers to foster feedback and continuous improvement.
• Negotiates and manages contracts, agreements, and insurance certificates for assigned commodities, and train buyers to do the same.
• Provides a continuous evaluation of risk and value in the supply chain to ensure accuracy and accountability.
• Understands, tracks and forecasts the key cost drivers and markets factors for assigned commodities and mentor buyers to do the same for their commodities.
• Owns commodities, follows up on supplier delivery dates if past due, updates system and notifies internal customer when deliver dates change and mentor buyers to do the same.
• Pulls together category spends; analyze and chart to graphically show deflation driving efforts and cost prohibiting wins.
• Develops category strategy recommendations; performs category spend analysis by commodity, supplier and product line.
• Synthesizes information, trends, and prices forecasts to aid sales in setting profitable goals.
• Implements appropriate pricing strategies to control the company’s purchased material costs and to assure and adequate source and quality of supply chain.
• Participates in cross-function business teams to understand the supply chain flow and processes from need to payment; supports and implements continuous process improvement; and gaps identification and insures potential gaps are addressed, eliminated and in control.
• Drives continuous improvement in all aspects of procurement process and be a champion of change.
• Maintains and promotes sound relationships with suppliers, internal & external customers and the business community. Requires periodic travel, both domestic and international.
• Complete weekly and monthly reports for company and corporate.
• Executes additional responsibilities as defined by Director of Operations.

Bachelor’s degree in Procurement Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or Engineering is Preferred.

Minimum of 5 years of senior supply chain management experience is ideal.

APIC’s and/or CPM certification is preferred.

Experience in a custom to order stainless manufacturing environment is a definite plus.