Supply Chain Manager I

Manage the entire supply chain including truck fleet, production and materials planning, purchasing, warehouse and distribution operation in a facility with less than 600 employees with a focus on meeting Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for safety, quality, production, maintenance, efficiency, and service.

Day-to-Day Role:

• Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirements planning, controlling inventory, warehousing, or receiving
• Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality
• Monitor KPI’s anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of targets
• Understand, support and follow management expectations in alignment with company values
• Identify and recommend short- and long-term business strategies
• Manage the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule
• Foster a culture that embraces safety as the number one overriding priority. Promote and comply with all safety policies, practices, and procedures. Identify opportunities for improvement in safety performance
• Recommend, develop and implement new and improved operations and processes, all with a committed focus on safety, quality, service and cost
• Motivate staff using innovative management techniques to ensure that all departments meet or exceed safety, cost, quality, service and efficiency metrics.
• Establish an environment that encourages employee engagement, participation and teamwork within and between all departments
• Comply with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
• Plan, direct, and coordinate the transportation operations within the facility to provide transportation services
• Lead continuous improvement and lean manufacturing initiatives

Core Skills and Qualifications:
The ideal candidate must possess all of the following:

• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Experience using Microsoft Office, including the ability to create basic reports, documents, presentations and spreadsheets in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint
• Demonstrated project management experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain or related field with five (5) years of distribution/shipping operations management or leadership assignments demonstrating a progression of increased scope and responsibility
• Ability to utilize business sense and creativity to develop new ideas, approaches and solutions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills necessary in order to persuade and influence decision making of individuals, groups, or work teams
• Organizational skills including the ability to prioritize workload to meet deadline
• Displays strong interpersonal skills and is accessible and approachable
• Advanced knowledge of business and management principles involved in planning, resource allocation, cost analysis and budgeting, people management, and leadership guidance
• Advanced knowledge of Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
• Five 5 years’ supervisory experience required with strong leadership and management skills in a high-volume warehouse and/or distribution center

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• SAP and/or equivalent production and logistics software experience
• Production planning, materials planning, and purchasing experience
• Lean manufacturing experience

Overview: Dart makes everyday products that give people the freedom to enjoy the food & drinks they love, wherever they are. From to-go containers and dinnerware to tamper-evident food packaging and even the red Solo cup, Dart products have been keeping people on the go and having fun for more than 50 years. Dart is a family-owned, family-focused company of 13,000 employees united by a shared set of values. Headquartered in Mason, MI, Dart has 30 locations in four countries.

Benefits: Dart Container full-time employees enjoy great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) with company matching contributions, paid vacation, paid holidays, short-term disability, tuition assistance, product discounts and more.

Dart Container is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are subject to a drug test (excluding THC*/marijuana/cannabis) and background check at the time of offer.

• THC testing ONLY when such testing is required by law.

Dart Container is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all candidates for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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