Supply Chain Operations Specialist

Description:

Minimum Salary:$38.70per Hourly

Maximum Salary:$40.00 per Hourly

DURATION: One year, potential for extension or conversion.

Description

• Responsible for Production Planning and Warehouse areas by ensuring that all material picking, shipping and receiving are completed on schedule. Organize, plan, and prioritize work, as well as identify and prioritize problems and drive them to resolution
• Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise.
• A seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of area of specialization; resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways.
• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• This job is the fully qualified, career-oriented, journey-level position. Normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work, general instructions on new assignments.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains a clean and safe work environment for Warehouse staff.
• Inventory control, cycle counts and SOX compliance
• Evaluate and review subordinate performance via goal-setting and the performance review process
• Coordinate and lead to long-term planning processes as well as planning resources to support production plans in the horizons of planning from 0-24 months, for the different product platforms.
• Guide, direct, motivate and develop subordinate personnel through coaching and mentoring techniques.
• Ensure high customer levels services are kept throughout the department.
• Implement / support projects of great impact for the factory such as: implementation of new information systems such as ERP, systems of production control, software in the area of supply chain, among others.
• Assess the impact of the changes of demand, in the plans of production and capacity
• Manage the communication between the plant of production and Corporation (marketing and sales and supply chain corporate), relating to the plans of production and changes of demand.
• Supports and ensures that material for Field Service demand is pulled and delivered in a timely fashion.
• Provide constant feedback and feed-forward to the areas under responsibility, ensuring that all of them are always generating and executing continuous improvement projects.
• Monitor and control the processes of ERP related to the administration of the plan of production and demand
• To direct the activities of the material handlers, receiving clerks and warehouse personnel on a daily basis.
• Maintains inventory location accuracy as well as transaction data integrity.
• Employs and controls processes to support FIFO and Consignment inventory methods.
• Reviews Engineering Change Orders and takes appropriate action to control configuration of products and inventory integrity.
• Conducts daily cycle count program and publishes results. Reconciles to correct data and implements corrective action.
• Implement continuous improvements to planning and production control systems seeking to optimize the use of resources.
• Asses the implications of changes in demand in the budget in conjunction with the finance group.
• Maintain direct communication between the corporate groups of Marketing and supply chain, in everything related to demand management and production plans. Maintain a single communication channel that allows in order to speed up the decision-making process.
• Ensures desired level of inventory accuracy and review inventory transactions for data integrity.
• Coordinates flow of material including shortage fills to support the Master Production Schedule and other demands as requested on a timely basis.

Physical Demands

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Lifting/moving and carrying products weighing up to 40 pounds.
• Sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.

Qualifications

Education

• May have a Master’s Degree
• College degree preferred in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or a related field

Experience

• 5+ years of Planning and Warehouse management experience

Skills

• Time and task management to prioritize and complete several duties by their respective deadlines.
• Working Knowledge of ORACLE application preferred.
• Strong communication abilities since interacting with customers, leadership, and employees on a daily basis.
• Knowledgeable in good inventory techniques and various inventory computer systems and applications
• Proficient in MS Office
• APICS Certification: CPIM or CSCP is preferred
• Effective problem solving and critical thinking to handle unexpected challenges