Supply Chain Manager

Description

Purpose

The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for overseeing and managing the overall supply chain and inventory operations for EHOB LLC. The role aims to optimize efficiency, mitigate risks, and reduce costs within the organization’s supply chain network. The position requires collaboration with operations staff, field sales teams, engineering, and accounting to achieve established supply chain and sourcing KPIs. Additionally, the Supply Chain Manager ensures the accuracy of inventory levels across EHOB LLC.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The Supply Chain Manager (SCM) is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the supply chain, including planning, strategy development, shipment delivery and logistics, sourcing of raw materials and finished goods, and implementing measures to minimize shortages and control costs.
• The Supply Chain Manager oversees key functions including the procurement of raw materials and finished goods, management of inventory for both categories, receipt of purchase orders, and approval of vendor invoices.
• Responsible for forecasting raw materials, finished goods, and supplies, while effectively managing inventory carrying costs.
• Monitor inbound receipts, delivery schedule, and customer orders.
• Ensure vendors are held to product specifications and agree upon quality standards.
• Negotiation of shipping rates for both EHOB and our customer contracts as needed.
• Ensures all inventory matches what is in the Traverse ERP System.
• Oversee the investigative and corrective actions regarding inventory in reported quantities and locations.
• Create a monthly cycle counting schedule with the Inventory team at EHOB, and vendor locations.
• Develop a robust annual inventory preparation plan with the inventory team and all department managers.
• The SCM should possess the ability to analyze data and processes, develop innovative solutions, generate comprehensive reports, and effectively present findings to senior management and other departments.
• Must be able to effectively communicate and negotiate with external suppliers and buyers, and comprehend shipping related legal documents such as import/export agreements.
• SCM must also collaborate with internal and external parties to build relationships that support the company’s goals and objectives.
• Manage the Supply Chain and Inventory department activities and respective budgets.
• Responsible for employee staffing to include the following: interviewing, hiring, training employees, planning, assigning and directing work, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints and resolving issues.
• Must be flexible for monthly calls outside of normal business hours with international partners\
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or resource planning from a four-year college or university, and 8-10 years’ experience in supply chain. Master’s degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as contracts, quality agreements, safety/OSHA standards, and ISO & FDA procedures.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees
• Ability to analyze data and trends with a mastery of Excel preferred
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Competencies

• Communication: Effectively communicate to internal and external business partners by sharing expertise to encourage accomplishment of shared business goals.
• Teamwork and Collaboration: Actively support and collaborate with peers and team members to contribute to overall company success.
• Knowledge: Display knowledge of department, applicable products, services and business objectives.
• Demonstrate a continuous learning mindset through continued professional and personal development.
• Accountability: Follow through with tasks and responsibilities in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Work Quality: Produces results, meets goals, and provides services that meets or exceeds EHOB’s standards.
• Adaptability: Readily and effectively adapts way of working, thinking and acting in response to changing workplace conditions, targets or goals.
• Strategic Thinking: Demonstrate ability to understand a situation or obstacle from all perspectives.
• EHOB Ambassador: Reflect EHOB’s mission, vision and values.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, possess hand eye coordination, manipulate various items, speak, or hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts; risk of electrical shock; risk of radiation and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

EHOB does not discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status or military service.