Manager Plant Supply Chain

Yanfeng•Highland Park, MI

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager Plant Supply Chain will assume the primary role in developing departmental systems, procedures, and policies involving purchasing, production, and material control. This role interfaces with the Quality Department to ensure all systems remain in process. The position oversees production schedules, including material procurement and manufacturing schedules, monitors reports, and communicates with staff to ensure sufficient materials are available for production and that inbound raw materials and outbound shipping schedules are maintained. The Manager will develop supplier relationships to ensure a continuing source vendor, working with Corporate Purchasing as a resource for supplier information and meeting locally with supplier representatives. This role devises methods and policies ensuring the most efficient and economical movement of all materials in and out of the plant, following Quality procedures to effect change through procedures, work instructions, and training. Necessary actions will be taken to eliminate delays and ensure adherence to production and shipping schedules, creating workflow changes as necessary on an ongoing basis for prevention plans for timing issues. All changes will be communicated to staff members to ensure engagement and comprehension. The Manager directs the usage of material to produce the product, considering numerous variables, and assesses and anticipates material trends and usage based on initial information for new and ongoing programs. Systems and programs will be developed to ensure the effectiveness of the department within quality guidelines and formats. The position participates in annual budget forecasts and reports costs for material and labor within the Material Group to the Plant Manager as necessary. The Manager oversees prompt shipment schedules to ensure customer requirements are met using available resources/tools, developing assessments and metrics for ongoing performance. Future customer demand will be analyzed to identify manpower, tooling, and equipment needs. Physical inventories will be coordinated and entered in accordance with established processes. Significant inventory variance will be evaluated and reported, with root cause and corrective action identified for inventory discrepancies. The role is responsible for promoting a safe work environment and preventing injuries using 5S, job rotation, and ergonomic work practices. This includes safety auditing, tracking of audit closure, participating in incident reviews, writing or assisting in the 8D process, and aiding in corrective action closure. Communication of safety information and participation in safety meetings and activities are also required. The role requires understanding, applying, and meeting all function-related Quality, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), Product Safety, Compliance, and Information Security requirements, including confidentiality of YFAI information. The employee must comply with all company policies and procedures.

Requirements

7-10 Minimum Years of Experience within the field.
3-5 Minimum Years of Experience within the automotive industry.
Must be able and willing to travel and work at customer sites, including industrial manufacturing plants which might require climbing, lifting, or working in confined spaces.
Previous experience in material planning/purchasing.
Expertise in use of MRP systems.
Previous management experience.
Working knowledge of MS Office, Word, Excel and email.
Ability to work in rapidly changing environment.
Ability to process time sensitive information and orders to meet deadlines.
Ability to accurately communicate to co-workers and management.
Effective oral and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Additional Buyer experience in repetitive, just-in-time manufacturing beneficial.

Responsibilities

Assume primary role in developing departmental systems, procedures and policies involving purchasing, production and material control.
Interface with Quality Department to stay in process for all systems.
Oversee production schedules, including material procurement and manufacturing schedules.
Monitor reports and communicate with staff to ensure sufficient materials are available to production and ensure inbound raw materials and outbound shipping schedules are maintained.
Develop supplier relationships to ensure a continuing source vendor.
Work with Corporate Purchasing as a resource for supplier information and meet locally with supplier representatives.
Devise methods and policies ensuring most efficient and economical movement of all materials in and out of the plant.
Follow Quality procedures to effect change through procedures, work instructions and training.
Take necessary actions to eliminate delays to ensure adherence to production and shipping schedules.
Create workflow changes as necessary on an on-going basis for prevention plan for timing issues.
Communicate all changes to staff members to ensure engagement and comprehension.
Directs the usage of material to produce the product taking into consideration numerous variables.
Assesses and anticipates material trends and usage based on initial information for new and on-going programs.
Develops systems and programs to insure effectiveness of the department within quality guidelines and formats.
Participates in annual budget forecasts.
Reports costs for material and labor within Material Group to Plant Manager as necessary.
Oversees prompt shipment schedules to ensure customer requirements are met using resources/tools available, developing assessments and metrics for on-going performance.
Analyses future customer demand to identify manpower, tooling and equipment needs.
Coordinates physical inventories and entry of same in accordance with established processes.
Evaluate and report significant inventory variance, identify root cause and corrective action for inventory discrepancies.
Responsible for promoting a safe work environment and preventing injuries using 5S, job rotation, and ergonomic work practices.
Safety auditing, tracking of audit closure, participating in incident reviews along with writing or assisting in the 8D process and aiding in corrective action closure.
Communication of safety information as necessary and participation in safety meetings and activities is also required.
Understand, apply and meet all function-related Quality requirements.
Understand, apply and meet all function-related Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) requirements.
Understand, apply and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements.
Understand, apply and meet all function-related Compliance requirements.
Understand, apply and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements.
Comply with all company policies and procedures.
Work additional hours and / or overtime as needed or assigned to complete job duties on time.
Multitask, interact politely and professionally with customers, suppliers and vendors, and work cooperatively with employees at all levels.
Maintain predictable and regular attendance, arrive to designated location on time, or be at assigned location ready to work for assignment (plant, corporate office, or remote).