Operational Supply Manager – Passenger and Light Truck Tire

Continental•Old Point Station, SC

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is centered around ensuring that customer needs are effectively communicated and translated into actionable plans within the plant organization with a strong focus on meeting customer needs, managing risks, and optimizing resources. It's a dynamic position that requires excellent communication, planning, and problem-solving skills.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering or related degree
7+ years of Supply Chain Management or related experience
Prior process optimization experience
Strong communication skills
Proven critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. Continental is only able to offer visa support for internals individuals who currently hold an existing valid employment visa.

Nice To Haves

10+ years of Supply Chain Management related experience
Manufacturing related experience
Strong data analysis and reporting skills
Spanish or Portuguese speaking

Responsibilities

Track, analyze and steer structural availability through Structural Coverage Target management
Communicate & promote our customer needs & requirements throughout the plant organizations
Ensure the plants focus on operational priorities & leverage additional resources as needed
Analyze, identify, and communicate short-term supply chain issues
Collaborate with Demand & Supply Balancing to ensure focus on market priorities
Align demand & supply corridors to meet customer requirements
Translate market requirements into plant requirements
Make operational priorities transparent to all levels of the organization
Steer the regional plant capacities & utilization with emphasis on reliability & effectiveness
Coordinate cross-plant responsibility for multiple-source articles
Coordinate with the strategic supply manager to create and/or activate inter-plant flexibility to react to sudden market or manufacturing changes and consequent plant load variations
Lead projects within the Supply Chain organization to improve quality of reporting and management visibility, process efficiencies, improved on time delivery and overall customer satisfaction.
Increase plants accountability on structural availability by improving related processes
Manage process changes in the supply chain organization, applies change management strategies to ensure continuous improvement
Measure supply chain variances, analyze cause and effect, recommend corrective action, and publish results
Special Projects & Reports/analysis as needed