Supply Chain Manager 2

Penske • Minneapolis, MN

151d • Onsite

About The Position

The Supply Chain Manager 2 is responsible to provide tactical direction and leadership to ensure customer requirements are met. Responsible for day-to-day execution of all account activities. Monitors carrier performance to optimize value delivered to the customer. Quickly resolve any operations issues to eliminate production loss or transportation service failures & communicate with customer.

Requirements

• Tactical direction and leadership
• Day-to-day execution of account activities
• Monitor carrier performance
• Resolve operations issues
• Communicate with customer
• Analysis of customer transportation needs
• Monitor carrier and/or supplier bases
• Develop action plans for supply chain network issues
• Seek internal operating efficiencies
• Identify new business opportunities
• Conduct performance reviews, corrective action, and goal setting
• Provide career development, mentoring, and promotional opportunities
• Deploy and maintain staffing and development strategies
• Formalize comprehensive project plans
• Resolve issues between project managers, operations, functional teams and customers
• Work with customer's leadership and project team during scope development and option analysis
• Understand fleet interactions and impact on supply chain performance
• Recommend vendors and suppliers
• Foster relationships with customer's logistics manager
• Manage client expectations
• Review operating metrics and fix out-of-tolerance results
• Communicate progress on KPIs and continuous improvement initiatives
• Review account budget for accuracy
• Report inconsistencies and analysis
• Identify and resolve issues with leadership
• Evaluate account to assess deliverable needs at contractual rates

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all parts control and/or load control center activities. Often requires daily analysis of customer transportation needs. Responsible to monitor the carrier and / or supplier bases to ensure customer demand is being met in a timely manner. Develop action plans to address issues affecting supply chain network.
• Seek internal operating efficiencies through process / system improvements. Reduced cycle time and/or cost of operations. Identify new business opportunities, work with SAE to expand service offerings. Identify and deploy continuous improvement (AC/FC).
• Conduct performance review, corrective action, and goal setting for team of salaried and hourly employees. Provide career development, mentoring, and promotional opportunities to direct reports to create future leaders. Deploy and maintain staffing and development strategies. PCM, CDP, succession planning of all positions.
• Responsible for the formalization of comprehensive project plans, clarifying timelines, milestones, goals and ownership. Intervene when necessary to resolve issues between project managers, operations, functional teams and customers. Work closely with customer's leadership and project team during scope development and option analysis phase.
• Understand how customer, supplier and vendor fleets work together and affect overall supply chain performance. Recommend vendors and suppliers necessary to deploy logistics solution. Create and foster a relationship with the customer's logistics manager to facilitate operational stability. Manage the clients' expectations regarding our team's satisfactory performance & service execution. Work closely with customer's leadership and project team during scope development and option analysis phase.
• Review operating metrics and fix out-of-tolerance results. Communicating all progress on a set cadence with customer and up through Penske covering KPI’s and continuous improvement initiatives. Thoroughly review account budget for accuracy and report inconsistencies and analysis. Identify issues and resolve with leadership. Continually evaluate account to assess whether deliverable will meet customer's needs at the contractual rates.
• Other Projects as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed