Supply Chain Manager 2

Penske • Dearborn, MI

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About The Position

Position Summary: 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. Shift: Monday thru Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• 3 years of functional experience in multiple supply chain service lines (transportation, warehousing, LLP, etc) required
• 2 years of supervisory or equivalent experience
• Experience with root cause analysis preferred
• Must be able to identify interim solutions or containment action plans that have overall network implications
• Strategic direction of location, aligning local customer expectations with Statement of Work.
• Must be able to ensure succession planning of key positions, deployment of staffing model and developing future leaders.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with a sense of urgency while maintaining a high degree of accuracy
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Working knowledge of financial management (P&L experience preferred).
• Strong problem solving skills.
• Strong analytical and presentation skills, written/oral communication and organizational skills required.
• Must have a strong understanding of operations and supporting technology, especially web based applications
• Must have a successful track record of building relationships with stakeholders or customers that have resulted in high customer satisfaction
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
• Willingness to travel as necessary, work the hours necessary to accomplish the job duties, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree preferred with a concentration in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or equivalent

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: High school or GED