Supply Chain Manager II

Makers Pride•Terre Haute, IN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for providing facility supply chain leadership, including production scheduling, capacity planning, materials requirement planning (MRP), inventory management, and customer service. The role maximizes capacity, product availability, and customer service while optimizing raw, work-in-process (WIP), and finished goods inventories. It ensures inventory and MRP settings are maintained with systems data integrity and manages department personnel performance and development plans. The position oversees customer service and day-to-day supply chain planning and materials management communications at the facility. It manages capacity planning, production schedules, inventory programs, shipment orders, department procedures, performance metrics, staffing, and customer-facing supply chain activities. It also supports new project setup and startup, identifies improvement opportunities, monitors aged and excess materials, and coordinates cost recovery and operational billing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
At least 5 years of progressive development in production-operation supply chain capacity.
At least 5 years of salaried leadership experience.
At least 1 year of experience in a manager-level position.
Experience with complex problem solving and scheduling in a manufacturing environment.
A can-do attitude and willingness to dive in and find solutions.

Responsibilities

Manage customer service and day-to-day supply chain planning and materials management communications at the facility.
Oversee facility capacity planning, schedule production according to customer forecast demands, and maintain customer target compliance.
Administer the inventory cycle count program, report results for the 13-week geographic method and HTL audit, and meet company targets.
Receive customer shipment orders and process them for on-time delivery to designated locations using designated freight carriers.
Assign new accounts and purchasing responsibilities to Supply Chain Specialists.
Manage personnel performance, including approval and reporting of department personnel absences and vacation days.
Maintain and execute department procedures and policies for inventory turns, days of supply, inactive inventory disposition, scheduling guidelines, and space capacity in accordance with company KPI targets.
Work with operations to maintain facility space capacity at 90% or lower to reduce capacity constraints.
Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly production and shipment attainment reports; report attainment to management and customers as required.
Manage service, inventory, and planning key performance metrics internally and externally.
Ensure appropriate department staffing and effective management and control of inventories, production schedules, materials management, and customer service.
Support strategies for critical responses to customer needs.
Help set up and start new projects for successful execution, and identify improvement opportunities across department functions.
Audit Operational Billing monthly, ensure billable costs are recovered within the appropriate timeframe, and maintain a monthly reconciliation.
Ensure supply-chain-triggered credit and debit memos are sent to Accounting on time for cost recovery.
Monitor excess, obsolete, and aged materials and manage disposition with customers and suppliers.
Manage customer communications and reporting for all accounts.
Purchase materials or pull in customer-supplied materials through MRP.
Set up part numbers, bills of materials, assembly routing instructions, engineering standards, date code formats, and aging requirements.
Investigate and resolve inventory availability and distribution issues.
Prepare invoices and operational billing, coordinate outbound shipments, and assist Cost Accounting by providing standard costs and communicating cost changes.
Ensure meetings and reporting are in place for scheduling, 13-week capacity reviews, quarterly run rules and rate updates, aging and hold inventory reviews and actions, LRP RCCP monthly or bi-monthly reviews, and monthly inventory KPIs.
Access production areas as needed, including for DDS meetings.