Supply Chain Specialist

Advanced Technology Services•Rockford, IL

12h•Onsite

About The Position

ATS is a company with a presence in the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom. We are professionals in Industrial Maintenance and we make factories run better. This role oversees the integrity of inventory and restocking of items, processes repairs for stock, controls inventory and material from vendors, processes requisitions, monitors stock levels, and maintains a cross-reference system. The specialist will work closely with department managers to ensure areas stay within budget, assist with inventory problem resolution, and participate in semi-annual physical inventory. They will also source and evaluate vendors, research difficult-to-find parts, recommend reductions of slow-moving inventory, and oversee the follow-up of past due orders. Additionally, the role involves establishing and maintaining a cost reduction program, assisting customer service and operations with parts transactions, placing claims for defective parts under warranty, preparing performance data, and ensuring ISO conformance. Under supervision, the specialist may create and administer a sequential work schedule and participate in service/quality initiatives, continually improving processes and adhering to safety procedures.

Requirements

Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; and three years of related experience and/or training; or five years equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; write simple correspondence; effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization; add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs; apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form; deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Nice To Haves

Must be a team player, organized, self-motivated and able to prioritize.
Must have outstanding people and communication skills to interact with other team members, customers, and management.

Responsibilities

Oversees the integrity of inventory and restocking of items in inventory. Manages onsite inventory, which may include spare parts.
Processes repairs for stock; puts away stock; timestamps repair parts; pulls parts; delivers component parts to technicians for repairs.
Controls inventory and material from vendors keeping within established department budget; proposes changes to stock levels and reorder levels for effective inventory management; analyzes inventory records.
Processes requisitions; monitors stock levels and parts; enters order and stocking data in tracking program; receives purchase orders and stocks items; checks on status of orders expedites late material orders.
Maintains cross-reference system for optimal usage; tracks and updates nonconforming parts.
Works closely with department managers/supervisors to assure areas stay within budget.
Assist with inventory problem resolution; oversees the integrity of inventory and resolves discrepancies; participates in semi-annual physical inventory; works with Accounting and auditors to assure accuracy. Controls inventory and material from vendors keeping within established department budget.
Participates in available training devoted to purchasing professionalism and to acquire supervisory and management skills.
Sources and evaluates vendors who can supply plant level services
May spend extensive time supporting purchasing team in researching difficult to find and expensive parts or materials.
Recommends the reduction and/or transfer of slow-moving and obsolete inventory.
Oversees the follow-up of past due orders and performs activities to reduce POE and invoice grief.
Establishes and maintains an aggressive cost reduction program, reporting results to department management.
Assists Customer Service agents and Operations personnel with system parts transactions.
Places claim with OEM’s to replace defective parts under warranty.
Confers with department managers and/or supervisors to determine status of scheduled tasks.
Prepares performance data in 4up charting.
Ensures ISO conformance.
May, under supervision and training, create and administer a sequential work schedule via a computerized scheduling system including: drawing up a master schedule, plan and schedule workflow, plan sequence of operations, expedites operations that delay schedules and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.
Participates in Service/Quality Initiative; continually improves processes; quantitatively monitors processes. Completes required quality core classes and uses skills and techniques presented. Uses the Core Values in work environment. Adheres to company/customer safety procedures.