Supply Chain Specialist- Chicken/ Dairy

OSI Careers•Warrenville, IL

12d

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Supply Chain Specialist sources and manages indirect materials, services, or supplies needed for production at assigned facilities or within assigned product categories, meeting established quality, cost, and timing requirements. The role serves as the company’s primary representative to vendors in its area of responsibility and supports key customers’ supply initiatives. It represents Corporate Supply Chain in customer-facing interactions among vendors, production facilities, and customers. This is an individual-contributor role with no direct reports. The position works with facility, sales, quality, and product development staff to identify qualifying vendors and recommend options to management. It supports customers during product development and when ingredient-supply issues arise, and works directly with key customers on sourcing, risk management, and continuous improvement. The role manages vendor relationships and issues involving quality, cost, delivery, and new product needs; reviews vendor contracts; recommends alternate sourcing strategies; supports procurement tools and processes; and tracks market and supplier data to prepare performance reports. The position also requires understanding and following applicable safety procedures, policies, regulations, standards, and laws. Work is generally performed in a business professional office environment using standard office equipment. The role requires a willingness to work in a fast-paced, predictably volatile supply chain environment and up to 10% domestic travel. Physical requirements include continuous lifting up to 15 pounds and standing or walking for the duration of work hours, as well as bending, squatting, pushing, pulling, stretching or reaching, and using hands or fingers.

Requirements

Excellent problem-solving abilities.
Basic understanding of food ingredient supply chains and their impact on organizational needs.
Basic understanding of food manufacturing processes and the role of supply chain within those processes.
Ability to build effective relationships with people at all levels of the internal organization and with external vendors and customers.
Ability to influence and persuade without direct authority.
Ability to present information and proposals to an audience.

Nice To Haves

1–3 years of experience in a related field.
BA/BS degree or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Work with facility, sales, quality, and product development staff to identify qualifying vendors and recommend them to management according to established criteria.
Engage with customers during product development or when issues arise as a subject matter expert on ingredient supply.
Work directly with key customers to manage new supply sourcing, risk management, and continuous improvement projects.
Manage vendor relationships and address quality, cost, delivery, and new product needs; resolve simple to moderately complex issues and refer complex issues to the next higher level.
Review vendor contracts for compliance with established organizational standards and refer new or varied contracts for further legal review.
Develop and recommend alternate sourcing strategies and vendors when a primary vendor is unavailable; implementation decisions are made by the next higher level.
Understand, implement, and support procurement tools that advance the maturity of the procurement team and its processes.
Identify external price and market indices to measure internal buying, supplier performance, and market trends.
Track internal and external data, develop performance reports, and prepare them according to a routine schedule.
Understand and apply appropriate safety procedures through education, training, use of protective equipment as applicable, and compliance with safety policies, regulations, standards, and laws.
Perform other duties as assigned.