VP of Supply Chain

ESSEX FOOD INGREDIENTS INC•East Whiteland Township, PA

About The Position

At Essex, increasing Customer Success is a key priority to help us build relationships and grow our business. Vice President of Supply Chain is a highly visible role and has overall responsibility for the Operations, Customer Service, and Purchasing Departments. This position coordinates carefully with other departments to ensure a high level of quality, efficiency, and customer satisfaction, while maintaining optimal inventory levels. This position carries out responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s service standards, food safety policies, core values, and applicable laws. The Vice President of Supply Chain is responsible for planning, developing, and directing their teams to maximize customer satisfaction. This will primarily be done by researching and finding new ways to engage with our customers, suppliers, and colleagues, and improving existing processes and procedures. They will establish service standards for the operations so that quality customer satisfaction is achieved. Directly responsible for strategic development of operational requirements, processes, performance improvements, personnel improvements, and technology to deliver key service outcomes for all customers. Vice President of Supply Chain participates as a member of the Essex Leadership Team.

Requirements

College degree with a concentration preferred in Industrial Management, Operations, Supply Chain, or Engineering, including 10+ years plant/general management experience in a distribution or manufacturing environment.
Knowledge of food safety and food production, distribution, logistics, and inventory control, and the ability to apply such knowledge to practical situations.
Experience utilizing lean, statistical, and data-visualization tools.
Advanced knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.)
Advanced knowledge of ERP and CRM systems; experience in Sage X3 preferred
Proven Management and/or relationship management experience on a strategic level
History of building high functioning teams
Tracking budget expenses
Utilize lean, statistical and data-visualization tools.
Strong analytical and problem-solving techniques
Ability to communicate effectively to a variety of audiences and in a public forum among peers and team members
Strong communication skills, and able to lead and motivate leadership and team members daily in a face past environment, while driving consistent results
Strong leadership and management skills in accordance with Essex Core Values
Self-Driven, motivated individual with an active continuous improvement approach
Knowledge of SEI and Smartsheets

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Strategically lead and develop an operational team to enhance performance by setting clear accountable performance measures.
Selects, develops, retains, and directs qualified supervisor and professional staff
Responsible for planning, prioritizing, and setting department goals
Direct and implement scalable methods and procedures empowering staff to navigate customer issues
Continually seeks opportunities through internal and external resources to develop or enhance management skills, and drives continuous development of team members
Lead regularly scheduled meetings as a department
Be visible, involved, informed, engaged, creative, intuitive, challenging, and supportive of managers and team members
Hold team accountable by managing and executing standard processes and problem-solving techniques
Create and maintain high quality work environment so team members are motivated to perform at their highest level.
Eliminate barriers between and within departments. Resolve employee issues with assistance from Human Resources, VP of Sales, Controller, and President.
Certify all training programs are well documented for all employees to ensure all are qualified to carry out assigned tasks. All training will be documented, and original documentation supplied to HR Manager.
Build and maintain a strong safety culture, achieving zero lost time incidents
Establish and monitor KPI’s to drive improved safety, perfect service, continuous improvement, and inventory management
Develop, recommend, and manage expansion projects and capital budgets
Fulfill the food safety duties and responsibilities as outlined in company’s SQF program
Ensure compliance and adhere to all company policies as well as federal, state, and local regulations
Act as the primary Supply Chain point of contact for Essex Food Ingredients and as a resource for sister companies
Develop and implement very high service standards, procedures, and policies in accordance with company goals, while maintaining efficient operation
Partner with Sales Executives to optimize existing client profitability through business planning and collaboration and deliver increased revenue streams
Identify and implement opportunities to improve customer experience by seeking new industry tools and technologies
Develop programs to continually improve quality of service through employee engagement and training
Facilitate problem solving by modeling continuous improvement methodologies to eliminate root causes and permanently reduce variance through cross functional coordination with other key department managers
Responds to high volume of internal and external emails through Microsoft Outlook.
Responds to internal and external phone calls and requests.
Makes copies, print documents, mail delivery, etc.