Supply Chain Manager

Job description

Description The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for purchasing and planning of raw material and products to support plant manufacturing and operations and managing the Receiving, Warehousing, Picking, Dispatching and Inventory transfer activities and personnel for the plant. Key activities include review, analyze, plan and execute purchasing requirements and requisitions, optimize material inventory, hold supplier accountable with OTC, communicate delivery dates to operations, identify new suppliers, order sample material, coordinate new product qualification with plant quality team, and support other supply chain functions while working closely with Operations. - Primary responsibility is to efficiently drive all purchasing functions to include forecasting and planning, place and expedite orders in ERP/MRP system; perform purchase order entry; resolve purchase order problems and conduct follow-up activities as necessary to finalize purchase order transactions. - Contribute to the enhancement of purchasing methods and procedures. - Communicate/coordinate shortages that could cause delays with customer service, manufacturing team, production schedulers, logistics and other key p...