Supply Chain Manager Job in South Gate 90280, California US
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER
Summary:
Direct or coordinate purchasing, distribution, or forecasting services and activities to limit costs and improve accuracy, customer service and safety. Examine existing procedures and opportunities for streamlining activities to meet product distribution needs. Direct the movement, storage, and processing of inventory.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
1. Monitor forecasts and quotas to identify changes or to determine their effect on supply chain activities.
2. Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors such as product cost and quality.
3. Analyze inventories to determine how to increase inventory turns, reduce waste, or optimize customer service.
4. Develop procedures for coordination of supply chain management with other functional areas, such as sales, marketing, finance, production, and quality assurance.
5. Negotiate prices and terms with suppliers, vendors, or freight forwarders.
6. Meet with suppliers to discuss performance metrics, to provide performance feedback, or to discuss production forecasts or changes.
7. Implement new or improved supply chain processes.
8. Design and implement supply chains that support business strategies adapted to changing market conditions, new business opportunities, or cost reduction strategies.
9. Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, inventory control, warehousing, or receiving.
10. Monitor supplier performance to assess ability to meet quality and delivery requirements.
11. Participate in the coordination of engineering changes, or new product launches to ensure orderly and timely transitions in material and production flow.
12. Analyze information about supplier performance and procurement program success.
13. Collaborate with other departments, such as procurement, engineering, and quality assurance, to identify or qualify new suppliers.
SKILLS:
1. Reading Comprehension-Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
2. Speaking-Talking to others to convey information effectively.
3. Complex Problem Solving-Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
4. Coordination-Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
5. Monitoring- Monitoring/assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
6. Critical Thinking-Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
7. Judgment and Decision Making-Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
8. Social Perceptiveness-Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
9. Systems Analysis-Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
10. Systems Evaluation-Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
11. Time Management-Managing one's own time and the time of others.
12. Instructing-Teaching others how to do something.
13. Learning Strategies-Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
KNOWLEDGE:
1. Administration and Management-Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
2. Transportation-Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
3. English Language-Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
4. Mathematics-Knowledge of arithmetic, geometry, statistics, and their applications.
ATTRIBUTES:
1. Oral Expression-The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
2. Written Comprehension-The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
3. Written Expression-The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
4. Problem Sensitivity-The ability to determine when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
5. Deductive Reasoning-The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
6. Inductive Reasoning-The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
7. Near Vision-The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
8. Speech Clarity-The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
9. Speech Recognition-The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
10. Category Flexibility-The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
11. Information Ordering-The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
12. Originality-The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
13. Flexibility of Closure-The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
14. Mathematical Reasoning-The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
15. Selective Attention-The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
16. Number Facility-The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
17. Time Sharing-The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
18. Fluency of Ideas-The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
19. Perceptual Speed-The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
20. Visualization-The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:
Bachelor's degree preferred.
We offer an excellent compensation and benefits package that includes company paid insurance – health, dental, life, vision, RX; 401k savings plan, and more. Visit our web site at www.shultzsteel.com
EOE/AA/WOMEN AND VETERANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY