Lead Supply Chain Tech - Optimize Orders & Inventory

Bimbo Bakeries USA; Kansas; On-site; USD 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great starting pay: $28.20 per hour

Full benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision

Retirement Plan

Job summary

Bimbo Bakeries USA is seeking a Lead Supply Chain Tech to help ensure optimal order fulfillment and service execution at the North Aurora DC. The role focuses on monitoring performance, closing gaps, and driving inventory accuracy improvements.

The position requires strong analytical skills, effective communication, and flexibility to support inbound and outbound operations with a commitment to continuous improvement across the supply chain.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify and resolve service gaps.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule aligned with operational needs.

Responsibilities

• Proactively review order fill at the SKU level for all customer types after each wave.
• Identify and close gaps through re-runs, inbound execution, and corrective actions.
• Review order fill across unit, sleeve and case picks as well as full basket metrics.
• Communicate service metrics (order fill, on-time delivery) to the DC team and sales.
• Support the WMS Systems Specialists by ensuring inbound schedule execution and prioritization.
• Monitor scanning compliance by the DC loading team and address gaps.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

WMS systems

Oracle systems

Job description

Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!

More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.

Lead Supply Chain Tech

The Lead Supply Chain Tech plays a critical role in ensuring optimal order fulfillment and service execution within the North Aurora DC. This position is responsible for proactively monitoring and resolving service gaps, supporting inbound and outbound operations, and driving continuous improvement in service metrics and inventory accuracy.

Top Reasons To Work At Bimbo Bakeries USA

• Great starting pay! $28.20per hour.
• Shift: Varies
• Full benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement Plan.
  
  

What You Will Be Doing

• Proactively review order fill at the SKU level for all customer types (Bulk, Pick to Route, Pick to Store) after each wave.
• Identify and close gaps through re-runs, inbound execution, and other corrective actions to ensure cuts are invisible prior to final dispatch.
• Review order fill across unit, sleeve and case picks as well as full basket metrics.
• Communicate service metrics (order fill, on-time delivery) and major service impacts to the DC team and sales for the service area.
• Support the WMS Systems Specialists by ensuring execution of the inbound schedule and prioritization of high-impact unloads and replenishments.
• Monitor scanning compliance by the DC loading team; identify gaps and associate-level performance issues.
• Complete Oracle system requirements to verify all loads are marked as “shipped,” ensuring accurate updates to sales handhelds.
• Identify root cause of order fill gaps, with a focus on high-volume cuts, and develop action plans in collaboration with service leads, service managers, and the supply chain team.
• Review major claims issues for top-priority sales centers and partner with sales teams to address route-level gaps.
• Analyze returned product transactions from LFSP (Multi-step) stores, to ensure proper accountability and disposition.
• Investigate daily scrap, determine root causes, and collaborate with bakeries, DC leaders, and planning teams to resolve issues.
• Support execution of inventory standard operating procedures to maintain and improve inventory accuracy.
  
  

Position Requirements

• High School Diploma
• One year of customer service experience in distribution center operations, supply chain, or logistics preferred.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify and resolve service gaps.
• Knowledge of warehouse management systems (WMS) and Oracle systems is a plus.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule aligned with operational needs.
  
  

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans.

The physical and mental demands described in each job posting are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of each job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of each job.

Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, any other classification protected by law.

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