Sr Supply Chain Manager

Pregis; Conover (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Pregis seeks a seasoned Supply Chain leader to manage order management, purchasing, scheduling, inventory control, warehouse and shipping/receiving at the Conover site. You will drive stability, service, inventory accuracy and efficiency while leading the planning team to meet sales forecasts and cost targets.

Travel up to 10% and represent the site to key customer accounts. Strong analytical, cross-functional leadership and SAP proficiency are essential for success.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Supply Chain Management is required.
• Minimum 10 years in Materials Management/Supply Chain; 5 years in a management role.
• Strong SAP experience and MS Office proficiency.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret various reports; cross-functional leadership.

Responsibilities

• Oversee planning, scheduling, inventory, and purchasing to meet forecasts.
• Lead 5S program in warehouse; optimize labor utilization and costs.
• Manage carrier relationships and performance; partner with Logistics to monitor inbound/outbound flows.
• Use Dayforce HRIS to manage attendance, vacation, FMLA, and labor time clocks; conduct evaluations.

Skills

Project management

Supply chain concepts

Data analysis

Cross-functional leadership

MS Office

SAP experience

Problem solving

Communication

Education

BS/BA in Supply Chain Management

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

Manages the Supply Chain functions within the business including order management, purchasing, scheduling, inventory control, warehouse and shipping/receiving. This individual will maintain an ongoing focus on stability, service, inventory, and supply chain efficiencies when developing, implementing, and overseeing the execution of material and finished good planning/scheduling and strategies to enable the site to achieve its specific goals and objectives.

This individual will be responsible to ensure the Supply team is performing at optimal levels to ensure that all customer, internal and external, expectations are being satisfied.

Through leadership skills, this individual will provide analytical support and guidance with issue resolution and decision-making, as well as oversee the development and tracking of the appropriate processes and KPI measures to ensure success.

Travel up to 10%.

Essential Functions to include but not limited to:

Safety

• Keep safety in the forefront of the team's thinking and approach to work.

Planning

• Oversee production planning and scheduling programs to meet sales forecasts, balancing manpower, equipment availability while minimizing exec material carrying and overhead costs.
• Ensure optimal inventory levels are maintained to achieve on-time deliveries and meet customer requirements while minimizing carrying and transportation costs.
• Manage site lead times to accurately communicate product availability
• Manage the establishment, maintenance and compliance of inventory stocking agreements
• Represent the site as the face of Pregis to key customer account relationships
• React to business conditions ensuring appropriate production volumes and inventories to enable business unit cost and service goals to be met.

Purchasing

• Work with Corporate procurement to ensure that vendor supply is reliable to enable production needed to fulfill customer needs.
• Manage planning team to ensure requisitions and purchase orders are placed timely and appropriately to enable production while controlling spending constraints.

Inventory Control

• Manage cycle count program and physical inventory events. Analyze root cause of count variances and develop and implement corrective actions.
• Manage and resolve slow moving/inactive inventory and develop plans to avoid write-offs

Warehousing – Shipping/Receiving

• Ensure 5S program implemented and maintained within warehouse and shipping areas
• Develop/Manage/Monitor labor utilization plans to optimize costs and take quick corrective actions in response to variances in labor and OT expenses.
• Ensure all material and inventory tasks are completed physically and systematically in a timely and safe manner.
• Evaluate and continually seek to improve warehouse space utilization.

Transportation

• Manage carrier interaction and performance as it relates the inbound and outbound flows through the facility.
• Partner with Corporate Logistics to monitor performance and take corrective measures related to carrier management.

Administration

• Leveraging Dayforce (HRIS) manage and ensure employees are compliant with attendance, vacation, FMLA, vacation coverage and labor time clocks; provide timely approvals
• Conduct periodic employee target and objective setting and performance evaluations with supervisors and team members.
• Manage employee performance and discipline while managing company risk and liabilities

Other

• Acts as the key point of contact for all strategic Supply Chain initiatives
• Understand site P&L and drivers for performance
• Set the tone for the department culture, with emphasis on Safety, Quality, Profitability, and People Development. Attract, retain and develop key talent within the site.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Proven track record of project management skills
• Strong knowledge of supply chain concepts/process and ability to apply them
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret various reports and documents.
• Ability to present issues clearly and concisely; generate accurate analysis, with a good understanding of the cause and effect that will occur with each alternative solution both inside and outside the Supply Chain
• Ability to lead cross functional decision-making processes with all levels of employees
• Intermediate level or better of Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, SharePoint and MS Teams) expected
• Strong SAP system experience and usage to drive results.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid and concise conclusions and/or recommendations.

Education and Experience

• BS/BA Supply Chain Management, required.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in a Materials Management/Supply Chain, 5 years in management role.