Strategic Production & Procurement Leader

Nippon Seiki North America; Sabina (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Nippon Seiki North America is seeking a Senior Manager of Production Control & Procurement to drive on-time production and customer satisfaction. The role leads a team responsible for procuring materials, planning capacity and inventory targets, and aligning with engineering, production, and quality for best practices.

The position requires a decade in manufacturing supply chain with supervisory experience, strong ERP/WMS/MES skills, and a background in lean, continuous improvement, and project

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, logistics, business, analysis, or equivalent progressive experience in automotive manufacturing, supply chain management, and logistics engineering.
• Minimum ten (10) years in manufacturing supply chain, with at least five (5) years supervising large teams of direct and indirect reports.
• Knowledge of supply chain, production scheduling, capacity requirements, and automotive customer requirements, ERP/WMS/MES experience.
• Coursework towards supply chain certification such as SCMA, ISM or APICS.
• Project management experience; strong MS Excel and PowerPoint skills; Warehouse Management Systems; strong problem solving and root cause analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Direct and support Supply Chain departmental activities to support production; lead managers and supervisors to achieve inventory levels and production plans; report KPI performance.
• Analyze current state for efficiency and competitiveness; propose and manage improvement projects; implement lean, JIT production and delivery methodologies.
• Develop budgets; mentor leadership; report performance to executives; drive continuous improvement and root-cause analysis across processes and tools.
• Support management of ancillary services including Health, Safety, and Environmental initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management

Tools

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

ERP/WMS/MES

Job description

Nippon Seiki North America is seeking a Senior Manager of Production Control & Procurement to drive on-time production and customer satisfaction. The role leads a team responsible for procuring materials, planning capacity and inventory targets, and aligning with engineering, production, and quality for best practices.

The position requires a decade in manufacturing supply chain with supervisory experience, strong ERP/WMS/MES skills, and a background in lean, continuous improvement, and project