Supply Chain Specialist

Toyota Tsusho America; Farmington Hills (MI); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary & Bonus

Paid Time Off

Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits

Health Savings Account

14 Company Holidays

401(k) with Company Contribution

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Toyota Tsusho America is seeking a skilled Supply Chain Specialist to act as a critical liaison between international suppliers, partners, and internal stakeholders, ensuring seamless operations, compliance, and financial integrity across the end-to-end supply chain.

The role requires coordinating documentation, forecasting, purchasing, and inventory activities while driving data-driven improvements, managing cross-functional projects, and negotiating with suppliers to optimize cost, quality,

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, or related field required.
• 2-5 years in business, administration, logistics, or supply chain preferred.
• Strong analytical and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage outbound shipment documentation, cross-border transfers, and customs compliance per established procedures.
• Monitor performance metrics for shipment accuracy and on-time delivery; apply corrective actions as needed.
• Oversee procurement planning and inventory security by issuing purchase orders and maintaining stock levels.
• Ensure 100% alignment between forecasts and actual orders, highlighting financial impacts on working capital.
• Support commercial activities by evaluating demand and negotiating with suppliers to optimize cost and quality.
• Lead continuous improvement by identifying inefficiencies and driving cross-functional projects.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Judgment & Decision Making

Transportation

Education

Associate's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, or related

Job description

We firmly believe that our employees drive the success of the company! With success in mind as the ultimate goal, we strive to create and provide an environment that offers challenging, stimulating and financially rewarding opportunities. We are looking for The Right One to join our team!

What's In It For You

• Competitive Salary with Bonus Opportunities
• Paid Time Off
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits (Low Premiums!)
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• 14 Paid Company Holidays
• 401(k) with Company Contribution
• Educational Tuition Reimbursement

Summary

Supply Chain Specialist serves as a critical liaison between international suppliers/partners/third-party manufacturers, internal stakeholders, and customers, ensuring seamless operations while maintaining financial integrity. This role requires strategic oversight of the end-to-end supply chain, proactive financial management, and the ability to drive operational excellence through data-driven decision-making and cross-functional collaboration.

What You'll Do

• Manage comprehensive documentation workflows for outbound shipments, cross-border transfers, and regulatory compliance, ensuring adherence to customs requirements and delivery timelines using established procedures.
• Execute performance monitoring protocols to track shipment accuracy, on-time delivery metrics, and service level agreements, implementing corrective actions when deviations occur.
• Oversee ordering and forecasting of raw materials and/or finished goods by issuing purchase orders and planning documentation, while managing inventories to ensure continuous delivery of finished products to customers and avoiding aged inventory.
• Ensure order accuracy and forecast demand planning integrity by maintaining 100% alignment between customer forecasts and actual orders; recognizing the critical impact on financial performance, working capital management, and supplier production planning.
• Support commercial activities by strategically evaluating customer and affiliate demand, negotiating with suppliers to optimize cost, quality, and delivery performance.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives by identifying process inefficiencies, leading root cause analysis for operational challenges, and driving cross-functional projects that enhance supply chain effectiveness.

What You'll Need

• Associate’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, required.
• 2-5 years of experience in business, administration, logistics, or supply chain preferred.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Transportation — Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits preferred.

Our company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer! It is the policy and commitment of the company to maintain a work environment that provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all its employees and applicants. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital/domestic partner status, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other applicable lawfully protected basis. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

We seek to employ individuals qualified for a position by virtue of job-related educational standards, training, experience, and personal qualifications.