Principal Accountabilities:
• Collaborating with departments and stakeholders to identify and maintain resources needed to establish and provide an effective supply chain
• Establishing performance metrics for measurement, comparison, and evaluation of factors affecting the supply chain
• Maintaining detailed inventories of materials and supplies located in the factory, at other sites, and in the company
• Maintaining required quantity of supplies and materials to optimize production
• Analyzing current inventories and procedures
• Developing policies to increase efficiency throughout the supply chain and implementing any subsequent changes to processes
• Identifying optimal shipment and transportation routes
• Assessing needs for material-handling equipment and staffing
• Making recommendations to ensure efficient loading, unloading, movement, and storage of materials
• Negotiating prices for raw materials and delivery from suppliers
• Monitoring performance of suppliers by assessing their ability to meet quality and delivery requirements
• Identifying and qualifying new suppliers, working with other departments
• Functioning as part of the team coordinating engineering changes, product line extensions, or new product launches to ensure timely and orderly material and production flow transitions