Supply Chain Manager

Summary:
The Supply Chain Manager is responsible overseeing and directing all Supply Chain department long-term and short-term objectives to achieve annual goals for improving the supply chain. They will contribute to the organizations success by maintaining a system of risk mitigation across the entire supply chain process related to vendor qualification, selection and purchasing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Manage supply chain activities commencing in the sales and project phase.
o Provide costs estimates to procurement team.
o Receive requirements from requisitions and convert them into purchase orders.
o Monitor delivery of parts and services that have been purchased.
• Manage the purchase of facility systems, test equipment, tools, raw material, services and supplies necessary for operation of a project
• Develop long-term and short-term objectives for supply chain ensuring they are aligned with overall company goals and objectives
• Achieve annual goals for improving the supply chain as assigned by supervisor.
• Optimize logistics to ensure timely and efficient routes to meet customer satisfaction needs
• Develop and maintain a system of risk mitigation across the entire supply chain process
• Optimize Safran Test Cells' international purchasing by cooperating and identifying synergies with Safran Aero Boosters Test Cells purchasing team and other Safran Purchasing entities
• Ensure cooperation and coordination with major stakeholders, including, Project Management, Finance, Quoting, Engineering, Sales, and Quality
• Manage the process related to vendor qualification and selection
• Oversee Supplier contract compliance, relationship management, product schedule and delivery compliance, and communications from the point of PO placement until product acceptance.
• Maintain a list of approved suppliers and their detailed capabilities.
• Ensure the development of IT tools to optimize the processes in the Supply Chain Department including development of automated workflow for PO creation and approval.
• Work with company management to ensure that employees have a safe and functional work environment.
• Actively participate in a continuous improvement culture providing recommendations and implementing enhancements to current methods and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Travel specifictity
• Able and willing to travel up to 25% of the time both domestically and internationally, as required

Candidate skills & requirements
Education/Experience:
• Bachelor's Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or a related field required.
• 3+ years of proven success managing a Supply Chain organization.
• Equivalent degree and related experience will be considered.
• International purchasing and shipping experience.
• Supplier and Vendor Management experience.
• Experience in Export/Import compliance including understanding goods classifications are preferred requirements.

Qualifications:
• Results-oriented leader with the ability to lead, influence and inspire diverse teams to meet project goals.
• Proven ability to cultivate an environment of accountability and creativity and clearly communicate strategy to staff.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written with a proven ability to be assertive yet approachable delivering a positive customer service experience.
• Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness; actively seeks opportunities to improve and promote quality and monitors own work to ensure quality is met.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills are required including the ability to make technical and project information understood by a wide variety of audiences.
• Excellent negotiation skills and ability to train staff.
• Familiar with standard corporate purchasing and finance/accounting concepts.

Annual salary
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Job location

Job location
North America, United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis

City (-ies)
651 Campus Drive, New Brighton, MN 55112

Applicant criteria

Minimum education level achieved
Bachelor's Degree

Minimum experience level required
More than 8 years