Director, Supply Chain Logistics

Director, Supply Chain Logistics position is responsible for leading and directing SCM activities, providing leadership and direction to multiple departments, and maintaining operational involvement in day-to-day issues related to the warehouse, transportation, and inventory management.

Requirements

• Maintains responsibility for all SCM activities for a small or medium site or a segment of the SCM functions at a large site.
• Provides leadership and direction to multiple departments on structuring processes, layouts, and resources.
• Maintains external contacts to understand best of breed processes to improve costs and logistics offerings.
• Implements structure to meet future customer and process requirements.
• Maintains operational involvement in day-to-day issues related to the warehouse, transportation, internal parts flow, security and controls, inventory management, direction on purchasing contracts and non-production activities, applications and process changes.
• Provides direction on major projects, such as warehouse software upgrade, Advanced Planning System tool or enhancements.
• Provides direction to managers on objective setting, measurements, human resource activities and company procedures.
• Has regular interaction, coaching and feedback with direct reports and also, their employees in some situations.
• Provides leadership role for broader SCM team including hiring, promotions, and HR practices.
• Participates in many cross-functional activities such as formal benchmarking studies; interface with external auditors, and driving actions/ improvement across the organization.
• Reviews ISO compliance and SCM business controls. Identifies and implements cost reduction activities.
• Communicates with customers relating to, demand, commitments, non-performing inventory and future process changes /improvements.

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Employee recognition and reward programs
• Professional development opportunities