Merz North America, Inc
Supply Chain Manager Materials (Project Management)
Responsible for inventory management of raw materials, components and chemicals. Develops and maintains a master schedule for product lines to ensure sufficient finished goods inventory. Reviews material availability and lead times, production capacity, inventory carrying costs, and customer demand when developing schedules. Consults with other managers and key personnel in Sales & Marketing, Production and Supply Chain to gather information necessary to develop and maintain master schedule.
Develop and maintain detailed production plans and schedules for raw materials, chemicals and components required to meet production objectives. Monitor and review forecasts and sales to ensure adequate inventory is available to meet customer demand while minimizing excess and obsolete inventories. Evaluate and coordinate all inputs to master schedule: sales forecasts, customer orders, shop orders, purchase orders, capacity planning, firm plan and level load objectives, etc.
Maintain ERP/MRP system, periodically reviewing planning data maintained in the system. Develop procedures for use with ERP system and update as required. Provide training program for managers, supervisors, and staff personnel in use of ERP system as required
Maintain minimal to no backorders on all products released to market. Build and maintain inventory to levels agreed upon in management objectives. Perform analysis of materials and determine optimum control levels.
Proactively review system data to recognize potential bill of material inaccuracies and inventory discrepancies to ensure credible schedule development.
Education
Professional Experience
Proven ability to effectively interact with multi-functional areas (Marketing, Sales, Manufacturing, Engineering, Purchasing, Finance, Quality, etc.).
Knowledge, skills and abilities (incl. languages)
Knowledge or methods
Personal skills
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Supply Chain