Engineer, Supply Chain Job Description
Engineer, supply chain
provides training and coaching on supply chain related concepts and processes such as parameter management, capacity planning, pull methods vs.
Engineer, Supply Chain Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective engineer, supply chain job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included engineer, supply chain job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Maximize the performance of the field operations organization by creating innovative process improvement solutions and promoting the adoption of best practices and standard operating procedures
Data Collection for Supply Chain Modeling
Implementing a robust process to error proof just-in-time deliveries
Training various levels of management exempt and non-exempt personnel on lean order fulfillment processes and suppliers
Working independently working effectively with diverse, multi-functional teams
Help drive proactive and retroactive cost down initiatives that will impact several projects
Coordinate builds through local and overseas CM
Work with global sourcing teams to understand forecasting of current and new projects
Manage internal Arena system to ensure accuracy
Procure materials needed to support builds within project schedule and component LT
Engineer, Supply Chain Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Engineer, Supply Chain
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: APICS, CQE, CPIM, PMP, LEAN, CMQOE, CSCP, AWS, ISO, NDT
Education for Engineer, Supply Chain
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the engineer, supply chain job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business, MBA, Management, Mechanical Engineering, Science, Manufacturing, Education, Supply Chain Management
Skills for Engineer, Supply Chain
Desired skills for engineer, supply chain include:
Supplier quality processes
Area of supply chain and fulfilment
Six Sigma
2D blueprints and model drawings
Build processes
Code reviews
Lean concepts
Operations
Source control management
Statistical techniques and methods like design of experiments
Desired experience for engineer, supply chain includes:
Drive tasks to completion, includingn work with 3rd party software vendors and customers
Must be abel to communicate clearly and consiely both orally and in writing
Deomonstrated excellent customer service approach in all situations
Propose opportunities for improved system performance
Track and document new product implementation project expenses
Work with suppliers to provide relevant documentation for business
Engineer, Supply Chain Examples
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for an engineer, supply chain. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for engineer, supply chain
- Work with finance, human resources and production teams to identify, grade, cross-train and reduce labor requirements for high cost operations
- Must have great communication skills and the ability to coordinate with multiple functional groups
- Should have excellent time management skills to meet tight timelines
- Experience in JDA Transportation Modeler, Llamasoft Supply Chain Guru, Appian Direct Route and Tableau is preferred
- Calculate the Supply Chain and Packaging budget for specified projects
- Identify and escalate any industrial risks
- Define and develop the supply-chain scheme from suppliers to customers
- Define optimum stock levels with a focus on Lead Time optimization
- Design the layout of inbound, internal and outbound flows
- Analyze the impacts of perimeter evolutions on the organization, resources and Supply Chain’s costs
Qualifications for engineer, supply chain
- Mastery of Swift, and strong experience with Objective-C
- Strong experience with Xcode, including XCTest, debugging, code signing
- Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment solutions
- Ability to pick up and quickly work with new or emerging technologies
- Able to communicate technical issues with a non-technical audience
- Familiarity with the Lean Startup software development methodology
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for an engineer, supply chain. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for engineer, supply chain
- Serve as an internal knowledge base for Labor Management system, will eventually become one of the "Super users" of the Red Prairie Labor Management system
- Responsible for carrying out company policies, rules and procedures
- Responsible for maintaining various elements in Labor management system
- Responsible for leading Lean A3's including statistical analysis
- Responsible for data analysis related to Promo planning
- Responsible for developing KPI’s and other tools that lead to improved DC processes and results
- Strategic planning for the purpose of growth - 5 year plan and longer term growth
- Project manage DC efficiency initiatives, which may include
- Minimize shrink, loss and damage
- Facility and product layout utilization
Qualifications for engineer, supply chain
- Familiarity with web technologies a plus
- Experience in applied computing such as C, Python, Matlab
- Customer orientation / Leadership / Team spirit / Autonomy
- Multi-functional & Multi-cultural communication / English mandatory
- Good understanding of lean principles and supply-chain tools
- A minimum of two years of engineering experience in distribution and warehousing or in manufacturing with a focus on supply chain management required
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Our company is hiring for an engineer, supply chain. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for engineer, supply chain
- Build and maintain strong internal and external working relationships with Asset engineers and field leadership to actively gain their business in sourcing services, equipment and materials to meet the business needs
- Leverage technical knowledge from engineering experience to facilitate scope of work development
- Being cost efficient, cutting unnecessary costs, streamlining processes by sourcing services, equipment and materials from annual awards, internal inventory and/or source alternatives that meet technical specs at lower cost than what is approved through the requisition/authorization
- Work with various engineers to properly assess and determine the materials and services needed for projects
- Inspect supplier facilities for conformance to manufacturing standards
- Facilitate and drive robust root cause analysis and corrective action using tools such as 5 Why, 8D, Apollo Root Cause, A3, Fishbone / Ishikawa diagrams
- Proactively managing strategies and implementation of projects related to De-installation & Reverse Logistics
- Initiating changes to logistics management concepts in accordance with the requirements of the business and adapting local logistics processes leading to continuous improvements across the entire supply chain and in line with the RS Strategy
- Working on issues of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends
- Acting as advisor to team members to meet schedules and/or solve problems
Qualifications for engineer, supply chain
- 3+ years lead developer for a large systems application
- Self-starter with strong personal work ethic
- Experience with ERP/ MRP systems, and complex bills of materials
- BasicMOST certified, with experience performing BasicMOST time studies
- Experience with SQL, Google Sketch Up, Teamcenter, SCADA, JMP, JIRA
- Position may require long hours and weekend work
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Our growing company is looking for an engineer, supply chain. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for engineer, supply chain
- Participates with regulatory compliance group to ensure operations meet expectations
- The Key technical “Go To” person in support of Supply Chain operations
- Improve the performance of the field operations organization by creating innovative process improvement solutions and promoting the adoption of best practices and standard operating procedures
- Develop procedures and tools for testing, calibration and verification of the equipment, cooperating with the developers, ensure the equipment is properly tested, calibrated and certified according to the corresponding procedures, participate in Root Cause Analysis when repetitive failure of company’s products occur, or failure under warranty
- Development automated test solutions for new products (LabVIEW, C++)
- Using material replenishment analytical tools
- Establishing and sizing material supermarkets
- Working with pull trigger systems
- Works from part and product drawings, manufacturing schedules
- Fully support departmental targets in relation to the deployment of Returnable Packaging within UK & European Supply base
Qualifications for engineer, supply chain
- Must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to creatively solve complex problems
- Advanced Level Skills in MS Project such as importing and exporting data to and from your project, connection to a Project Server, setting multiple project baselines, customizing columns in a table, creating custom views and reports, PERT analysis and project tracking, and maintaining project budget compliance AND/OR experience with AutoCAD
- Must be proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Access, Word and PowerPoint)
- Intermediate computer skills in supply chain network modeling design tools preferred
- 2 to 4 years comparable experience designing, developing, implementing and executing supply chain solutions in transportation minimum
- Fundamental understanding of transportation, supply chain and logistics concepts required
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for an engineer, supply chain. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for engineer, supply chain
- Business Process and workflow development and implementation
- Performs strategic analyses, including emerging supply chain models, competitive intelligence, profitability analysis, financial modeling, and business case development
- Leads and participates in problem solving activities related to warehouse flow, physical distribution process, and order fulfillment
- Supports product configuration activities through efficient layout and process methodology
- Assure conformance of systems and processes to meet company supply objectives for customer satisfaction
- Assures by design that processes meet all compliance requirements and that appropriate tracking and metric tools are in-place to provide feedback on performance
- Analyze process flow, handling, materials movement and human factors in establishing work environments that optimize productivity while ensuring employee engagement and safety
- Leads and participates in process improvement opportunities to address systemic issues related to, errors, damage, scrap, labeling, traceability
- Resolve general logistics issues relating to facility expansion, relocation, technology implementation
- Instrumental in the operational maintenance of the warehouse management system
Qualifications for engineer, supply chain
- Deep knowledge of SDLC principles, process and methodologies to instruct others on work break-down
- At least 4 years of software development experience as with 3GL and 4GL programming languages, relational databases and web tools
- Client-server graphical user interface (GUI), PL/SQL and Windows
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer science, Mathematics, Physics or similar quantitative field
- Advanced degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or similar quantitative field, with academic emphasis in modeling and optimization
- Familiarity with numerical computing environments (e.g., MatLab, R, Julia, SciLab, NumPy)