Specialist, Supply Job Description
Specialist, supply
provides leadership, technical advice, training, support and guidance to UNICEF Country Offices, on applications of supply related contracting procedures, regulations, systems and best practices to support partners Supply chain Management effisciency.
Specialist, Supply Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Supply Chain Management (20%) – Develop and implement Supply Chain policies and governance rules that lead to business standardization across multiple business units
Be the project lead for International Logistics Coordination throughout the LATAM (Latin America), EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa), and APAC (Asia Pacific) Region
Build and maintain strong relationships with all key suppliers at an operational level, conducting regular meetings and monitoring industry changes to ensure supply chain is fit for purpose
Negotiate rates for each supplier during onboarding process and escalate queries to Supply Chain Managers
Conduct benchmarking analysis in line with our contract obligations, feeding the analysis to the client management teams to update business customers
Effective management of the pricing rate card, conducting performance management and analysing trends to understand supplier’s value-add for the business
Coordination and support of projects in conjunction with team members and management
Support recurring Product Sales + Inventory (PSI) planning process and negotiate optimal supplier material liability to implement KanBan or other inventory replenishment models to achieve minimum 10% year over year reduction on key Inventory metrics
Define, Document and Execute sourcing strategies on focused commodities
Responsible for local/regional contract management and negotiations to obtain best terms and conditions for the Company
Specialist, Supply Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Specialist, Supply
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: QS, ISO, APICS, II, CSCP, CPIM, CPM, ISM, CSM, NAFTA
Education for Specialist, Supply
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the specialist, supply job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and High School Degree in Education, Business, Supply Chain Management, Graduate Education, Engineering, Management, Graduate, Associates, Business/Administration, Finance
Skills for Specialist, Supply
Desired skills for specialist, supply include:
Adidas Group systems
Excel
Army retail supply system
Outlook and other related applications
Use of MS Office
Established policies
Technical supply operations
HR best practices
Policies
Procedures and labor law compliance
Desired experience for specialist, supply includes:
Previous exposure to intergraded fulfilment systems preferably Opera Enterprise System
Computer Literate and proficient in MS Office Suite
Minimum of two years' experience in a similar type role
Bachelor's degree preferable, or relevant qualification
Experience with and knowledge of order management processes, controls, systems, and contract negotiations
Degree in operations, industrial engineering, mathematics, statistics, supply chain, logistics, or equivalent
Specialist, Supply Examples
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a specialist, supply. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for specialist, supply
- Investigate quality concerns and recommend actions to correct and prevent future quality concerns
- Maintain MRP data for assigned commodities, generate and release work orders, reschedule per Order Action reports
- Ability to understand manufacturing drawings, aerospace standard specs, and quality requirements in order to operate as the liaison between suppliers, quality dept
- Responsible for accurate, complete and timely management of customer orders for assigned markets by managing the entire life cycle from order to cash
- Contract administration and create a repository utilizing SharePoin, following up with Vendors on late deliveries
- Consolidate the demand plan
- Provide on-site C-17 Field Services Supply Chain Support to the UAE AF customer
- Work directly with the customer at various seniority levels on a daily basis including General Officer senior military officials
- Contribute to the develop of concepts, establish implementation plans and determine forecasting requirements
- Knowledge of engineering drawings, preferably C-17, and proven ability to develop creative supply solutions to complex logistic support problems will also be an advantage
Qualifications for specialist, supply
- Some limited international travel may be required (most probably Canada)
- Excellent knowledge of English is a must, any other language skills like Dutch, French or German are an asset
- Must be able to function with an advanced level of English oral and written language skills, through demonstrated proficiency, testing or both
- Must be able to obtain a 5984-E Army Standard license to operate all types of MHE up to a 10K forklift
- Must be able to obtain a NACI prior to employment
- Years experience in a supply chain and coordination role, with knowledge of sourcing, logistics, travel administration, spending money efficiently and effectively
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a specialist, supply. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for specialist, supply
- Supports negotiation of supply agreements with specific suppliers resulting in cost models, an implementation strategy and a documented agreement, ensuring the Company meets its overall goals for cost, quality, continuity of supply
- Supports the development of new products acting as a point person for the department in Product Development Meetings
- Develops, implements and improves Supply Management processes to support the enterprise goals
- Initiates purchase orders and amendments for parts, or tooling
- Works closely with the team to advance sourcing programs as appropriate
- Coordinates with planning of recent schedules and inventory control parameters for the assigned products consistent with JDE requirements
- Work in the more critical areas (Anesthesia, OR, SDS, ) and will have frequent interaction with department heads, Clinicians and Docs
- Maintain knowledge of order completion dates through the Master Production Schedules (MPS) and update information as needed
- Monitor stocking programs within Oracle to insure that predetermined stocking levels are maintained and that stock orders will be produced in time to fill customer needs
- Assist in any other activity required to fully process orders, manufacture or ship product or invoice product shipped, including assisting the Credit Department with the resolution of credit issues, establishing product specifications, finding alternative lines for production
Qualifications for specialist, supply
- Experience of Supply Chain operating systems, especially the ones used in GMS
- Knowledge of GMS network and supply capability
- Regulatory processes including timelines and constraints
- Cell and Gene Therapy understanding including basic technical competence
- Commercial Launch/ NPI technology around packaging & labelling
- 3-4 years' experience in Purchasing within a SAP environment
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of specialist, supply. 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 specialist, supply
- Work with customers to implement VMI program to ensure better visibility to upcoming demand and ultimately create a more accurate production plan
- Manage capacity at 2 production locations
- Identify continuous improvement initiatives including but not limited to reducing inventory levels, material flow and reducing ship cycle times
- Develops and creates the strategy for efficient and effective manufacturing and on-time delivery of products that consistently meet customer requirements
- Ensure timely and accurate response to customer’s orders by providing the required information, schedules, materials and accurate systems to the manufacturing unit
- Responsible for the integration of sales forecasts, budgets raw, in-process, and finished goods inventory
- Work closely with purchasing team to identify and rectify supply risks (sole-sourced materials, poor supply performance)
- Works directly with suppliers to improve delivery lead-times
- Lead monthly processes to review and drive down obsolete inventory/inventory holds
- Forecast RM needs to key suppliers
Qualifications for specialist, supply
- Exposure (and preferably hands on experience) within warehousing, inventory, repairable management, commodities and services purchasing
- Demonstrable experience improving processes and successfully participating in implementing within a Supply, Warehouse or Finance environment
- Good commercial acumen and negotiation skills
- Develop and maintain stakeholder relationships, work with and influence a range of cross functional stakeholders
- Possess good communication and negotiation skills, both written and verbal
- Be proficiency and experience in Microsoft Office Suite, SAP Procure to Pay or similar ERP P2P processes
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Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a specialist, supply. 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 specialist, supply
- Manage and process less than truckload or truckload quotations and bookings as required
- Assist in physical inventory and cycle count management
- Vendor Maintenance function (setting up and maintaining vendor information on PowerLink)
- Direct interface/liaison between the United States Air Force (USAF) customer and depot Sources of Supply
- Responsible for performing inventory management and control
- Document movement of assets in the company Government Online Data System (GOLD)
- Support Mission Incapable Awaiting Parts (MICAP) requirements and responding to other customer requests at the work location
- Analyzes information and coordinates with others to determine maintenance repair, and/or other corrective action as it relates to assets
- Identifies and resolves customer supply chain management issues and documentation discrepancies
- Drive cross functional initiatives across supply chain teams and internal partners
Qualifications for specialist, supply
- Forklift and MHE experience required
- Previous engineering, sales engineering or technical account management experience with mobile and/or internet advertising, including publisher and app developer deployments, analytics, ad tags/tracking, rich media and advanced targeting capabilities such as behavioral targeting
- Experience with Javascript, HTML5, or other scripting languages
- Broad database skills around queries and data extraction
- Demonstrable experience working with external customers in a sales environment in North America
- Enforces compliance with corporate risk management/asset management programs, and audits adherence to existing safety, training, inventory control, security, and material handling programs and equipment
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of specialist, supply. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for specialist, supply
- Assists with quality improvement reports (QIR) when escalation is required ensuring acceptable quality standards are being met
- Ensures supplier contract adherence where applicable
- Ensure routine assigned purchases are completed timely
- Develop and maintain excellent supplier relations
- Work as a team member with Production Planning, Engineering, Quality Control, and Finance to ensure supplier service and delivery through effective communication and negotiations
- Research and implement opportunities to reduce product costs and inventory investments
- Other special duties as the Supply Chain Manager may assign
- Purchases and negotiates with Adtalem preferred suppliers
- Leads Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with preferred suppliers
- Maintains relationships with Adtalem preferred suppliers and is single point of contract for supplier issues
Qualifications for specialist, supply
- Strong understanding of Pharmaceutical manufacturing and cGMP processes and in depth understanding of ERP/MRP systems and processes required
- Experience of industry standard supply chain management techniques such as Value Stream Planning,Packaging technology, labeling requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business related field and 1-2 years of supply management experience
- SAP experience preferred (or alternative ERP system)
- Minimum domestic travel can be required to meet suppliers (<10%)
- Ability to travel several times throughout the year to domestic and/or international locations if requested