Supply Manager Job Description
Supply Manager Duties & Responsibilities
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Supply Manager Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Supply Manager
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Education for Supply Manager
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Employers hiring for the supply manager job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, Education, Management, MBA, Finance, Technical, Business/Administration, Manufacturing
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Supply Manager Examples
Supply Manager Job Description
- Setting and balancing goals across team, optimizing performance against department goals and employee development
- Serve as a role model for compliant, ethical behavior that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of the Pacira organization
- Provides leadership, establish work schedules and priorities to Warehouse personnel
- Assists in the development and maintenance of Supply Operations specifications and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Ensures mentoring, training, and guidance to warehouse personnel regarding procedures with an emphasis on safety and maintaining current GMP standards
- Support department head in development and execution of site initiatives
- Assists in identifying and implementing continuous process improvements, safety, and/or compliance projects both internally and cross-department
- Monitors Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and drive efforts to address performance issues
- Serve on multi-disciplinary and/or cross-functional project teams to represent business requirements
- Participates in internal planning processes to ensure support for production, clinical, and pipeline requirements
- Extreme danger, stress, physical hardships and possible field living conditions associated with this position within a desert camp complex
- Must be able to work, kneel, bend, and stoop, and have correctable vision
- Ability to cope with shared cafeteria, bath and sleeping quarters
- The working environment may be remote, confined and isolated, and travel in the local area may be very restricted
- This is an unaccompanied overseas position, and families are NOT allowed to accompany employee to the remote worksite
- High attention to detail incles simultaneously
Supply Manager Job Description
- Manages inventory levels for manufacturing consumable supplies and shipping supplies
- Develops inventory performance reports for Operations management
- Oversees cross-department cycle count activities and works with Finance department to assure successful outcomes
- Coordinates commercial drug product and clinical shipments in accordance with Good Distribution Practices (GDP)
- May negotiate freight rates with carriers
- Determines requirements for export of product and creates appropriate documentation
- Provide expertise to team regarding shipment of materials requiring special handling or documentation
- Coordinates labeling, packaging, shipment, and return of clinical products as required
- Oversee contract performance for gowning services, delivery services, and vendor managed inventory
- Establish and maintain a professional working relationship with suppliers
- Proficient with using ERP systems including the maintenance of key planning variables, BOM and part number maintenance, and generation, interpretation of MRP
- APICs Certified Supply Chain Professionals (CSCP) and/ or ISM Certified Professional in Supply Management® (CPSM®) certification desired
- Set clear delivery expectations and manage to these expectations
- Communicate material forecasting to suppliers
- Release orders for material requirements
- Expedite to ensure continual flow of materials
Supply Manager Job Description
- Effectively communicate Agilent requirements and business needs
- Coach suppliers to improve performance
- Select suppliers and negotiate agreements, based on a global search
- Take the lead role in managing our supply base with the involvement and support of all required functions
- Manages lead time, quality, responsiveness, delivery performance and costs
- Collaborates with Global Supplier Account Mgr
- Collaborates with Sr Mgr
- Supports regular supplier performance reviews for performance towards service with Supplier Account Mgr
- Develop an in depth knowledge of your account’s supply chain processes and systems
- Ensure successful implementation of NPD and range reviews
- Ability to reconcile supplier and customer issues
- Understands philosophies of inventory management
- Minimum of three (3) years related experience in customer account management or supplier management
- Strong customer account management and servicing, communication and listening, organizational, analytical/problem solving, negotiating, and account development & planning/presentation skills
- Pharmaceutical marketplace & industry business knowledge
- Market research method/practice knowledge
Supply Manager Job Description
- Develops implements, manages, and regularly communicates policies and procedures related to the provision of purchasing services in conjunction with corporate directives
- Manages all related financial information for the sites, including ownership and accountability for reporting to local, regional, and global partners
- Instils governance and compliance with internal controls for all areas of responsibility
- Actively partners with site leadership teams to drive performance and meet financial shape commitments
- Performs period closing in Microsoft Dynamics Navision
- Drives efficiencies and continuous improvements
- Leads the annual operating plan process for the sites
- Maintains, updates, and informs markets of transfer pricing for current and newly launched products
- Lead all Supply Chain Management activities within the Division
- Work cross-functionally with Industrial Design, Engineering, and Hardware Operations
- Knowledge and ability to utilize operational excellence tools such as Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing preferred
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with all levels of the organization
- Ability to effectively negotiate favorable contracts with suppliers and convey technical information on behalf of Pacira monitoring contract performance
- Extremely detail oriented and highly accurate with numerical information
- Effective use of tools
- Expertise and creativity to solve problems
Supply Manager Job Description
- Own global inventory management for supplies, preventative maintenance and repair parts across the Agilent logistics network
- Utilize your strong Procurement knowledge and SAP skills to develop and maintain supplier relationships to ensure all key stakeholder requirements are met
- Provide representation and leadership for Supply Operations in support of New Product Introduction (NPI) and Current Production Engineering (CPE) projects
- Support other Order Fulfillment initiatives as needed
- Provide policy leadership and direction to all supply chain functions
- Manages the development of multiple suppliers, the criteria for contract negotiations and administration
- Responsible for supplier management and control
- Oversees the review and streamlining of business processes integral with the sourcing and logistics issues and the introduction of technological aids
- Ensure that all locations are in, and maintain, compliance with all applicable State, Provincial and Federal laws which govern or apply to procurement related matters
- Will have cost accountability and responsibility for those areas under his/her direct control
- Ability to lead, motivate, and engage others to ensure successful delivery of projects
- Love good food!
- You have experience in the field of operations or recruitment
- Management of sales team a plus
- You always manage to find a solution to every problem
- You have a very strong, "can do" attitude