Supply Chain Manager
Supply Chain Managers ensure efficiency and cost-effectiveness in production and shipping timelines. They help businesses in overcoming logistical problems and other supply chain hurdles.
Procurement Role Family: Solution Specialist
Salary range: $110,210-$141,239/year with an average of $124,686/year
Work experience: 3 years

Key Responsibilities

  • Works with various departments and stakeholders to identify and secure resources essential for establishing an efficient supply chain
  • Sets performance metrics to measure and evaluate factors influencing the supply chain
  • Creates and manages comprehensive inventories of materials and supplies at company premises, sites, and factories

Skills & Competencies

  • Negotiation
  • Project management
  • Inventory management
  • Leadership
  • Risk management
  • Time management
  • Logistics
  • Supply chain
  • Distribution
  • Problem-solving
  • Electronic business
  • Supply chain management
  • Continuous improvement
  • Accounting skills
  • Capacity planning
  • Contract management
  • Data analysis
  • Demand management
  • Information Technology
  • Communication
  • Order processing
  • Flexibility

More details & resources

Job Description Template 

Job Title: Supply Chain Manager

Location: [Insert location]

Reports to: [Insert name and title of supervisor]

A supply chain manager oversees every stage of the organization’s supply chain process. They monitor how every stage of the supply chain is handled and make sure that it runs as efficiently as possible.

Key Responsibilities: 

 

  • Create, implement, and oversee the company’s supply chain strategy.
  • Data analysis of shipping and delivery processes to find issues that need to be resolved.
  • Monitor logistics and make sure that it runs as efficiently as possible.
  • Maintain and monitor supply chain inventory and records.
  • Recruit, train, and guide supply chain employees.
  • Find cost-effective and efficient solutions for supply chain processes.
  • Resolve any issues that come up during supply chain processes.
  • Coordinate and collaborate with other departments to create plans that can help grow the organization.
  • Create and implement safety guidelines in every aspect of the supply chain.
  • Ensure that for every aspect of the supply chain, legal requirements and standards are met.
  • Communicate and negotiate with suppliers and vendors to find the best deals.

KPIs for this role

  • Cash to Cash Cycle Time: Average amount of time to convert resources into cash flows.
  • Perfect Order Rate: The rate at which orders are delivered without any delays or errors.
  • Fill Rate: The percentage of orders that are completed successfully within the first shipment.
  • Customer Order Cycle Time: Average amount of time between when the customer orders and when the product or service is delivered.
  • Inventory Days of Supply: Average amount of time that the organization holds inventory before it’s shipped out.
  • Inventory Turnover: Inventory maintenance and how long stock is held before it’s replenished.
  • On-Time Delivery: Ability to deliver on time and without any delays.
  • On-Time Shipment: {ercentage of orders shipped on time.
  • Supply Chain Costs: Costs related to the supply chain and how much of the budget is saved or wasted due to supply chain management.

Key Skills and Qualifications: 

  • Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a similar field.
  • At least 3 years of experience as a supply chain manager or similar position.
  • A good working knowledge of supply chain processes.
  • Working experience with relevant software and willingness to learn new software if needed.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Excellent organizational and project management skills.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Creativity in problem-solving.
  • A strategic and analytical mind.

Detailed Responsibilities & Tasks

  • Create, implement, and oversee the company’s supply chain strategy.
  • Data analysis of shipping and delivery processes to find issues that need to be resolved.
  • Monitor logistics and make sure that it runs as efficiently as possible.
  • Maintain and monitor supply chain inventory and records.
  • Recruit, train, and guide supply chain employees.
  • Find cost-effective and efficient solutions for supply chain processes.
  • Resolve any issues that come up during supply chain processes.
  • Coordinate and collaborate with other departments to create plans that can help grow the organization.
  • Create and implement safety guidelines in every aspect of the supply chain.
  • Ensure that for every aspect of the supply chain, legal requirements and standards are met.
  • Communicate and negotiate with suppliers and vendors to find the best deals.

Detailed Skills Description

  • Risk management: Seeing possible internal and external risks and knowing how to avoid or minimize them.
  • Decision making: Well-thought out decision making even during high-pressure situations.
  • Negotiation: Ability to gain the maximum amount of benefits or advantages while getting quality service or products from a deal.
  • Time Management: Enhance operational efficiency.
  • Accounting skills: management of finance and knowing how to make data-driven decisions due to financial analysis of supply chain operations.
  • Data analysis: Analyzing the available data to make informed supply chain decisions and move forward with the most advantage.
  • Communication: Ability to effectively exchange meaningful information with others.
  • Budget management: Knowing how to handle the supply chain budget and use it to yield the most efficient and cost-effective results.
  • Project management: Managing various projects while knowing how to prioritize them by importance and urgency, and executing them all on time.

KPIs for this role

  • Cash to Cash Cycle Time: Average amount of time to convert resources into cash flows.
  • Perfect Order Rate: The rate at which orders are delivered without any delays or errors.
  • Fill Rate: The percentage of orders that are completed successfully within the first shipment.
  • Customer Order Cycle Time: Average amount of time between when the customer orders and when the product or service is delivered.
  • Inventory Days of Supply: Average amount of time that the organization holds inventory before it’s shipped out.
  • Inventory Turnover: Inventory maintenance and how long stock is held before it’s replenished.
  • On-Time Delivery: Ability to deliver on time and without any delays.
  • On-Time Shipment: {ercentage of orders shipped on time.
  • Supply Chain Costs: Costs related to the supply chain and how much of the budget is saved or wasted due to supply chain management.

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