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Role Definition
JOB PURPOSE: Leads projects and efforts directed at helping facility Supply Chain and Value Chain personnel optimize value chain performance. Provides leadership and governance work to deliver tools, processes and expertise that supports RIOP strategic growth and initiatives. This role is accountable for building partnerships in the deployment of lean, high quality, high velocity supply chain practices.
JOB DUTIES:
This position works with facility Supply Chain, Operations and Product Group personnel to help develop tools and support projects that improve end to end Value Chain capability in the areas of inventory optimization, improved Sales and Operations Planning, high-velocity throughput, optimized logistics and capacity planning.
This position provides leadership and governance collaboration with multiple facility functions to address and resolve material and production issues using root cause and corrective action (RCCA). This position integrates efforts with facility supply chain planning, site global purchasing, operations, receiving, Global Transportation, Demand and Orders, Material Requirements Planning and Logistics.
The incumbent plays a key role in leading working with facility supply chain and operations personnel to understand critical information requirements and will work with their team to develop the tools and dashboards needed for business decisions.
Incumbent provides leadership, coaching, focus, motivation and encouragement to direct reports. Direct Reports include Supply Chain Performance Engineers. Responsible for coaching, developing and mentoring resources. Incumbent is responsible for all personnel issues and performance evaluation of direct reports, including development, capability building and succession planning.
This role supports Global RIOP facilities and travel is required at between 10% and 20%.
Responsibilities
• Developing, implementing, and managing complex supply chain streams with global reach.
• Managing relationships and processes with suppliers to ensure adequate product supply to meet inventory strategies. Providing support for new supplier selection.
• Establishing effective linkages, partnerships, and best practices with clients, business partners and internal functions.
• Performing analysis of supply chain trends, sales, forecast, on time delivery, and inventory strategies and recommending improvements to the supply chain performance.
Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired
Skill Descriptors
Business Markets: Knowledge of existing and planned markets and market-related initiatives from the perspectives of the competition, the suppliers, the customer base and the regulatory environment; ability to apply market knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Teaches others about the interrelationships of existing, planned, or potential markets.
• Advises others about ongoing and planned market activities and their implications.
• Develops objectives and strategies for a major market segment.
• Analyzes market segments and niches within a major market.
• Oversees key issues and players in multiple market segments.
• Evaluates market data sources and key indicators.
Effectiveness Measurement: Knowledge of effective measurement techniques and ability to measure the quality and quantity of work effort for the purpose of improvement.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Monitors planned improvement efforts in quality and productivity.
• Uses recognized industry benchmarks.
• Evaluates improvement efforts in quality and productivity.
• Uses measurements to drive improvement in a number of different ways.
• Supervises others in their use of data collection, analysis, and reporting tools.
• Defines, captures and monitors metrics for multiple functions.
Global Perspective: Knowledge of issues, opportunities, and challenges for conducting business in the international marketplace; ability to apply global perspectives appropriately in a wide range of situations.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Coaches others on legal, regulatory, and financial issues across multiple countries.
• Participates in developing current and planned infrastructure for conducting global business.
• Advises on the application of global policies to regional and local operations.
• Compares and contrasts opportunities and challenges for countries within a region.
• Oversees current projects using experience with conducting business in several countries.
• Coordinates country-specific legal and financial compliance reviews.
Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.
• Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.
• Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
• Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.
• Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.
• Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.
Project Administration: Knowledge of project administration best practices and ability to use organizational strategies, practices and tools for administering projects.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Under guidance, prepares status reports for client management.
• Documents initial plans and estimates for simple projects.
• Utilizes desired project administration tools.
• Documents project meetings, particularly status reports on deliverables and next steps.
• Works with such functions as task splitting and project merging.
Supply Chain Management - PHA: Knowledge of strategies and tools for controlling and optimizing the factors that lie between the purchase of raw materials, components and supplies, and delivery of finished products.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Demonstrates experience with managing the complete supply chain management process.
• Quantifies and discusses benefits and risks of various supply chain strategies and approaches.
• Discusses capacity issues at various points in the supply chain.
• Oversees supply chain finance activities and measurements of effectiveness.
• Participates in supply chain network design or redesign projects or processes.
• Creates and monitors mechanisms for process and system integration with clients and partners.
Contingency and Disaster Recovery Management: Knowledge of manufacturing contingency and disaster recovery approaches, practices, tools and techniques; ability to develop and administrate contingency and disaster recovery plans.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Performs analysis on environmental and equipment configurations; develops disaster prevention plans and improves backup and recovery capabilities.
• Participates in the development and distribution of procedures and practices regarding disaster recovery.
• Delivers partial and full tests of the contingency and disaster recovery plan.
• Coordinates the development, documentation and maintenance of contingency and disaster recovery plans for critical organizational functions.
• Works with other functions and customers to coordinate contingency and disaster recovery planning.
• Creates and tests a back-up environment; defines minimum operating requirements.
Vendor/Supplier Evaluations & Certification: Knowledge of vendor/supplier evaluations and certification; ability to develop and use, strategies, practices and tools for evaluating, selecting and certifying vendors, suppliers and partners.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Obtains vendor or supplier product or service information.
• Contacts references for vendors and suppliers; records the resulting information.
• Searches for vendors or suppliers that match given criteria.
• Reviews and documents products or services using specific steps.
• Participates in selecting, evaluating, and certifying a specific vendor/supplier and product/service.
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