Job Information
Dart Container Corporation of Mississippi LLC Supply Chain Manager I in Quitman, Mississippi
This is a job for a Supply Chain Manager I position with the company located in Quitman, MS area.
Job Summary:
Manage the entire supply chain including truck fleet, production, and materials planning, purchasing, warehouse and distribution operation in a facility with less than 600 employees with a focus on meeting Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) for safety, quality, production, maintenance, efficiency, and service.
Responsibilities:
Foster a culture that embraces safety as the number one overriding priority. Promote and comply with all safety policies, practices, and procedures. Identify opportunities for improvement in safety performance. Comply with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). Motivate staff using innovative management techniques to ensure that all departments meet or exceed safety, cost, quality, service, and efficiency metrics. Establish an environment that encourages employee engagement, participation, and teamwork within and between all departments. Recommend, develop, and implement new and improved operations and processes, all with a committed focus on safety, quality, service and cost. Plan, direct, and coordinate the transportation operations within the facility to provide transportation services. Manage the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule. Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirements planning, controlling inventory, warehousing, or receiving. Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality. Lead continuous improvement and lean manufacturing initiatives. Identify and recommend short- and long-term business strategies. Monitor KPI's anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of targets. Understand, support, and follow management expectations in alignment with company values.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field with five (5) years of distribution/shipping operations management or leadership assignments demonstrating a progression of increased scope and responsibility. Five 5 years' supervisory experience required with strong leadership and management skills in a high-volume warehouse and/or distribution center. Advanced knowledge of business and management principles involved in planning, resource allocation, cost analysis and budgeting, people management, and leadership guidance. Displays strong interpersonal skills and is accessible and approachable. Excellent verbal and written communication skills necessary to persuade and influence decision making of individuals, groups, or work teams. Ability to utilize business sense and creativity to develop new ideas, approaches, and solutions. Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. Advanced knowledge of Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). Experience using Microsoft Office, including the ability to create basic reports, documents, presentations and spreadsheets in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint. Organizational skills including the ability to prioritize workload to meet deadline. Demonstrated project management experience.
Equal Opportunity Employer -- minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.