Director Supply Chain Management

Manager, Supply Chain - Memphis, TN

The position will lead a team of Supply Chain Analysts, Demand Planners and Buyers, responsible for forecasting, buying and tracking all finished goods (~10000 SKUs) from domestic and international suppliers. Managing finished goods inventory levels across multiple sites, including international locations; will lead Buying teams efforts with 50+ approved factories across 7+ countries.

Qualification Requirements

• 10 or more years’ experience in various management/leadership roles in purchasing/supply chain environments.
• Project Management experience; Strong negotiation skills; Coaching/mentoring management regarding strategic initiatives, employee management, counseling employees, motivating and training.
• Deep knowledge of forecasting usage of both independent and dependent demand, configuring systems to make this easy, and an understanding of MRP from a buying perspective.
• (Preferred) Industry certification through APICS, IBF, or similar; Experience being part of a system implementation team; SQL or MS Access capability.

Perks

• Highly visible role will build efficient and cost-effective global distribution strategies.
• Frequent interaction with senior executive management, including Supply Chain, Purchasing and Product Development teams.
• New technologies being implemented at company to streamline efficiencies.
• Role is capable of making dynamic contributions to company's bottom line, successful performance will be generously rewarded.