Senior Manager, Supply Chain

20600 Emerald Parkway, Cleveland, Ohio 44135 United States of America Why Oatey?

Since 1916, Oatey has provided reliable, high-quality products for the residential and commercial plumbing industries, with a commitment to delivering quality, building trust and improving lives. Today, Oatey operates a comprehensive manufacturing and distribution network comprised of industry leading family of companies:
Oatey, Cherne, Keeney, Quick Drain, Hercules, Dearborn, Oatey Canada, William H. Harvey, Masters, Contact, Belanger, Lansas, and Durgo.

At Oatey, we're doing big things — and by joining us, you'll have the chance to do big things too. You can build a strong career in an innovative, inclusive, high-performance environment, with the confidence that your company cares — about you, our customers and our world. Ready to make an impact in a place where you matter?
- Position Summary:

The Senior Manager, Supply Chain’s primary responsibility is to maximize fill rate while planning and managing inventory to optimize time supply. This position will drive and be responsible for achieving customer metrics, minimizing distribution costs, and ensuring continuous supply. This role will interface with Sourcing, Customer Service, Finance, Logistics and Distribution to develop distribution plans, inventory strategies and tactics, and metrics to manage finished goods and service customers.

Position Responsibilities:

Lead, coach, develop, and support team members to ensure goals and objectives are met, supporting the individual growth of each associate.

Provide leadership to key Supply Chain continuous improvement programs and projects to drive material flow. Document Standard Operating Procedures within Supply Chain Planning. Act as a Lean/Six Sigma advocate with the purpose of driving cost out of the Supply Chain.

Lead in partnership with supply planning & purchasing new standard process creation for daily planning and purchasing activities, along with the product change request process.

Work with Demand Planning, Purchasing, and Distribution Schedulers to synchronize throughput from finished goods and raw material suppliers through final distribution. Help manage backorder fulfillment, outage situations, promotional programs and product launches. Streamline these activities with open communication, process and coordination of activities.

Create roles and responsibilities in partnership with distribution leadership & Senior Manager, Supply Planning on new intercompany transfer processes.

Work in conjunction with the Senior Manager, Demand Planning to understand customer requirements and work towards balanced inventory planning.

Analyze imported product distribution flow and update hub and spoke process as needed to minimize distribution and handling costs.

Develop processes and reporting related to date delivery accuracy to ensure purchase order and inventory accuracy.

Work in conjunction with the sourcing team to create and develop existing strategic relationships with key suppliers to optimize supply chain performance.

Drive creation of metrics & health checks to ensure continuous flow of bought finished goods and imported raw materials at lowest possible cost.

Responsible for order placement timing, supply/demand alignment, raw material replenishment and monitoring/improving supplier performance.

Other duties as assigned

Knowledge and

Experience:

Eight (8) to twelve (12) years of corporate Supply Chain experience.

Two (2) to four (4) years of successful managerial experience with increasing levels of responsibility within the Supply Chain preferred.

Association for Supply Chain Management (APICS)/Supply Chain certifications preferred, Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) or Certified Supply Chain…