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Supply Chain Manager

Job in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, 62523, USA
Listing for: Vesuvius North America
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-02-12
Job specializations:
  • Supply Chain/Logistics
    Supply Chain / Intl. Trade, Operations Manager
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 80000 - 100000 USD Yearly USD 80000.00 100000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Description

Vesuvius is seeking a dynamic Supply Chain Manager to lead the transformation of our Chicago Heights plant operations. This is a high impact role driving lean excellence, automation, and material flow optimization from raw materials through finished goods.

What You’ll Do
  • Define and execute raw material strategy to minimize inventory while ensuring rapid customer responsiveness.
  • Challenge and redesign intralogistics processes to eliminate inefficiencies and strengthen plant agility.
  • Transition all inventory from floor stored pallets to rack systems, leveraging WMS, Excel, JDE, SAP, and automated warehouse technologies (EGVs or equivalent).
  • Lead and inspire a team of Schedulers, Material Planners, and Shipping & Receiving professionals.
  • Partner with Procurement and global supply chain teams to optimize working capital and inventory management.
  • Facilitate lean workshops and embed a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Run ABC analysis in the warehouse to optimize stock positioning, doing spaghetti analysis to minimize the flow of materials, manning, and forklifts.
  • Apply Kanban models if necessary and check opportunities to create milk run either internally and/or externally with suppliers in collaboration with procurement.
What We’re Looking For
  • Proven supply chain leadership in manufacturing environments.
  • Strong lean expertise with a track record of measurable improvements.
  • Hands‑on experience with WMS, rack storage, and automated warehouse systems.
  • Proficiency in Excel, JDE, and SAP.
  • Ability to challenge the status quo and deliver breakthrough results.
  • Soft skills:

    strong communication, collaboration, influencing, adaptability, and team leadership.
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