Supply Chain Engineer

Job Title:

Supply Chain Engineer

Job Description

The Supply Chain Engineer is responsible for achieving facility supply chain performance targets, including inventory reduction, increased inventory turns, and improved order-to-delivery results. This role leads the development and implementation of the Plan for Every Part, pull material replenishment, and lean material flow plans to improve throughput efficiency in a manufacturing environment. The engineer works closely with cross-functional teams to design and deploy lean systems, optimize material presentation to production lines, and remove supply chain constraints across value streams.

Responsibilities

* Achieve corporate supply chain performance targets focused on inventory reduction, increased inventory turns, improved order-to-delivery time, and supply chain assessment results for the facility.

* Lead facility efforts to develop and implement the Plan for Every Part and pull replenishment methods, ensuring qualified parts meet annual corporate targets for pull and in-plan coverage.

* Define, present, and continuously improve methods of supplying parts and components to the production line, ensuring efficient and reliable material presentation at the point of use.

* Deploy the Supply Chain Planning Process as a key team member, developing lean material flow plans for the facility, including potential changes to factory floor layout and material presentation.

* Gather and analyze data on facility demand and demand variability for each production part over daily demand buckets for 120 workdays.

* Collect and analyze data on supplier shipping performance and variability for each part number, including both time and quantity dimensions.

* Develop material flow plans for all material coming into the facility for production, ensuring alignment with lean principles and throughput efficiency goals.

* Review, analyze, and cleanse supply chain and material data prior to migrating it into the designated web tools and systems.

* Lead the work of Supply Chain Planning Analysts in documenting data into the Plan for Every Part web tool and ensuring data integrity.

* Create and maintain a site-level flow map for all parts used in production, ensuring it accurately reflects current material flows and value streams.

* Enable and coach facility employees to use standard templates and web tools to load, maintain, and update Plan for Every Part data.

* Provide reports, insights, and information from supply chain planning tools to facility stakeholders who rely on this data for decision-making.

* Perform physical, tactical work across multiple functions to implement the supply chain planning process and establish a Plan for Every Part for every value stream in the facility.

* Direct and guide Supply Chain Planning Analysts and other team members during deployment of supply chain processes and material flow improvements.

* Work on the production floor among production employees with minimal disruption to their workload while leading process deployment and improvement activities.

* Execute physical, tactical initiatives across multiple functions to achieve MQ or similar certifications for value streams.

* Identify, reduce, and eliminate supply chain constraints within value streams by collaborating with cross-functional teams.

* Apply complex lean concepts, tools, and CPS supply chain principles to design and deploy pull replenishment systems, material flow improvements, and throughput efficiency enhancements.

* Use 6 Sigma project management principles to structure, manage, and sustain supply chain improvement projects.

* Collaborate daily with diverse, multi-functional teams, leveraging strong interpersonal and negotiation skills to drive common supply chain processes across departments.

Essential Skills

* Proven ability to achieve corporate supply chain performance targets, including improvements in order-to-delivery time, inventory levels, inventory turns, MQ certification requirements, and supply chain assessments at a facility level.

* Experience and knowledge of complex lean concepts and tools, particularly in manufacturing and supply chain environments.

* Experience and knowledge of CPS supply chain principles, especially those applied to pull replenishment using material replenishment tools and processes, supply chain planning analytical tools, material flow, and throughput efficiency.

* Strong understanding of common supply chain systems and their application in a manufacturing setting.

* Knowledge of and/or experience deploying 6 Sigma project management principles in supply chain or operations projects.

* Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to effectively lead supply chain improvements, optimize the use of available resources, and fulfill responsibilities for leading people.

* Strong collaborative, interpersonal, and negotiation skills to drive common supply chain processes across multiple departments within a business division.

* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with…