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Job Description
Direct or coordinate production, purchasing, warehousing, distribution, or financial forecasting services or activities to limit costs and improve accuracy, customer service, or safety. Examine existing procedures or opportunities for streamlining activities to meet product distribution needs. Direct the movement, storage, or processing of inventory.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 11-9199.04
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Supply Chain Managers”.
Also Known As…
- Supply Chain Managers
- Supply Chain Vice President
- Supply Chain Manager
- Supply Chain Director
- Global Supply Chain Director
- Supply Planner
- Supply Chain Systems Manager
- Supply Chain Program Manager
- Supply Chain Procurement Manager
- Supply Chain Development Manager
- Supply Chain Design Manager
- Materials Planner
Tasks for “Supply Chain Generalist”
- Assess appropriate material handling equipment needs and staffing levels to load, unload, move, or store materials.
- Design, implement, or oversee product take back or reverse logistics programs to ensure products are recycled, reused, or responsibly disposed.
- Develop or implement procedures or systems to evaluate or select suppliers.
- Appraise vendor manufacturing ability through on-site visits and measurements.
- Document physical supply chain processes, such as workflows, cycle times, position responsibilities, or system flows.
- Confer with supply chain planners to forecast demand or create supply plans that ensure availability of materials or products.
- Negotiate prices and terms with suppliers, vendors, or freight forwarders.
- Analyze information about supplier performance or procurement program success.
- Identify opportunities to reuse or recycle materials to minimize consumption of new materials, minimize waste, or to convert wastes to by-products.
- Design or implement supply chains that support business strategies adapted to changing market conditions, new business opportunities, or cost reduction strategies.
- Analyze inventories to determine how to increase inventory turns, reduce waste, or optimize customer service.
- Locate or select biodegradable, non-toxic, or other environmentally friendly raw materials for manufacturing processes.
- Design or implement plant warehousing strategies for production materials or finished products.
- Evaluate and select information or other technology solutions to improve tracking and reporting of materials or products distribution, storage, or inventory.
- Develop material costs forecasts or standard cost lists.
- Conduct or oversee the conduct of life cycle analyses to determine the environmental impacts of products, processes, or systems.
- Design or implement supply chains that support environmental policies.
- Develop procedures for coordination of supply chain management with other functional areas, such as sales, marketing, finance, production, or quality assurance.
- Investigate or review the carbon footprints and environmental performance records of current or potential storage and distribution service providers.
- Monitor supplier performance to assess ability to meet quality and delivery requirements.
- Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirements planning, inventory control, warehousing, or receiving.
- Review or update supply chain practices in accordance with new or changing environmental policies, standards, regulations, or laws.
- Meet with suppliers to discuss performance metrics, to provide performance feedback, or to discuss production forecasts or changes.
- Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality.
- Select transportation routes to maximize economy by combining shipments or consolidating warehousing and distribution.
- Diagram supply chain models to help facilitate discussions with customers.
- Collaborate with other departments, such as procurement, engineering, and quality assurance, to identify or qualify new suppliers.
- Implement new or improved supply chain processes.
- Monitor forecasts and quotas to identify changes or to determine their effect on supply chain activities.
- Participate in the coordination of engineering changes, product line extensions, or new product launches to ensure orderly and timely transitions in material or production flow.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- Laptop computers
- Radio frequency identification RFID scanners
- Laser facsimile machines
- Structured query language SQL
- Microsoft Visio
- IBS Supply Chain Management
- Microsoft Office
- Epicor SRM
- Manhattan Supply Chain Process Platform
- SAP
- Microsoft Excel
- Warehouse management system WMS
- Manhattan Scale
- Microsoft Access
- Red Prarie Warehouse Management
- Minitab
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Oracle e-Business Suite Supply Chain Management
- IBM ILOG Inventory Analyst
- i2 Supply Chain Visibility
- Infor SCM
- Oracle Inventory
- Microsoft Word
- SAP SCM
- Purchasing software
- Swisslog WarehouseManager
- IBM ILOG LogicNet Plus XE
- Lawson S3 Supply Chain Management
- Oracle PeopleSoft
- Adexa Supply Chain Planning
- Simulation and modeling software
- Oracle Hyperion
- SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
- i2 Collaborative Supply Execution
- QAD MFG Pro
- JDA Master Planning
- MEDITECH software
- Epicor WMS
- Microsoft Project
- Graphics software
- Master scheduling software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- i2 Intelligence
- HighJump Warehouse Advantage
- HighJump Software Supply Chain Advantage
- SAP APO
- Dex Warehouse
- CDC Supply Chain
- Microsoft Dynamics AX
- Microsoft Outlook
- IFS Applications for Supply Chain Management
- IBS MRP
- Infor Lawson Supply Chain Management
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