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