Sr Supply Chain Specialist

Nature of Duties

• Position requires person to be a professional, self-motivated person with excellent negotiation skills, have excellent problem-solving skills in order to resolve a wide range of issues involving plant and/or supplier inquiries, complaints, or special requests.
• Use a variety of tools and systems, which include Oracle, Excel, ACES, WALT.
• Interfacing with the supply base, supply chain peers, and plant-level teams to develop strategies, best practices, and process standardization for key supply chain focus areas, to include continuity of supply and inventory management.
• Performing data analysis and interpretation to make recommendations and construct viable solutions to critical supply chain escalations which affect customer commitment and result in negative financial impact.
• Working with purchasing and program management to ensure continuity of material supply lines while coordinating inventory balances for plants and customers across the region.
• Preparing reports on areas of responsibility and ensuring proper tracking and adherence to supply chain guidelines throughout the region.
• Monitoring assigned company locations/plants on standard supply chain procedures, and expectations on all issues related to business operations maximization and assurance of supply.
• Professional communication and interaction with executive management internally and externally to resolve critical issues and accomplish desired results for Sanmina.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, or similar field with 3 years of Supply Chain-related experience, or 10 years of Supply Chain experience in lieu of degree.
• Excellent negotiating skills.
• Strong aptitude for numerical and other business analysis.
• Ability to independently manage assigned projects to completion.
• Proficiency in MS Office products, especially Excel.
• Experience with Oracle is highly desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal business communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Team player willing to work with all facets of the business community.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship due to ITAR compliance requirements.