Supply Chain Manager

Why Join Pregis?

Pregis is in the packaging business to protect what matters. We are committed to providing our customers and employees sustainable growth through purpose-driven innovation and customer-centric packaging solutions. If you are looking for a company that is thriving across various high-growth industries and is innovative, customer-focused, high-integrity, and believes in strong teamwork and collaboration, Pregis is the company for you. Sustainability and social responsibility are at the very core of our company DNA.

Responsibilities

• Safety: Keep safety in the forefront of the team's thinking and approach to work.
• Planning:
  • Oversee production planning and scheduling programs to meet sales forecasts, balancing manpower and equipment availability while minimizing excess material carrying and overhead costs.
  • Ensure optimal inventory levels are maintained to achieve on-time deliveries and meet customer requirements while minimizing carrying and transportation costs.
  • Manage site lead times to accurately communicate product availability.
  • Manage the establishment, maintenance, and compliance of inventory stocking agreements.
  • Represent the site as the face of Pregis to key customer account relationships.
  • React to business conditions ensuring appropriate production volumes and inventories to enable business unit cost and service goals to be met.
• Purchasing:
  • Work with Corporate procurement to ensure that vendor supply is reliable to enable production needed to fulfill customer needs.
  • Manage the planning team to ensure requisitions and purchase orders are placed timely and appropriately to enable production while controlling spending constraints.
• Inventory Control:
  • Manage cycle count program and physical inventory events.
  • Analyze root cause of count variances and develop and implement corrective actions.
  • Manage and resolve slow-moving/inactive inventory and develop plans to avoid write-offs.
• Warehousing – Shipping/Receiving:
  • Ensure 5S program is implemented and maintained within warehouse and shipping areas.
  • Develop/manage/monitor labor utilization plans to optimize costs and take quick corrective actions in response to variances in labor and OT expenses.
  • Ensure all material and inventory tasks are completed physically and systematically in a timely and safe manner.
  • Evaluate and continually seek to improve warehouse space utilization.
• Transportation:
  • Manage carrier interaction and performance as it relates to inbound and outbound flows through the facility.
  • Partner with Corporate Logistics to monitor performance and take corrective measures related to carrier management.
• Administration:
  • Leverage DayForce (HRIS) to manage and ensure employees are compliant with attendance, vacation, FMLA, vacation coverage, and labor time clocks; provide timely approvals.
  • Conduct periodic employee target and objective setting and performance evaluations with supervisors and team members.
  • Manage employee performance and discipline while managing company risk and liabilities.
• Other:
  • Act as the key point of contact for all strategic Supply Chain initiatives.
  • Understand site P&L and drivers for performance.
  • Set the tone for the department culture, with emphasis on Safety, Quality, Profitability, and People Development.
  • Attract, retain, and develop key talent within the site.

Requirements

• Previous supervisory/management experience required.
• Proven track record of project management skills.
• Strong knowledge of supply chain concepts/processes and ability to apply them.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret various reports and documents.
• Ability to present issues clearly and concisely; generate accurate analysis, with a good understanding of the cause and effect that will occur with each alternative solution both inside and outside the Supply Chain.
• Ability to lead cross-functional decision-making processes with all levels of employees.
• Intermediate level or better of Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, SharePoint, and MS Teams) expected.
• Strong SAP system experience and usage to drive results.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid and concise conclusions and/or recommendations.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Supply Chain Management, required.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in Materials Management/Supply Chain, with 5 years in a management role.