Carolina Ingredients Looking for Purchasing/Procurement/Inventory Manager – Food Manuf. in Rock Hill SC Full Time

Carolina Ingredients, located in Rock Hill, SC, is a purveyor of the world’s finest food ingredients. Carolina Ingredients takes pride in every aspect of their business, from their top quality commercial food ingredients and superior seasoning blends to their outstanding customer service.

Carolina Ingredients is currently looking for a Purchasing/Procurement/Inventory Supply Chain Manager who is passionate about creating value, building partnerships, finding innovative solutions and who has a “get it done right” attitude.

Job Summary:·

• Oversee the entire Supply Chain from Warehousing through Operations and enforce company and customer policies.
• Manage the staff and coordinate time off to have appropriate backups on hand.·
• Prepare and train staff on new developments, projects and customers.
• Responsibilities include management of materials, including demand, releases, and receipts using Microsoft Dynamics GP, supplier performance and supply management for assigned suppliers, products and facilities, manage material inventory plans for assigned items, align and coordinate efforts with operations and production planning to ensure timely receipt of all materials, develop unique inventory plans by category and customer, ensure realization of department goals and objectives, execute and maintain functional best practices, negotiates pricing for CII spend, and manages supplier selection and supplier performance for CII.

Key Responsibilities:

• Utilizes Microsoft GP reports and data for efficient execution of functional responsibilities and objectives.
• Identifies and executes cost reductions.
• Product Sourcing
• Supplier evaluation and development.
• Eliminates line downtime due to material availability issues.
• Identifies the “right size” for all assigned material inventories.
• Assists with the development and implementation of policies and procedures.
• Manages purchase orders.
• Coordinates efficient receipt and movement of materials with third party warehouse, as needed.
• Work with internal and external freight resources to ensure timely deliveries of inbound materials at competitive rates.
• Assists in the identification and implementation of functional goals and objectives.
• Identifies and drives best practices within total supply chain, including the development of supplier and supply related metrics.
• Coordinates supplier management programs with cross functional CII resources.
• Tracks, reports and processes quality performance issues for suppliers, works to eliminate supplier related quality issues for all materials.
• Maintain broad knowledge of customer products, promotions, or services Introduce new customers or carriers to the entire customer service staff and their expectations.
• Recommends potential issues to management by collecting customer information and analyzing customer needs.
• Schedule conference calls with customers or carriers to develop working relationships..
• Facilitate training on new developments with Microsoft GP and Panatrack.
• Alerts management or operations of any special loading instructions/ requirements based on customer expectations or requests.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 3-5 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience in a supply chain role.
• Experience with standard windows software
• Experience with either Microsoft GP, SAP, or Oracle based ERP system

Additional Qualifications:

• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Solid communication including interpersonal skills in dealing with both internal and external clients in a highly professional manner
• Nurture collaborative relationships.
• Lead “best in class” behaviors with focus on safety, quality, and policy focus.