Supply Chain Engineer

Job Title: Supply Chain Engineer

Job Description

This is a shop floor hands-on position based on interactions with assemblers and performing activities within a factory. Some tasks assigned will seem remedial (labeling racks, auditing ILC, deploying 5s materials) but are crucial to the initiatives we are pursuing. Typical task breakdown:

Responsible for performing work to achieve corporate supply chain performance targets focused on inventory reduction, increased inventory turns, and improved order-to-delivery results.

Key team member deploying the Supply Chain Planning Process, developing the Plan for Every Part, and Pull Replenishment methods for a facility.

Work effectively with diverse, multi-functional teams to apply the supply chain planning process and lead efforts to develop lean material flow plans, including changes to factory floor layout and material presentation at the point of use.

Gather and analyze data on facility demand and demand variability for each part required for production based on daily demand buckets for 120 workdays. Analyze supplier shipping performance and variability % for each part number (both Time and Qty). Develop material flow plans for all material coming into a facility for production.

Review, analyze, and clean data prior to migration into the Web Tool. Lead the work of Supply Chain Planning Analysts in documenting this data into the Plan for Every Part web tool.

Create and maintain a site level Flow Map for parts used in production. Enable/coach facility employees to utilize templates to load and maintain data in the Web Tool, and provide reports and information to facility resources.

Perform physical, tactical work across multiple functions to implement the supply chain planning process and develop a Plan for Every Part for every value stream in a facility. Direct the work of Supply Chain Planning Analysts. Work among production employees with little to no disruption to their workload, and lead others to deploy processes in the plant.

Perform physical, tactical work across multiple functions to make improvements required to attain MQ or other like Certification for a Value Stream. Work to reduce/eliminate supply chain constraints inside a value stream, working with a cross-functional team of personnel.

Hard Skills

Supply Chain Planning Process

Data Analysis

Lean Material Flow Plans

Web Tool Documentation

Physical and Tactical Work

Soft Skills

Team Collaboration

Leadership

Coaching

Effective Communication

Job Type

This is a long term contract position.

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in Decatur, Illinois.

Work Environment

100% onsite

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