Supply Chain Associate

Supply Chain Specialist (Temp-To-Perm)

Location: Dracut, MA

Hours: (M - F) 7:30 - 4PM

Note: It’s important that candidates have some experience in a manufacturing planning and buying department.

Title: Supply Chain Specialist

Reports to: General Manager

Employees will execute their job duties in accordance with Dakota safety regulations, company policies, and ISO 9001 procedures.

Essential Job Duties:

Materials:

· Coordinate daily cycle count activities with materials group

Purchasing:

• Action purchase order acknowledgments
• Interface with vendors
• Process order confirmations for Purchasing group
• Send open order reports to vendors weekly to acknowledge dates will be met for upcoming deliveries
• Work with receiving to review any problem orders and action as necessary
• Expedite parts shortages and past due parts and initiate corrective action to remedy shortage problems while maintaining expedite log

· Strong understanding of contract manufacturing processes and dynamics, ensuring effective collaboration and negotiation for optimal sourcing outcomes

Planning:

• Plan work orders to go to shop floor by using Visual and forecasts that come from customers
• Review Visual Reports to adjust schedules due to labor constraints
• Work with Inside Sales, Engineering and Production on projects to ensure adherence to agreed upon production schedule
• Review customer forecasts to plan materials and capacity accordingly
• Run shortage report as needed

· Process customer expedite requests and maintain logs by working with Purchasing and Production to determine best delivery date based on parts and labor