NFI Industries - Holiday Island, AR

posted 5 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Holiday Island, AR
5,001-10,000 employees
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Supply Chain Engineering Manager will play a pivotal role in managing the development of innovative solutions aimed at addressing complex supply chain challenges. This position is responsible for overseeing a team of engineers, ensuring that they are effectively guided and supported in their projects. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain regular and proactive communication with both customers and NFI management, fostering a collaborative environment that encourages teamwork and technical excellence. The role requires a blend of strong technical skills, leadership experience, and exceptional interpersonal abilities to drive successful outcomes in supply chain operations. In this position, the manager will independently identify process gaps within the supply chain and recommend actionable improvements. Utilizing established supply chain methodologies and tools, the manager will design efficient distribution and transportation operations. Establishing and implementing performance measures will be a key responsibility, ensuring that the operations meet the desired standards of efficiency and effectiveness. The manager will also actively support the sales process by creating high-quality solutions and designs that align with customer needs. The role involves providing proposal and presentation support, making strategic recommendations regarding inventory and supply chain operations, and effectively interacting with customers, sales teams, and operations to create compelling value propositions. Collaboration with Engineering and Operations Managers will be essential to implement competitive solutions that enhance overall supply chain performance. The manager will oversee multiple complex supply chain projects, ensuring resource planning aligns with priorities and demand signals, while also supervising the development and performance management of the engineering team.

Responsibilities

  • Independently identifies process gaps and recommends and implements process improvement
  • Applies supply chain methodologies and tools to design distribution and/or transportation operations
  • Establishes and implements performance measures
  • Actively supports the sales process and creates high quality solutions and designs
  • Provides proposal and presentation support and development
  • Makes Inventory and/or Supply Chain strategy recommendations
  • Effectively interacts with customers, Sales, and Operations to create value propositions
  • Confers with Engineering and Operations Managers to implement efficient and competitive solutions
  • Manages multiple and complex Supply Chain projects
  • Provides resource planning based on priorities and demand signals
  • Supervises a team of engineers (hire, promote, coach, development and performance management)

Requirements

  • Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Math, Statistics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Economics, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or other quantitative field of study
  • Minimum 8-10 years of experience in transportation management, dedicated fleet operations, distribution center management, materials handling, decision support systems and technology
  • Master Degree preferred
  • Strong knowledge of transportation operations
  • Strong knowledge of warehousing operations
  • Data management and manipulation skills
  • Programming skills to manipulate large data-sets
  • Experience with routing and scheduling packages and transportation optimization software
  • AutoCAD and Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Inventory Analysis tools
  • Strong financial conceptual skills
  • Strong computer proficiency in MS Office applications
  • Demonstrated data manipulation skills with the ability to manage multiple projects at one time
  • Excellent communications skills
  • Experience preparing and presenting oral and written presentations to management and clients
  • Experience with supply chain technology
  • Well organized with high attention to detail and accuracy
  • Demonstrated ability to learn technical skills quickly
  • Understanding of optimization and/or simulation algorithms
  • Database skills, especially through SQL or Access
  • Knowledge in: VBA, Python, R, Matlab, Java, C++, or C# is a major plus

Nice-to-haves

  • Master Degree preferred
  • Knowledge in: VBA, Python, R, Matlab, Java, C++, or C# is a major plus
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