Description

Dometic Marine’s facility in Litchfield, IL is our main distribution center that manages the packaging and distribution of aftermarket marine and OPE industrial products.

Supply Chain Manager is responsible to manage all aspects of materials flow and to maintain control and accuracy over all inventory, including all procurement, material planning, and incoming logistics to ensure that customer orders are fulfilled on time. This role is also responsible to develop and manage all supplier relationships. Direct reports consists of five buyers, one material coordinator, and one sourcing specialist; Reports to General Manager; and position is onsite at our Litchfield, IL location.

Requirements

• Define and execute a world class Supply chain strategy to improve working capital and improve customer experience by improving customer order fill rates.
• Develop and implement a Sales and Operations Planning process
• Define and implement Supply Chain metrics
• Support the execution of procurement and sourcing activities for products, leveraging industry best practices, commodity experience, sourcing methodology and global partnerships.
• Take a proactive approach to resolve issues (i.e., material shortages, quality issues, etc.) with vendors and internal customers using organizational savvy and problem-solving skills
• Help implement plans to reduce dependency on single-source suppliers through contracts, dual sourcing or strategic partnerships
• Negotiate supply agreements with key suppliers using the Dometic Supply Agreement 
• Support supplier base reduction and simplification strategies
• Conduct Supplier Evaluations and work with suppliers to optimize performance based upon such evaluations
• Ensure purchases are made for reasonable and legitimate business purpose
• Manage purchase-to-receipt process of products for manufacturing and distribution center
• Follow process in RFP/RFQ preparation and implementation, contract negotiation and management
• Prepare forecasts to anticipate supply problems and take preventive actions
• Keep informed about new products, processes and recommend those that could be beneficial to company
• Support and maintain relationships with suppliers as needed to see that they are fulfilling their contractual obligations to the company
• Prepare key metric reports for department
• Resolve vendor or contractor issues and claims against suppliers
• Collaborate and proactively communicate supplier selection decisions impact on internal stakeholders
• Effectively communicate decision requirements and results to management and colleagues as appropriate

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s in business management, purchasing and/or supply chain management, or equivalent industry experience
• Experience in an MRP / ERP environment
• Experience in business modeling and analytics (Excel, Power BI, MS Access, other programming)
• Five plus years of Procurement/Sourcing experience in a manufacturing/distribution environment
• Experience in a global multinational corporate environment
• Professional certifications: CPM/CPSM, CPIM/CSCP, or equivalent preferred
• APICS or other professional certification is highly desired

Behavioral requirements:

• Identify tools, processes and metrics to optimize inventory and supplier value.
• Leads by example and motivates people so as to create a challenging, empowering, and collaborative working environment.
• Superior analytical problem-solving ability.
• Ability to contribute in a cross functional collaborative environment.
• Financial skills including cost modeling, cost analysis, make vs. buy analysis.
• Ability to leverage metrics and other tools to drive supplier performance.

Dometic overview:

Dometic Group operates in the retail industry and manages the manufacturing, sales, and service of products for the outdoor market. The product range is broad and includes portable coolers, grills, air conditioning systems, tents, batteries, and solar energy solutions for mobile, outdoor lifestyles. The business is a global company and customers include retailers of outdoor products as well as consumers and manufacturers of vehicles and boats. The Dometic Group was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Dometic is passionate about building together an inclusive and equitable working environment, that respects individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that diversity enables us to thrive across our differences. Be yourself and join us!

Dometic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Dometic evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.