Supply Chain Manager

EFP, LLC, headquartered in Elkhart, Indiana, is a successful and growing company, with six locations across the United States. The Supply Chain Manager opportunity is located onsite at the company's corporate office in Elkhart, Indiana, and reports to the company's Vice President of Operations.

Position Summary

The Supply Chain Manager plans, implements, and monitors the company’s overall supply chain strategy to maximize efficiency and productivity. This key corporate role is responsible for scheduling, forecasting, materials planning, logistics, and procurement of inventory to maintain budgeted inventory turns and fill rates.

Duties & Essential Job Functions

• Plans and implements the overall supply chain strategy, optimizing inventory and supply chain activities and documentation for productivity
• Manages scheduling, forecasting, materials planning, logistics, and procurement of inventory
• Designs, implements, and refines production system from materials to product shipment
• Maintains inventory sufficient to meet customer delivery requirements while meeting budgeted inventory turn metrics
• Collaborates with Sales, Operations, and Customer Service teams
• Determines key supply chain KPIs
• Identifies process bottlenecks and implements solutions in a timely manner
• Implements process improvements
• Works with finance, sales, and manufacturing team to determine best vendors and distributors
• Builds and maintains collaborative relationships with vendors
• Visits suppliers and prospective suppliers and participates in supplier audits as needed
• Trains and mentors others, growing supply chain knowledge across the organization
• Communicates effectively with team members at all levels and provides constructive feedback
• Creates and maintains comprehensive project documentation, reports to management as needed
• Travels by car and air in the performance of essential job functions
• Maintains compliance with federal and state regulations in all areas of assigned responsibility
• Performs work with a focus on personal safety, while maintaining and enhancing an environment of safety for others.
  
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business, engineering, or comparable discipline and 5 years of previous supply chain management experience in a manufacturing setting or equivalent in combination of education and experience
• Experience with ERP programs
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project
• Working knowledge of CAD based software is preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including effective presentation skills
• Effective organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to lead, train and mentor others
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Position requires frequent travel by car and air, up to 20%, for effective performance of duties
• APICS certification is preferred
  
  
  

Company Overview

Founded in Elkhart, Indiana in 1954, EFP is strategically located to serve the central United States with two of the largest EPS molding plants in the United States. Headquartered in Elkhart, IN, the company also has locations in Evansville, IN, Decatur, AL, Nashville, TN, Bishopville, SC, and Casa Grande, AZ. EFP designs, molds, fabricates, provides fulfillment services, kitting, assembly, custom systems, and inventory management.

For more than 30 years, EFP, LLC has been owned by J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc., a privately held, diversified manufacturing company with operating subsidiaries throughout North America. In addition to engineered foam packaging, these companies produce commercial van bodies, step vans, funeral coaches, limousines, pick-up truck bed enclosures, and tonneau covers, and precision machined components. The size and strength of the Poindexter companies provide EFP with resources to stay on the leading edge in today’s marketplace. Because of this, EFP can provide our customers with groundbreaking packaging and component solutions.

For more information about our company, access EFP's web site at www.efppackaging.com.

EFP offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits. EFP’s benefits package includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD, FSA, HSA, Employee Assistance Program, Backup Child and Adult Care Program, and 401(k) Plan with company contributions.

EFP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.