Director Supply Chain

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KPS Global (KPSG) is the North American industry leader in the manufacture, production, and installation of Walk-in Coolers and Freezers. KPSG’s end-product serves many channels within the retail food market as well as industrial applications. KPSG is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas with most support activities centralized in the Fort Worth facility. KPSG maintains product manufacturing in five locations: San Dimas, CA; Fort Worth, TX; Piney Flats, TN; Conyers, GA and Goodyear, AZ.

This position is responsible for planning, organizing, and coordinating all Purchasing activities in support of the department and company's objectives. Manage supplier accounts and communicate pricing, quality, and service concerns. Participate in the development/implementation projects, task forces, or team meetings as the leader of the Supply Chain department. Organize and execute plans for obtaining the necessary materials to support production schedules and customer demand. Implement Phase In & Out to support product additions, deletions, or Engineering Change Orders (ECOs). While there is a team to support this role, a successful leader will need to be able to, and willing to, learn the systems/data in order to develop solutions. This position will perform various assigned tasks.

Required Skills

• Purchase of detail parts, finished goods, and expensed items required to support manufacturing and sales.
• Stay up to date with business situations and economic conditions to make informed decisions and adequately address changing material requirements.
• Organize supplier meetings and visits when necessary, and will work closely with Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Assurance, Marketing, Production Control, Sales, Customer Service, and Cost Accounting daily.
• Plans, organizes, directs, and controls activities related to the purchasing function.
• Supervise daily operations such as buying, quoting, and planning of materials.
• Manages supplier accounts and communicates price, quality, and service issues.
• Oversee supply chain project management, and monitor on-time status, accuracy of work, and proper adherence to procedures.
• Responsible for the hiring and development of purchasing personnel.
• Provides guidance to employees relative to their dealings with suppliers and/or personnel from other departments within the company.
• Ensure system parameters, including vendor profile, item setup, safety stock, order points, lead-time, Bills of Material
• Participates in multi-functional team meetings, task forces, and projects as a representative of the Supply Chain department, and complete action items within prescribed time frames and funding parameters to ensure the success of the project and team goals.
• Visits suppliers in North America (Canada, U.S., and Mexico) to build relationships, become familiar with different manufacturing processes, review operations, expedite items, troubleshoot, and help evaluate overall capabilities.
• Manage the supplier base. Locate and qualify new suppliers. Consolidate supplier base where needed.
• Work with suppliers to implement Total Quality Management processes to improve their manufacturing capability and product consistency, improving cost effectiveness, resulting in cost reduction or increase avoidance.
• Evaluates supplier performance, charts monthly performance results, and provides feedback for improvement. Advises the COO/CFO of any serious concerns.
• Professionally resolve problems (both external and internal) in a fair and ethical manner while protecting the long-term interest of the company
  
  

Required Experience

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.), MBA or Master's in Supply Chain preferred.
• 5-7 years of sourcing and supply chain management experience in a manufacturing environment
• APICS, CPIM certification preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills required to effectively interface at all levels in the organization.
• Tact and a high degree of judgment are required to discharge duties within and outside the company.
• The ideal candidate should have a proven record of management ability, leadership skills, organization and planning skills, purchasing, contract negotiations, project management skills, decision making, problem solving/analysis, and successful negotiating experience.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and bill of materials.
• Knowledgeable in Total Quality Management practices, manufacturing safety practices and relevant software/ERP applications.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products including Excel/Word/Power Point/Outlook
  
  

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