Senior Supply Chain Supervisor

Job Description

About the Team: The Senior Supply Chain Supervisor – Logistics is responsible for leading the development and execution of material planning, customer logistics planning, and production scheduling activities through complex demand forecasting, high-level process improvements and project management methods in order to support and fulfill the requirements of internal and external customers.

What you can look forward to as a Senior Supply Chain Supervisor: 

• Lead the execution of activities related to material planning, production scheduling, and inside sales; ensure that these functions are completed on-time and satisfy the customer demand requirements, while optimizing production output and Overall Equipment Effectiveness.
• Provides tactical planning support to production leadership. Develops and maintains a production schedule for the shop to adhere to and acts as shop floor back up as directed.
• Understand production forecasts, identify areas of opportunity in the planning process, and create production reports to ensure schedules are executed properly; complete complex demand forecasting for material plans based upon production/customer demand forecasts and overall operational capacity.
• Schedule production and production personnel according to manufacturing priorities and to resolve issues surrounding capacity constraints or components as needed; support supervisor functions as needed from a scheduling or planning-related capacity.
• Serve as the escalation point for production supervisors when issues regarding material availability and/or production scheduling arise; notify senior management of expedite needs regarding shipments.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor SAP parameters required for material planning and inventory control; review and monitor stock levels, customer orders, purchase order dates, production control performance metrics, relevant KPIs, vendor performance, and implement measures for improvement as needed.
• Communicate with vendors for material orders and to resolve obstacles that impede production; communicate with purchasing regarding material supply issues.

Your profile as a Senior Supply Chain Supervisor:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain Management, or related field and 8+ years of professional experience (including internship/co-op experience) working in logistics and/or related supply chain management position.
• Strong knowledge of plant logistics procedures/processes.
• Expert-level knowledge of Microsoft Office tools – particularly Power BI and Excel.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills with a high attention to detail.
• Proven ability to analyze and interpret data and supply chain-related processes.
• Proven ability to lead and direct the work of others in a fast paced, high-volume environment.
• Proven ability to interface with cross-functional teams and all levels of personnel and management.
• Solid organization and time/project management skills.

Why you should choose ZF in Gainesville, GA:

• Annual Incentive Plan
• Paid Time Off
• 401k Plan
• Health Care Benefits
• Paid Holidays
• A supportive, collaborative team environment
• A strong diversity culture
• Supportive Employee Groups and community outreach activities