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Are you looking for a well established cutting-edge ISO 9001 & AS 9100 certified leading manufacturer where you’ll be responsible for direction, strategy, planning and execution for all company supply chain operations in line with the strategy established at corporate level? THEN READ ON! In this role you will be responsible for overseeing the entire supply chain, from raw material procurement to finished goods delivery, ensuring efficient operations, and achieving organizational goals. This role involves strategic planning, vendor management, and logistics coordination, requiring strong leadership and analytical skills..

Immediate opening for a Corporate Director Supply Chain in Orange County, CA or Chicago, IL who possesses:

• Bachelor's degree: in logistics, business administration, or a related field is typically required, with a master's degree (like an MBA) often preferred -10+ years experience
• Extensive experience: in supply chain management, including purchasing, logistics, and inventory management.
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strategic thinking and innovation skills
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems required
• Demonstrated knowledge of market trends; ability to use market data to define organizational direction; ability to anticipate and respond to market challenges
• Proven ability to manage the process of product supply and source of risk in end-to-end supply chain
• Proven expertise in setting team expectations and clarifying roles and responsibilities in rapidly changing environments
• Successful collaboration in a leadership capacity with cross-functional global teams
• Cross-Cultural Resourcefulness-Ability and Agility to work in a complex matrix environment while respecting cultural differences
• Knowledge and experience in Lean Six Sigma concepts, ideally green or black belt certification

Key Responsibilities include:

• End-to-End Modeling: Determine the optimal long-term strategy, companies must adopt an end-to-end approach to supply chain modeling. This involves considering all aspects of the supply chain, from supplier contracts to production to distribution, and how they interact.

• Flow Path Optimization: analyzes all possible product flow options within a single model, considering suppliers, inventories, DCs, and more, to find the optimal flow to meet an objective function

• Product/Customer Mix: Understanding which products and customers contribute most to profitability is crucial. This requires analyzing the true average profit margins and, more importantly, the marginal profitability of each product and customer segment.

• Financial Modeling and Reporting: Rolls up plans into financial statements to constrain or bias the solution towards line items or ratios; manages and optimizes the financial aspects of the supply chain (capital required to support growth, portfolio optimization, costing model, sustainability accounting, capacity planning) to achieve corporate goals

• Moving Beyond Standard Costing: Standard costing has been the go-to method for decades, but it’s increasingly seen as inadequate for today’s complex supply chains.

• Supplier Contracts Optimization: Optimize strategies by incorporating features such as contracts, MTOPs (Maximum Takeoff Performance), volume discounts, and ratio constraints. Manages purchasing contracts and inventory aging and facilitates product returns and re-use to optimize resource utilization.
• Strategic Planning: Develop and implement long-term supply chain strategies aligned with business goals.
• Vendor Management: Negotiate contracts, build relationships, and evaluate vendor performance.
• Procurement and Logistics: Oversee purchasing, transportation, warehousing, and distribution.
• Inventory Management: Optimize inventory levels to balance cost and availability.
• Demand and Supply Planning: Improve forecasting and collaboration to ensure accurate production and delivery.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate potential disruptions in the supply chain.
• Performance Measurement: Track key performance indicators (KPIs) and implement process improvements.
• Team Leadership: Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing supply chain team.
  

For immediate consideration, please send your resume to info@venturehiregroup.com!

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