Supply Chain Coordinator
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Our Company

Founded in 1964, Kari-Out Company prides itself on being built up from the ground floor with an entrepreneurial spirit towards the growing food service industry. After gaining a strong position in our condiment lines, the company has expanded to virtually all areas of the food service industry. Today, Kari-Out Company employs over 500 people and has locations throughout the country. It is a privately held business that has a unique culture of customer service and entrepreneurship. The company is recognized for their broad assortment of quality products and commitment to customer focused solutions and service.

SUMMARY:

The Supply Chain/Scheduling Rotational Program is an onsite entry level position designed to provide a unique experience across various business functions to develop future leaders of the organization. Team members will rotate through various functions within supply chain and production scheduling to fast track their professional development and create opportunities for long-term career advancement. Team Members will be supported by a single point of contact manager to lead and mentor you through this rotational role as you expand your knowledge on the company s supply chain. Team members will be responsible in learning and managing procurement, vendor relations, supply strategy and production scheduling in their rotational role.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Procurement

Manage the plant s raw material goods inventory ensuring transparency of spending

Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies

Balancing of order and deliveries of open purchase orders

Work with Accounts payable to balance payments of purchases order

Analyze and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure

Invent negotiation strategies and secure profitable deals

Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency

Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes

Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers

Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking

Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques

Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers

Determine quantity and timing of deliveries

Assisted raw material purchasing

Scheduling

• Works with supply chain manager and analyses demand forecast, current sales orders, and past orders to determine future customer requirements and ensure all materials, labor are in-house to meet the upcoming manufacturing schedule
• Works supply chain to ensure proper inventory of all production materials onsite when required.
• and publishes a weekly/daily production schedule for multiple manufacturing cells ensuring all materials and tooling are available to execute production plans per the schedule
• with customer service and transportation to ensure order fulfillment and tracks and trends customer shortages and adjust schedules to meet customer orders
• schedule adherence is followed by manufacturing team
• and analyzes reports as requested
• in daily physical inventory counts and inquires
• system and process problems related to scheduling and recommends corrective actions
• Other duties as assigned by management team

REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor s degree in supply chain, business, industrial engineering, or related field.

Strong Excel skills and familiar with balancing pivot tables, xlookup and complicated Excel functions.

Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement.

Strong project management and leadership skills

Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships.

Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data.

• Chain or general business internship or related experience.
• experience participating in a team environment.
• level of initiative for excellence, results, and process improvement
• interpersonal skills to work with individuals at all levels within the business
• business communication and job task organization/prioritization.