Supply Chain Coordinator

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Job Description

The Supply Chain department is responsible for the procurement of all equipment & services subcontracting of3rd party designed equipment and site installation labor of material handling systems in USA Canada and responsibility of the Supply Chain Coordinator is to manage the supply chain process for their assignedprojects. He/she reports to the Team leader.

Job Overview:
The Supply Chain Coordinator is the pointofcontact person for the Project Team regarding all supply chainquestions. The Supply Chain Coordinator is responsible for planning and coordinating the supply for theirassigned projects. The Supply Chain Coordinator works closely together with the project planner to define arealistic and committed supply plan for the project and then helps to coordinate and support all functions withinthe Supply Chain Center (supply engineering procurement shipping etc. to execute the plan.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Act as a Supply Chain Center contact person for the project team (Project Manager/ Project LeaderEngineering/ Project Planner/ Site Supervisor/Finance)
• Monitor prioritize and report progress of supply orders for each assigned project. Identify and communicateall delays and possible corrective actions to the project team in a timely organized and consistent manner
• Monitor and manage the SCC USA/CAN equipment budget for each assigned project
• Provide input if requested during the sales phase to assist Systems Engineering in producing a competitiveproposal and realistic rough cut project supply plan
• Once a project is sold work closely with the project team to produce a Project Supply Plan optimizing QLTC(Quality Logistics Technology and Cost)
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement
• Coordinate and plan all bulk and anonymous material supply
• Maintain supply base that builds long term strategic relationships with key partners
• Draft improve and enforce the use of all contract templates for the legal engagement of installation servicesconstruction subcontractors and equipment suppliers and services level providers.
• Ensure ethical principles and standards of purchasing practices in order to comply with all applicable safetyregulatory and quality system requirements.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Purchasing or Supply Chain
• Purchasing (creation monitoring and expediting)
• Analytical research within databases
• Good negotiating contracting and procurement skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS BA degree in Business Material Management or equivalent
• APICS (Association for Operations Management) certification preferred
• Material Planning (MRP Kanban replenishment)
• Demand Planning (Forecasting Supply history analysis)
• Technical/Mechanical training
• JD Edwards Enterprise One

KnowledgeSkillsAbilities:

• Excellent communications skills; strong people skills team player. Able to communicate easily acrossdifferent hierarchical levels.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Able to handle stressful time sensitive situations and quickly set the right priorities while maintaining a firmgrasp of the details.
• Strong computer skills excellent MS Office skills and ERP systems; specifically JD Edwards
• Confidence take charge mentality hands on
• Experience working in a project driven organization
• Must be willing and able to travel up to 20.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.