Manager - Supply Chain Management

**Job Summary**
**Title**: Supply Chain Manager

**Seniority Level**:Manager

**Reports To**: Supply Chain Director

**Job Function**: Supply Chain/Purchasing, Inventory Management and storage, Planning and Scheduling

**Summary**:
The Supply Chain Manager will lead the supply base along with the planning and scheduling of the operation to ensure fulfillment of customer orders in a timely manner. He/She will lead a team of purchasing and planning personnel to manage the material and information flow for Next Hydrogen to streamline value stream processes.

**Responsibilities**:

- Work with finance, engineering and operations on the ERP system and install processes and work flows to streamline its implementation - act as an ERP (Epicor) superuser
- Set up and maintain the qualified suppliers in the ERP system along with proper costing of the component parts
- Work closely with product/design engineering and quality to qualify and maintain an “ASL” or Approved Supplier List that gets integrated into the Quality Management System
- Work with vendors to get appropriate volume or related discounts and establish pricing contracts where applicable
- Establish vendor managed inventory stock where applicable to keep component or raw material off Next Hydrogen’s balance sheet
- Team with manufacturing engineer and operations manager to set up an effective material storage stock room (warehouse) or supermarket that encompasses visual management
- Proactively communicate part availability issues to the appropriate stakeholders (manufacturing and operations supervisors/managers, planner/scheduler, and quality manager)
- Establish proper logistics and negotiate favorable pricing for incoming and outgoing material
- Work with Quality Engineer/Manager to properly document (via a NCR - non-conforming report) any incoming or in process part failures and organize the return material/parts to the supplier through the credit/return process
- Verify with Configuration Management, Manufacturing Product Engineers new part number releases, proper setup in the ERP system and the disposition of any parts that are phasing out
- Participate in the coordination and execution (with finance and manufacturing) the annual physical inventory and set up requisite cycle counts during the year
- Perform shop floor audits to verify the proper handling of material from a traceability and financial standpoint (receiving, supermarket storage, job kitting, WIP movement, closing orders, tagging and quarantining suspect material, scrapping of product, etc.)
- Attend/co-lead a cadenced manufacturing operations scheduling update (at least weekly) with the manufacturing manager to drive on time deliveries
- Monitor, report, and take appropriate action monthly on the metrics/KPIs for suppliers, operations planning, and inventory
- Engage in the SIOP (Sales, Inventory, Operations Planning) process and manage the overall capacity plan (internal and external capacity) to enable growth for Next Hydrogen
- Engage with manufacturing manager and finance to provide input to the annual budgeting process (headcount, capital, expenses. Logistics, probable material pricing changes, cost improvement opportunities, etc.)
- Work with Configuration Manager and Engineering to verify and validate BOM structures from Arena (PLM) are properly set up and transact in Epicor

**Preferred Experience/Qualifications**:

- 8+ years experience in purchasing, scheduling and inventory management in a supply chain related position(s)
- 3+ years personnel leadership experience
- Experience with ERP systems and/or an IT system for order management and fulfillment
- Proven knowledge and use of Lean manufacturing principles (and/or six sigma) in a manufacturing environment
- Experience with quality management systems
- Experience facilitating SIOP (Sales, Inventory, Operations Planning) process
- Prior experience in quarterly/annual budgeting process
- Customer service skills
- Proven negotiation skills along with a record of cost reductions in previous positions
- Good verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills

**Education**:

- Bachelors degree in engineering, operations, business, or related field required
- Masters degree in operations, business, or related field desired
- Trained in problem solving (Lean, six sigma, or equivalent)

Pay: $95,000.00-$115,000.00 per year

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Mississauga, ON L5T 2V6: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

**Education**:

- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

**Experience**:

- SAP Supply Chain Management: 5 years (preferred)

**Location**:

- Mississauga, ON L5T 2V6 (preferred)

Work Location: In person