MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Education and experience equivalent to:
Education/Certification:
Bachelor’s degree in materials/logistics management, accounting, or business from an accredited college or university
Experience:
7-10 years of relevant work experience in purchasing, expediting, transportation, and logistics in an automated manufacturing environment. Supervisory experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of (B/basic; J/journey; E/expert):
- Order processing concepts and techniques (E)
- Inventory procedures (J)
- Manufacturing concepts and techniques (J)
- Regulatory policies and procedures (OSHA, AIB, HACCP, DOT) (J)
- Computer-based inventory control systems (J)
- PC word processing/spreadsheet software applications (J)
- Supervisory concepts and techniques (J)
- PC word processing/spreadsheet software (J)
- Quality assurance concepts and techniques (B)
- Shipping and receiving (B)
- General accounting principles and practices (B)
- Employee relations concepts and generally accepted practices (B)
Skill and ability to:
- Maintain optimal inventory levels
- Negotiate effectively with vendors
- Lead a diverse workforce of up to 20 employees
- Manage and motivate employees in a team-based environment
- Interpret purchasing or inventory anomalies and identify appropriate solutions
- Communicate and coordinate effectively with internal and external customers verbally and in writing
- Read and process written information with a high degree of accuracy
- Work effectively in a general business environment, with a focus on high levels of quality and customer service
- Act in accordance with GSF’s Values and Creed
LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY
Supervises between 10 and 20 mostly hourly employees.
PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES
- Productivity/quality standards: purchasing and expediting procedures
- Productivity/quality standards: raw materials
- Productivity/quality standards: inventory control and levels
- Vendor relations
- Budget
- Cost containment
- Teamwork within the department and across departments
- Project/assignment standards
- Customer satisfaction
- Safety standards and procedures: employees
- Safety standards and procedures: facility and warehouse equipment