Materials Supply Chain Specialist

Summary: Provides Parts, Equipment, and Materials by responding to manufacturing needs,
identifying suppliers, arranging delivery and planning material requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Maintains item masters for purchasing parts, equipment, and materials
•    Monitors data entry and follows up on standards violations regarding item master issues
Manages supplier selection
•    Develops supplier resource base by researching current and potential supplier's ability to supply parts, equipment, and materials within acceptable cost, time, and quality tolerances
•    Participates in supplier visits and evaluations, obtains samples, and schedules product demonstrations
•    Prepares supplier reports to document and analyze cost, quality, vendor reliability, lead times, and other information
Builds supplier relationships
•    Maintains regular contact with suppliers and prepares and submits purchase orders
•    Follows procedures to verify cost, delivery, quality, and inventory balance
•    Leads efforts to reduce material costs and negotiates supplier agreements on behalf of Columbia
Maintains on time delivery of purchasing operations
•    Manages inventory turnover by determining maximum and minimum inventory levels and reorder quantities
Supports internal and external customer service
•    Understands and documents internal and external customer needs and expectations
•    Communicates to appropriate team(s) when an expectation will not be met
Manages non-compliant material
•    Addresses defective equipment or materials with vendors and resolve disputes
•    Organizes rework or replacements for defective parts
Manages product structures and Work orders
•    releases product structures and work orders per MPS
•    adds and manages parts on BOM after engineering release
•    verifies, costs and closes work orders 
Contributes to the continuous improvement effort
•    Documents processes and procedures, eliminates non-value added activities, and participates in weekly CI team meetings
Maintains professional and technical knowledge
•    Establishes personal networks, participates in professional societies, attends professional workshops and reviews publications
Contributes to team effort
•    Willing to attempt new assignments or fill in for others as needed; accomplishes other duties as assigned

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform
each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the
knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to
enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Knowledge, skills and/or abilities:
Knowledge-
Software
•    Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook)
•    Infor M3 (ERP)
Skills:
•    Analytical
•    Project/Process Management
•    Clerical/Secretarial
•    Computer/Technical
•    Written and Oral Communication
•    Organizational
•    Interpersonal communication
•    Problem-Solving
Abilities:
•    Ability to provide a respectful work environment for others
•    Ability to work well with others in a team atmosphere.
•    Strong technical aptitude
•    Has the ability to deal with abstract and concrete variables with a high attention to detail.

Education and/or Experience:
•High School Diploma or GED required
•Vocational or technical training preferred
•Associate's degree or vocational or technical school degree preferred
•Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Supply Chain preferred
•5+ years of professional experience
•Current APICS or ISM Certifications preferred.

Physical Demands (The physical demands described here are representative of those that
must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
perform the essential functions):

Constant (over 66%)
Hearing, Listening
Frequent (33%-66%)
Sitting, Talking, Standing, Climbing stairs
Occasional (10%-33%)
Walking
Carrying up to 10 to 30 pounds
Lifting up to 10 to 30 pounds
Seldom (1-10%)
Bending, Stooping, Kneeling, Squatting, Crouching, Reaching Overhead
Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, depth perception, and
the ability to adjust focus.
Never exceeding our company manual lifting policy and corresponding SOPs.

Work Environment (The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions):
Office environment: Employees are protected from weather conditions or contaminants, but not necessarily occasional temperature changes.
Required Personal Protection Equipment (PPE's): Safety glasses, hearing protection as required. Other PPE as required by specific operation performed
 

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform
each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the
knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to
enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Knowledge, skills and/or abilities:
Knowledge-
Software
•    Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook)
•    Infor M3 (ERP)
Skills:
•    Analytical
•    Project/Process Management
•    Clerical/Secretarial
•    Computer/Technical
•    Written and Oral Communication
•    Organizational
•    Interpersonal communication
•    Problem-Solving
Abilities:
•    Ability to provide a respectful work environment for others
•    Ability to work well with others in a team atmosphere.
•    Strong technical aptitude
•    Has the ability to deal with abstract and concrete variables with a high attention to detail.

Education and/or Experience:
•High School Diploma or GED required
•Vocational or technical training preferred
•Associate's degree or vocational or technical school degree preferred
•Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Supply Chain preferred
•5+ years of professional experience
•Current APICS or ISM Certifications preferred.