Shakespeare - Supply Chain Manager - Columbia SC

SHAKESPEARE COMPANY LLC, a Jadex Inc. company, is a US-based manufacturer of both industrial and consumer products for a wide variety of industries and applications. 

Shakespeare® industrial products are tailored to the customer’s unique needs and include custom engineered nylon resins, performance monofilaments, and conductive fibers used as raw materials in finished goods ranging from automotive components to medical applications.  The company operates under the Shakespeare®, Rino-Tuff®, and Weed Warrior® brands in the lawn & garden category and is a major player in the mass merchant channel as the primary universal fit solution for trimmer line, heads, and accessories.  The brand is known worldwide within the marine electronics industry for marine radio antennas with a portfolio of connectivity solutions and accessories to help keep boaters connected and safe.  Maintaining communications is of utmost importance to military forces across the world and Shakespeare®’s line of military antenna products plays a critical role in achieving mission success.

Supply Chain Manager - Columbia, SC

Position Summary

Reporting to the VP and General Manager, the Supply Chain Manager provides leadership and strategic direction for the Supply Chain Department for the Shakespeare Company businesses.  This includes methods for the company to achieve its financial goals, objectives and continuously improving the processes and performance within the supply chain areas of responsibilities of sourcing, production planning, inventory control, logistics and other related areas.

Essential Functions

• Mentor and cross-train supply chain team members to successfully achieve company objectives. Also, attract, retain and motivate a supply chain staff by creating an inclusive workforce contributing to engaged employees and high morale.
• Works closely with the Sales, Operations, Finance, Customer Service and other departments to ensure timeliness of information and data accuracy to avoid disruptions within the supply chain. Includes the auditing of customer, logistic providers, warehousing, operations, and supplier service levels to determine the root causes of failures and implement corrective actions to limit their re-occurrence.
• Lead Supply Chain team to lead & advance business’ Sale, Inventory, and Operations (SIOP) process to drive accurate material requirements and planning and efficient production scheduling to satisfy external & internal customer needs aligning with the organization’s short & long-term objectives.
• Drive cost improvement through supplier negotiations, continuous improvement projects, strategic sourcing initiatives, and working with the Jadex Strategic Sourcing team on building a pipeline of cost improvement and risk mitigation projects.
• Facilitator to continuously advance Supply Chain Department’s utilization of business’s ERP system as the planning system of record minimizing the use of external freestanding tools. Train cross-functional teams on Best-Practices in the set-up and utilization of the ERP system to ensure demand and supply are aligned correctly with production capabilities and the most efficient and cost effective methods.
• Support new product launches through the Supply Chain Team by assisting the other functional areas to drive improvements within the process to achieve timely and successful introductions.

• Create, implement and monitor supply chain KPI’s to drive business objective improvements.

Secondary Functions

• The ability to read and understand documents and perform mathematical calculations
• The ability to work cooperatively and communicate with others
• The ability to deal politely with customers and coworkers
• The ability to perform several tasks at once
• The ability to follow direction or instruction

Position Specifications

• Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent work experience with an additional 5 years of involvement in materials management, production planning, purchasing or other related activities are required.
• Proficient ERP system skills with a minimum 5 years of experience working within manufacturing make-to-stock businesses utilizing an integrated ERP system are required.
• Highly analytical with a background in configuration/problem solving of planning parameters on an ERP system is required. Practical experiences operating relational databases, advanced skill sets in Excel, Pivot Tables, and Access databases and familiar with creating ad hoc reports is required. 
• Progressive SIOP knowledge with a minimum 5 years leading these type of meetings is preferred.
• Procurement and strategic sourcing capabilities with a minimum of 2 years’ experience.
• Direct management experience preferred.
• Institute for Supply Management (ISM) C.P.M., CPSM® or CPSM® and The Association for Operations Management (APICS) CPIM, CSCP or CFPIM professional certifications are preferred.

Specifics:

• Competitive salary and bonus structure
• Full benefits package
• 401K with match
• Strong vacation and corporate holiday policy