Supply Chain Manager

Description

Scosche is looking for a talented, smart, and enthusiastic leader to manage the Planning, Forecasting and Purchasing Team.  The Manager creates and maintains forecast models for product lines and/or customers, incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from sales, marketing, finance, retailer replenishment analysts, and other sources (i.e.: Nielsen or other syndicated consumer data). The selected candidate will oversee the development, communication and attainment of inventory financial plans and goals. The Manager is the integration point into the sales and commercial organization. Basic forecast modeling is the responsibility of this position. This position leads the dialogue each month for their respective customers and products with key counterparts in Sales and Marketing. 

What makes this job great: You will have a chance to be a part of a team at Scosche who is dedicated to developing a world class supply chain and creating value for its customers. You’ll get to define processes, build scalable systems, and deliver solutions to the organization and its customers. 

What You Will Do Day to Day:

? Develop Business Processes and serve as subject-matter expert for improvements!

? Work with Operations to develop strategies that improve customer experience and operational efficiency.

? Provide leadership and strategic direction as it relates to S&OP Planning, Supply Planning, and Production Scheduling activities with team and all stakeholders.

? Perform multi-site and multi-level planning to ensure supply from suppliers and internal sites to achieve optimum service level objectives. 

? Develop demand forecasts (operational forecasts) at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function. 

? Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.

? Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions.

? Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing and Customer Finance to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.

? Use and maintain the Demand Planning software as the primary forecasting system tool.

? Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.

? Closely coordinate and communicate customer action plans with supply planning.

? Analyze demand regularly and identify inconsistencies and data with forecasts vs. actual sales.

? Manage and ensure optimum standard and safety stock inventory levels are maintained based on material criticality, lead time, and frequency of use.

? Accountable for publishing results and glide paths for Planning KPIs such as Customer Service, Production Conformance, Inventory Days on Hand Status, and Inventory Aging status reports

? Maintain materials lifecycle status in ERP (i.e., create, update, obsolete)

? Provide supply chain visibility to the sales and marketing teams; In situations where the demand exceeds supply, discuss, and align with the internal teams. 

? Facilitate development and execution of accurate and data-based supply/demand forecasting to enable capacity planning, inventory target setting, and performance reporting.

? Develop and standardize global metrics to KPIs, including external benchmarks, to monitor performance and allow for data driven decision making.

? Manage programs for the Supply Chain Planning team in the development of constantly evolving strategies. 

? Managing all SKU’s through the entire supply chain and communicate disruptions in product availability to Senior Management

? Leading/participating in multidisciplinary teams to resolve manufacturing/supply issues.

? Collaborate with Accounting & Fulfillment Manager on inventory reconciliation and adjustments!

? Drive proactive supply optimization strategies that reduce inventory holding and increase service levels!

? Track and improve ocean vs air split for inbound logistics.

? Own several highly visible processes and deliver updates to executive stakeholders!

? Monitor business performance across relevant KPIs and conduct deep dive investigations to understand the “why” behind how metrics are performing.

? Perform ad hoc strategy, research, modeling, and analytics projects to help guide decision making in a constantly evolving industry.

? Be a strong project and stakeholder manager with the ability to execute projects of varying urgency and scope with minimal guidance.

Requirements

? 10 years of experience in inventory planning, operations, retail, consulting and/or finance, with a history of owning/driving results.

? Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain or Operations

? Excellent managerial and training skills 

? Highly analytical, capable of turning raw data into information and insights.

? Strong proficiency in analytical tools including Microsoft Excel, SQL, and statistical software.

? Proven track record of managing and executing large projects from start to finish, including project management, data gathering and modeling, problem solving, and communicating recommendations.

? Exceptional attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.

? Must possess excellent business judgment, strong written and oral communication skills, and a practical, common-sense approach to getting things done.

? The right candidate thrives in a high energy environment where tactical and strategic activities are expected to be driven in parallel.

? The work location is in Oxnard Corporate office. 

Preferred Qualifications:

? MBA with a quantitative focus

? Strong numerical and analytical aptitude

? PMP / Project Management certification

? APICS Certification

Scosche’s competitive compensation and flexible health and benefits programs meet the ever-changing and challenging needs of today's workforce. Scosche offers a variety of benefits including medical, dental and vision plans as well as company paid life insurance, vacation, 401(k) and profit sharing.

Celebrating 43 years in business, SCOSCHE Industries, based in Oxnard, CA – north of Los Angeles and south of Santa Barbara, is an award-winning innovator of consumer technology products and car audio installation hardware and accessories - committed to delivering quality, value, and unmatched customer service. We are a passionate, nimble, dynamic, and fast-paced organization. We look to find and hire people who are ready to dive in, to tackle an array of challenges and turn them into opportunities, to not only learn but be true ambassadors of our company and products and to make substantive contributions to our growth using their professional skills and experience.