Job Description

Smeal, a REV Group brand, is recognized as a premier manufacturer, inventor, and innovator of custom fire apparatus. The company offers a full line of custom and commercial pumpers, rescue pumpers, aerial ladders, and urban interface vehicles. Smeal is committed to leading the industry in high-quality fire apparatus, delivery times and customer experience. Smeal sells its products worldwide and is based in Snyder, NE.

The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for overseeing and managing overall supply chain and logistics operations to maximize efficiency and minimize the cost of the organization's supply chain. Collaborate with multiple-functional managers to plan and execute on the development of a distribution center operational process to enable seamless transfers. In addition, manages and monitors vendors’ qualifications and performance to ensure they meet the company's requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Direct the activities of all functions involved in the purchasing, planning, warehousing, and control of materials from the receipt of forecasting replenishment needs to the delivery of the finished product into finished goods inventory and delivery of products to the customer(s).
• Manage inventory and establish controls to ensure the Business Unit is operating at the highest level of performance based on key performance metrics and minimized supply chain risk.
• Develop strategies, policies, procedures, and overall team to optimize the value of the entire function in creating a world-class materials management group.
• Drive expectations and accountability for business unit materials teams through performance goals.
• Ability to successfully work across the organization, while influencing change regardless of direct reporting relationship.
• Develop a culture of continuous improvement, professional growth, cross-functional/cross-divisional collaboration, and goal planning and execution.
• Develop and communicate plans which ensure entity resources are optimized, service levels are not sacrificed, and adequate inventory exists to support the organization.
• Direct teams remove obstacles and implement practices that ensure customers receive products in a timely manner using cost-efficient processes (workforce planning, inventory management, and systems utilization).
• Design, implement, administer, and monitor materials policies, programs, processes, and systems.
• Lead negotiation efforts for major contracts.
• Establish annual goals and objectives, (including stretch targets) in coordination with corporate objectives, and manages performance to ensure attainment
• Other duties as assigned

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• APICS Certified, with demonstrated application of the APICS Body of Knowledge within past work experience.
• Systems knowledge – design/selection/implementation (Materials – MRP, Inventory Optimization; S&OP / Demand Planning; Purchasing; Inventory Tracking – Voice, bar codes, RFID, etc.).
• LEAN Training with practical application and leadership experience.
• Multi-plant Management is preferred, where the focus is given on managing client/provider relationships between vertically integrated plants; JIT in a demand-driven / continuous flow environment.
• Materials management experience in an environment including customized manufacturing, multi-level Bill of Material.
• Knowledge of MS Office applications as needed to satisfactorily perform work assignments – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint as well as the ability to learn company enterprise systems as needed.
• Must be organized, able to prioritize, set and keep deadlines, change direction quickly, and adapt to various work environments easily.
• Excellent communication skills, including verbal and written, including following instructions.
• Must be able to work effectively in group settings through collaborative, solutions-oriented, and win-win approaches.
• Develop presentations to be delivered to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Apply advanced mathematical concepts like quadratic equations and basic logic functions such as if-then-else statements.
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Education and/or Experience:

• 5 - 8 years’ experience with materials, purchasing, supply chain, or related functions.
• Bachelor’s degrees in Materials, Supply Chain, Business, or related field required.

REV Group is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. The Company conducts all employment practices without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by law. REV Group also undertakes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunities for minorities and women, for persons with disabilities, and for protected veterans.

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