Job Description

Job Title:

Supply Chain Associate

Job Type:

Full-time / Remote

Work Hours:

US Hours

We’re helping our client find a Supply Chain Associate to manage order fulfillment to retail partners, inbound logistics, and packaging procurement. In this role, you will execute end-to-end supply chain operations while contributing to cost optimization, supply reliability, and continuous process improvements.

Responsibilities:

• Execute the end-to-end fulfillment lifecycle for purchase orders from our retail partners, including releasing inventory, coordinating freight, and invoicing.
• Work closely with Suppliers, Distribution Centers and Carriers to ensure on time, in full, in quality supply of all products
• Manage inbound logistics to Distribution Centers, with a focus on cost effective transportation for all ingredients, packaging, and marketing materials.
• Place purchase orders and track inventory levels and ensure proper safety stock coverage based on forecast for packaging category and other assigned categories
• Help build and maintain the supply plan and share forecasts with suppliers
• Leverage available data and reports to understand operations performance and drive insights and improvements
• Work on initiatives to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of inbound supply chain processes, including waste management and cost savings opportunities
• Complete regular reporting on various metrics such as inventory health or supplier performance KPIs
• Manage the administrative lifecycle of supply chain costs, including invoice reconciliation for 3PLs/carriers and maintaining accurate freight cost logs
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams across the organization
• Contribute to improving product value and customer experience

Requirements

Must-Have:

• 2 to 4 years experience in supply chain or procurement operations
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• A degree in supply chain, business, engineering, other relevant area of study; or comparable work experience.
• Excellent Excel and analytical skills, for example using pivot tables and v-lookups.
• Fluent in Microsoft Office and Google Suite applications
• Quick to learn new systems and tools such as Warehouse Management and EDI portals
• Proactive, ambitious, and assertive: you take ownership of your work and should think beyond the scope of a given assignment.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented: you have well-honed strategies for never missing a deadline or overlooking a key detail, and are comfortable juggling multiple priorities at once.
• Ability to thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving, and constantly evolving high-growth environment
• This position's essential functions demand the performance of the following physical requirements with or without reasonable accommodation:
• Prolonged periods working at a desk and on a computer
• Reading information on a computer screen and inputting data into a computer system

Nice-to-Have:

• Detail-oriented with proven ability to multitask, work under pressure, and meet time sensitive deadlines
• Data driven- curious about what insights can be derived from numbers
• A clear communicator: With solid written and oral communications skills. Able to clearly coordinate and provide information to co-workers
• Cost focused: You’re able to identify and deliver cost savings using a variety of levers from negotiating to more strategic procurement levers
• Team-oriented: You have a track record of working in cross-functional teams and cultivating collaborative partnerships at all levels and departments of an organization
• Customer-focused: Slightly obsessive-compulsive when it comes to customer experience and strive to deliver a product that is second to none
• Strategic: You recognize and resolve situations that are ambiguous or challenging and use logic to identify alternatives, evaluate, and present approaches to solving complex problems while thinking in terms of contingency plans
• Creative: Challenge conventional methods and open to new ideas
• Highly adaptable- you thrive in a fast-paced, high-change and dynamic work environment
• Self-starter: Capable of jumping into new challenges, quickly assessing what needs to be done, building a plan and executing flawlessly