The Wonderful Company
Strategic Procurement Lead
Bend, OR, United States
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 14 days ago
Supply ChainLogisticsVendor ManagementProcurementERPInventory ManagementCustomer SupportPharmacy PracticeLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingMicrosoft OfficeDemand Planning
About the role
- Suterra is growing rapidly and investing heavily in new product development and active ingredient chemical synthesis.
- Suterra's parent company, The Wonderful Company, has invested over $60 million in a modern, state-of-the art facility in Bend, Oregon to synthesize active ingredients and to manufacture proprietary dispensing technologies.
- This role provides an exciting opportunity to power the growth of our business as we enter new markets and launch new products.
Responsibilities
- Partnering with Product Design and Engineering to understand material and component requirements in detail. Utilizing that in-depth understanding to investigate alternatives for commercial supply, including make/buy proposals and risk mitigation strategies.
- Providing analytical support for production scheduling, inventory management and order fulfillment strategies.
- Exploring transportation modes, order quantities, lead times and replenishment triggers to optimize tradeoffs between time, carrying cost, inventory risk and production efficiency.
- Soliciting and analyzing feedback from internal and external stakeholders to drive improvements in supply chain performance.
- Partnering with Quality, Production and Engineering to identify the root cause of raw material quality issues and working cross-functionally to propose and implement solutions that uphold quality, delivery and cost performance.
- Generating and assessing proposals for supply chain improvements including changes in suppliers, commercial terms, buying patterns and inventory management to support business growth.
Requirements
- A Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Engineering or a related technical field.
- Three to five years of experience in one or more roles in engineering, quality control, procurement, process or product development, manufacturing, supply chain management or related fields.
- Previous experience with ERP systems and an interest in becoming a subject matter expert in our ERP system, Microsoft Dynamics D365.
- Demonstrated ability to solve problems while mitigating risks to resources and deadlines.
- An ability to understand conflicting incentives and to work with external parties to generate positive outcomes for the business.
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite of applications.
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