Supply Chain Specialist - IV

Oceanside, CA


Contract Duration: 6-18 months


Rate: Negotiable


Salary: NA $1.00


Responsibilities:

• Excellent employment opportunity for a Supply Chain Specialist - IV in the Oceanside, CA area.
• This position is intended to support two key areas, drafting contracts for service-related work and support Maintenance Repair Operations (MRO) Material planning program project.
• Support legal service contract drafting, work orders, change orders, master agreements.
• This is a more experienced position requiring sound knowledge of manufacturing and packaging systems, methods and procedure, and regulatory affairs.
• Works on more complex, non-routine projects/assignments where analysis of procedures or operations requires a review of identifiable factors.
• Coordinates planning, organization, and implementation of projects within specified objectives.
• Writing skills are refined and participates in writing of communications, procedures and protocols.
• Inputs, maintains, and adjusts records or transactions to ensure system validity.
• May provide training and guidance to other Supply Chain personnel.
• Provides input to more senior team members on planning and forecasting.
• Compiles and analyzes non-routine information or data to support Supply Chain activities - e.g. inventory levels, prices and tracking of shipments, inventory positioning, material deliveries, planned master production schedule and sales forecasts.
• Prepares reports as requested and required.
• Participates in the planning and controls of materials and finished goods to meet sales and distribution demand. Compiles and analyzes statistical data to assist with decision-making.
• Performs non-routine activities relating to changes affecting inventory levels, e.g. shipments, purchases, movement of stock. Performs necessary transactions and records in system to reflect changes.
• Establishes working relationships with appropriate external or cross-functional contacts. Negotiates and monitors levels of service or performance provided, communicates areas of concern to resolve issues.
• Generates and reviews documents such as work orders, contracts, purchase orders, material transfer requests, or shipping documentation.
• Uses approved methods to make minor decisions in line with company goals and objectives, e.g. transfer or delivery of inventory, production and purchasing schedules.
• Tracks progress with department supervisors, readjusts schedules and communicates changes according to production progress, change orders, manpower requirements, product availability or other conditions impacting timelines.
• Develops and implements programs with suppliers and/or internal cross-functional team members to support continuous improvement.

• 4+ years of relevant experience in related field and a BS or BA; or
• 3+ years of relevant experience and a MA /MBA /MS.
• Normally receives no instruction on routine work and general instructions on new assignments.
• Good verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Applies working knowledge of manufacturing and production operations and current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) on a daily basis.
• Demonstrates intermediate level proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• The successful candidate will have a solid understanding of legal terminology, understand the criticality of contracts to the business, work collaboratively with internal and external business partners, liaison to legal, ensuring both business and legal requirements are accurately captured in each document.
• Additionally, well verse in supply chain methodology, understands the processes associated with material requirements planning, related to MRO material planning, with solid process knowledge of material demand planning inputs, process and outputs.
• Experienced with ERP Systems (GMax and / or Oracle preferred), data analysis, KPI and metrics and corrective action planning.
• Analyzing material requirements for MRO, identifying gaps, driving action plans with business partners to enable accurate MRP.