Supply Chain Specialist

<div class="content-intro"><h4><span lang="ES-MX"><span data-teams="true">Founded in 1985, ATS is a company with a presence in the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom. We are professionals in Industrial Maintenance and we make factories run better.</span></span></h4> <h4><span lang="ES-MX">Fundada en 1985, ATS es una empresa con presencia en los Estados Unidos, México y el Reino Unido. Somos profesionales en mantenimiento industrial y hacemos que las fábricas funcionen mejor.</span></h4></div><p><strong>Principal Duties/Responsibilities:</strong></p> <p>· Oversees the integrity of inventory and restocking of items in inventory. Manages onsite inventory, which may include spare parts.</p> <p>· Processes repairs for stock; puts away stock; timestamps repair parts; pulls parts; delivers component parts to technicians for repairs.</p> <p>· Controls inventory and material from vendors keeping within established department budget; proposes changes to stock levels and reorder levels for effective inventory management; analyzes inventory records.</p> <p>· Processes and fulfills requisitions; monitors stock levels and parts; enters order and stocking data in tracking program; receives purchase orders and stocks items; checks on status of orders expedites late material orders.</p> <p>· Maintains cross-reference system for optimal usage; tracks and updates nonconforming parts.</p> <p>· Works closely with department managers/supervisors to assure areas stay within budget.</p> <p>· Assist with inventory problem resolution; oversees the integrity of inventory and resolves discrepancies; participates in semi-annual physical inventory; works with Accounting and auditors to assure accuracy. Controls inventory and material from vendors keeping within established department budget.</p> <p>· Participates in available training devoted to purchasing professionalism and to acquire supervisory and management skills.</p> <p>· Controls all purchases in order to maintain the lowest possible inventory levels.</p> <p>· Sources and evaluates vendors who can supply plant level services</p> <p>· May spend extensive time supporting purchasing team in researching difficult to find and expensive parts or materials.</p> <p>· Recommends the reduction and/or transfer of slow-moving and obsolete inventory.</p> <p>· Oversees the follow-up of past due orders and performs activities to reduce POE and invoice grief.</p> <p>· Establishes and maintains an aggressive cost reduction program, reporting results to department management.</p> <p>· Assists Customer Service agents and Operations personnel with system parts transactions.</p> <p>· Places claim with OEM’s to replace defective parts under warranty.</p> <p>· Confers with department managers and/or supervisors to determine status of scheduled tasks.</p> <p>· Prepares performance data in 4up charting.</p> <p>· Ensures ISO conformance.</p> <p>· Creates and administers a sequential work schedule via a computerized scheduling system including: drawing up a master schedule, plan and schedule workflow, plan sequence of operations, expedites operations that delay schedules and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.</p> <p>· Takes a leadershp role in Service/Quality Initiative; continually improves processes; quantitatively monitors processes. Completes required quality core classes and uses skills and techniques presented. Uses the Core Values in work environment. Adheres to company/customer safety procedures.</p> <p>· May maintain standards and processes manuals, manage inventory process including budget accuracy and turns. Prepare a list and place requisitions for required materials, tools and equipment.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSAs), & Competencies:</strong></p> <p><strong>Essential KSAs:</strong></p> <p>· Bachelors degree from four-year college or university and three or more years of related experience and/or training; or seven years equivalent combination of education and experience.</p> <p>· Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; write simple correspondence; effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization; add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs; apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form; deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Desirable KSAs:</strong></p> <p>· Must be a team player, organized, self-motivated and able to prioritize.</p> <p>· Must have outstanding people and communication skills to interact with other team members, customers, and management.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Competencies:</strong></p> <p>· Personal Discipline</p> <p>· Communications</p> <p>· Customer Focus</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Physical Demands and Working Conditions:</strong></p> <p>While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands/fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb, ascend/descend or balance to heights that may require a ladder or lift; stoop, kneel,