Responsible for ensuring purchasing and fulfillment of direct materials within the factory by interfacing between factory production scheduling and supplier representatives to ensure delivery of on-time materials to the plant while optimizing costs.

What are we looking for?

• Minimum: 
  •    At least 5 years of Supply Chain Experience.

  Preferred: Planning, operations, scheduling experience

What will be your key responsibilities?

• 1.    Power User and Single Point of Contact responsible for developing inventory strategies for the site.  Manages the inventory levels of high dollar & high impact materials to ensure inventory KPI's are met each period while maintaining high service levels.  

  2.           Functional expert, involved in upstream continuous improvement and strategic initiatives, working closely with the regional Commercial Operations team, sourcing, and COE. Responsible for working with the factory finance, warehouse and production teams to roll out changes. Partner with these functions to identify root cause analysis and create solutions, develop plan with the regional team to implement. Make recommendations for continuous improvement to the regional Commercial Operations team.

  3.    Single Point of Contact for the Site Product launches and Value and Profitability Optimization initiatives including road mapping strategies for new materials, suppliers, timing, milestone identification, interdependencies and deliverables.

  4.    Utilizes superior project management and execution approaches to ensure required customer service levels from our suppliers which support products manufactured for the factory. Ultimately responsible for ensuring fulfillment for the site, including but not limited to: materials management strategy that balances desired service levels with cash flow management and obsolescence minimization, ensuring that systemic service, quality, and performance issues are mitigated or elevated if necessary, to procurement ops, and executing against sourcing strategies to mitigate supply risks.

  5.    Responsible for implementing best-in-class supplier management tools to deliver required performance metrics. Leverage KPI's such as on-time delivery, SOI aged inventory, and working capital to identify Supplier and Inventory continuous improvement ideas and work with cross functional teams (finance, commercial operations, and sourcing) to develop plans and implement changes.
   

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 like-minded and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

About Mars:
Mars is a family-owned business with more than $35 billion in global sales. We produce some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5â„¢, SKITTLES®, BEN’S ORIGINAL® and COCOAVIA®. Alongside our consumer brands, we proudly take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitalsâ„¢, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, AniCura, VCAâ„¢ and Pet Partnersâ„¢. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our 130,000 Associates into taking action every day towards creating the world we want tomorrow.

Disclaimer:
Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.​​​​​​​

Note to Search Firms/Agencies:
Mars, Incorporated and its subsidiaries and affiliates (Mars) do not compensate search firms for unsolicited assistance unless they have a written search agreement with Mars and the requisition is position-specific.  Any resumes, curriculum vitae, and other unsolicited assistance from search firms that do not have a written search agreement or position-specific requisition submitted to any Associate of Mars will be deemed the sole property of Mars and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Mars.