What is the Supply Chain Analyst role at Sur-Seal?
The Supply Chain Analyst is responsible for planning manufacturing orders (jobs) / issuing purchase orders to fulfill customer demand / forecasts, tracking orders, creating and maintaining established inventory levels, negotiating with suppliers when required, supporting quality assurance and liaising with logistics and management team. The Analyst will work with staff across departments to understand and forecast the needs of the business and make data-based scheduling decisions to ensure customer deliverables.
Who is the ideal candidate?
The Supply Chain Analyst must be a resourceful problem solver with excellent time management skills. An eager self-starter who takes initiative, this individual will also be very organized and detail-oriented with the ability to remain calm under pressure. The ideal candidate is a team player, possesses a positive attitude, and a desire to constantly learn. Most importantly, the ideal candidate will clearly demonstrate the 3 core values that define Sur-Seal: Caring, Curious, and Courageous.
Sur-Seal Supply Chain Analyst Accountabilities:
• Review messages in MRP to plan / buy finished parts, components, and materials
• Initiate and maintain proper planning parameters to support the sales plans for the facility
• Review MRP expedite messages for orders that are urgent, as well as expediting materials that are requested by the commercial group
• Request acknowledgements from supplier including ship/dock dates and review to ensure finished parts, components, and materials are in line with cost and requested need by dates.
• Reviews and submits special purchase order requests
• De-expedite materials that are high dollar value and not urgent
• Check iON / POD daily for new material set ups / revision, items that need to be turned on in MRP, including setting buffers, reviews material/tooling that needs to be bought etc.
• Review customer lead-time and need to stock for high dollar and short shelf-life items
• Investigates root causes for missed sales orders
• Monitoring and ensuring all metrics and goals are met for the day
• Develop plans for continuous improvement of the processes and data
• Communicate any supply problems which may impact business operations
Qualifications
The ideal candidate for the Supply Chain Analyst role at Sur-Seal has the following:
• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with 1-3 years of supply chain experience.
• Proficient Excel skills, including formulas, subtotals, filters, pivots, etc.
• Excellent professional communication skills
• Experience with ERP systems, preferred (Epicore a plus)
• Ability to research and resolve issues
Sur-Seal reserves the right to change or add duties to this position as long as the changes and/or additions are consistent with the job classification.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
- 1-3 years of supply chain experience
- Proficient Excel skills (formulas, pivots, filters, subtotals)
- Excellent professional communication skills
- Experience with ERP systems (Epicore a plus)
- Ability to research and resolve issues
- Organized, detail-oriented, able to manage time and remain calm under pressure
What We Do
Sur-Seal goes the extra mile to solve the toughest challenges around the world of sealing for OEMs in Lighting, Electronics, Medical and HVAC. You may not know our products, but you certainly know the products that ours go in such as home heating systems, hospital beds, roadside lighting, and more. From initial design concepts to prototyping to small batches to full scale production, Sur-Seal provides end-to-end engineering and manufacturing services to our customers.
