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Supply Chain Manager Job Description

A Supply Chain Manager is an operations professional who oversees the flow of goods from suppliers to customers, balancing cost, speed, and reliability across sourcing, production, and delivery.

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We are hiring a Supply Chain Manager to keep our end-to-end supply chain running efficiently and predictably. You will own supplier relationships, inventory levels, and logistics coordination, spotting bottlenecks before they become stockouts or delays. This role fits someone who thinks in systems, negotiates hard but fairly, and stays calm when demand or supply swings unexpectedly.

Key responsibilities

  • Manage end-to-end flow of goods from suppliers to customers
  • Optimize inventory levels to balance cost and service
  • Build and maintain reliable supplier and logistics partnerships

Day-to-day responsibilities

  • Plan and manage inventory across warehouses to avoid both stockouts and excess
  • Negotiate contracts, lead times, and pricing with suppliers and freight carriers
  • Build demand forecasts and align procurement and production schedules to them
  • Track supply chain KPIs such as fill rate, on-time delivery, and inventory turns
  • Coordinate inbound and outbound logistics across road, sea, and air freight
  • Run supplier scorecards and audits to hold vendors to quality and delivery standards
  • Identify single points of failure and build backup sourcing and contingency plans
  • Reduce landed cost through better routing, consolidation, and supplier terms
  • Implement and maintain ERP or supply chain planning systems and master data
  • Partner with sales, finance, and production on the sales and operations planning cycle

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, operations, engineering, or business
  • 5 or more years in supply chain, procurement, or logistics, including team leadership
  • Hands-on experience with ERP and demand planning tools such as SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite
  • Proven record of cutting cost or lead time without hurting service levels
  • Strong negotiation experience with domestic and international suppliers

Skills

Must have

Inventory managementDemand planningSupplier negotiationERP systemsLogistics coordinationS&OPCost optimization

Nice to have

APICS / CSCP certificationLean / Six SigmaInternational tradePower BI / TableauContract management

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A Supply Chain Manager oversees how products move from raw materials through suppliers, warehouses, and finally to customers. They plan inventory, negotiate with vendors and carriers, and keep cost, speed, and reliability in balance. Much of the job is anticipating disruptions and adjusting sourcing or logistics before they hit customers.

The core duties are inventory and demand planning, supplier and freight negotiation, and logistics coordination across the network. They also track KPIs like on-time delivery and inventory turns, run supplier scorecards, and lead sales and operations planning with finance, sales, and production.

Strong analytical and forecasting skills are essential, along with confident negotiation and vendor management. Fluency in ERP and planning systems matters because most decisions run through that data. The best managers also communicate clearly across teams and stay composed when supply or demand shifts suddenly.

A good job description starts with a one-line definition and short brief, then lists key responsibilities, full duties, and required experience and skills. Naming the ERP, the type of goods, and the scale of the network (SKUs, warehouses, regions) helps candidates judge fit quickly.

Supply Chain Managers work closely with procurement, warehouse, and logistics teams internally, and with suppliers and freight carriers externally. They also partner with sales, finance, and production during demand and inventory planning, and often report to a head of operations or COO.

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