Supply Management Specialist

at U&M Invest, LLC in Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States

Job Description

• Analyze and coordinate the ongoing logistical functions of company that imports spices, spice blends and other food items from Europe, primarily spices for meat from Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland.
• Be responsible for the entire life cycle of food products, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, and final disposal of resources.
• Maintain and develop positive business relationships with a customer’s key personnel involved in, or directly relevant to, a logistics activity.
• Develop an understanding of customers’ needs and take actions to ensure that such needs are met.
• Develop proposals that include documentation for estimates.
• Review logistics performance with customers against targets, benchmarks, and service agreements.
• Direct availability and allocation of materials, supplies, and finished products.
• Participate in purchasing, identifying and selecting new product offerings and development of new supply chains from food product producers in Europe.
• Develop or implement procedures or systems to evaluate or select suppliers in Europe.
• Redesign the movement of goods from Europe to maximize value and minimize costs.
• Negotiate prices and terms with suppliers, vendors, shippers or freight forwarders.
• Explain proposed solutions to customers, management, or other interested parties through written proposals and oral presentations.
• Collaborate with other personnel as necessary to meet customer requirements, to take advantage of sales opportunities or, in the case of shortages, to minimize negative impacts.
• Report project plans, progress, and results.
• Protect and control proprietary materials.
• Stay informed of logistics technology advances and apply appropriate technology to improve logistics processes.
• Develop and implement technical project management tools, such as plans, schedules, and responsibility and compliance matrices.
• Provide project management services, including the provision and analysis of technical data.
• Support the development of training materials and technical manuals.
• Telecommuting permitted.