Supplier Development Specialist - Remote

Overview

As a Supplier Development Specialist at DCS, you will understand where DCS is going, where our supply chain is, and work to bridge any gaps. You will take a long-term approach to our relationships while marrying performance to potential future work in a data driven and systematic way. You will be the face of DCS to our most important supply chain partners.

In Short

• Be the SME on a category or categories of vendors and own our relationship with them.
• Create supply chain strategies that drive down costs, improve efficiency, mitigate risk, and create value add propositions for our customers.
• Meet regularly with our most important suppliers in your category to review forecasts, strategies, capacity, performance, and industry trends.
• Seek out and effectively vet new vendors.
• Drive performance improvements and consult on escalation issues regarding your category or categories.
• Track data to create and drive strategies and measure their success.
• Report to leadership on supplier strategy and KPIs.

Requirements

• 5+ years of industry experience.
• You are intimately familiar with the processes of a project-based business in warehouse automation, construction, material handling, or similar field.
• Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills that allow you to effectively communicate with many levels of leadership both internal and external to DCS.
• Understanding of supply chain principles and best practices.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word), with an emphasis on data manipulation and presentation.
• Working knowledge to read layout, elevation, and/or schematic drawings.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to controls engineering and field wiring of conveyor systems.
• Project management experience.
• Manufacturing experience.
• Engineering experience.