At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.
Consider applying here, if you want to:
- Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
- Develop lasting relationships with great people.
- Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.
We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.
Beverage Operations Manager (Supply Chain Advisor)
The Beverage Operations Manager (Supply Chain Advisor) supports the department in cultivating and capturing synergies across operations functions within Niagara as we service existing and future business. This includes driving alignment across the Procurement, Customer Service, Strategic Planning, Transportation, Finance, IT, QA and other operations functions supporting Beverage, with the objective of driving execution and service to our customer base while maximizing cost efficiency. The Manager will also work closely with Manufacturing, Product Development, Engineering and other teams throughout the Niagara network to ensure coordination between internal departments and customer order fulfilment expectations.
Essential Functions
- Key liaison between manufacturing quality department and customer/sales
- Work with the quality team at HQ and plant to ensure there’s clear process around all quality documentation in line with the customer needs
- Initiate projects to improve service level for customer and reduce production and logistics complexity for Internal teams at Niagara
- Access the financial and operational impacts of new product launches and provide feedback to sales and program management on potential areas of opportunity
- Ensure the increase in complexity for plant operations are captured and budgeted for as new customers or additional requirements/complexity come in.
- Document line capacities and keep it updates as new products are commissioned and capacity added
- Maintain current schedule of rebuilds and retrofits that might impact line capacity or ability
- Collaborate with the intra-logistics managers to ensure all quality parameters are met in our 3PL network
- Collaborate with manufacturing and planning to ensure line changeovers between different product types are optimized to have the best sequencing of product to maximize throughput
- Manage the service execution strategy for Niagara’s Beverage Customer base. This includes driving the overall service vision, strategy and tactics (in collaboration with Niagara’s various operations teams) across our growing customer portfolio.
- Manage customer-specific supply execution plans that meet/exceed relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) set forth in our Beverage Agreements.
- Drive long-term strategies to ensure we meet/exceed our revenue growth goals.
- Manage the operational execution relationships with our customers, coordinating with Niagara’s Beverage Sales team to ensure long-term success.
- Collaborate with customers on their operational KPI/data needs and work internally to Niagara to facilitate and drive alignment and execution with those needs.
- Optimize service, financial, and operational KPI’s by determining how best to improve and streamline customer needs across Niagara’s manufacturing and distribution network.
- Lead in the implementation of system-wide solutions to minimize cost while achieving targeted service levels to customers.
- Drive the development, design and optimization of processes and systems affecting our customer base.
- Please note that this job description does not contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.
- Travel Requirements: 15%-25%
Qualifications
- Minimum Qualifications:
- 6 Years – Experience in Supply Chain, Planning (Demand/Supply), Logistics, Inventory, (Raw) Materials management, Warehousing
- 6 Years – Experience in similar manufacturing environment
- 6 Years – Experience managing projects
*experience may include a combination of work experience and education
- Preferred Qualifications:
- 10+ Years– Experience in Supply Chain, Planning (Demand/Supply), Logistics, Inventory, (Raw) Materials management, Warehousing
- 10+ Years – Experience in similar manufacturing environment
- 10+ Years – Experience managing projects
*experience may include a combination of work experience and education
Competencies
- Demonstrated success with cross-functional collaboration.
- Ability to lead and drive results from a position of influence.
- Effectively motivate, collaborate and coach within a team and across peer and leadership groups.
- Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a pressurized environment and work proactively to ensure project milestones are met.
- Experience in customer/vendor contract management and other fundamental management skillsets.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and accommodate a rapid rate of change.
- Demonstrated performance in leading complex initiatives and programs.
- Desire to drive continuous process improvement by challenging the way things are done and engaging all functions in the company.
- Highly motivated and self-driven professional: skillful, productive, efficient, creative.
- Comfort with changing business requirements and flexibility in dealing with competing and changing priorities.
- Experience with change management.
- Demonstrated ability to think creatively and strategically.
- Synthesizing qualitative updates across various teams into clear and concise reports.
- Advanced Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Projects, etc).
Education
- Minimum Required:
- Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Management Science, or related field
- Preferred:
- Master's Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Management Science, or related field
Certification/License:
- Required: N/A
- Preferred: ASM, APICS, CPIM
Typical Compensation Range
Pay Rate Type: Salary
$128,287.00 - $186,016.00 / Yearly
Bonus Target: 10% Annual
Benefits
https://careers.niagarawater.com/us/en/benefits
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