Job Description:

About Swagelok LouisianaSwagelok Louisiana provides critical fluid system products, assemblies, training, and services to customers in a variety of markets including oil & gas, refining, chemical, midstream, power and transportation industries. We are the independently owned and authorized sales and service center for Swagelok® in Louisiana and portions of Mississippi. Swagelok Company is a $2 billion, privately held company, headquartered in Solon, OH. Swagelok® designs, manufactures, and delivers an expanding range of the highest quality fluid system products and solutions.Position SummaryWe are seeking a Supply Chain Manager for our Baton Rouge, LA location. This is an onsite role. The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for strategic sourcing of products and services, with a balanced emphasis on increasing service levels to customers while increasing the turnover of inventory in multiple locations. The essence of the role is to ensure inventory stocking levels are maintained to support customer demands with minimal lead times for future orders. Core responsibilities include issuing purchase orders, contracts, change orders, negotiating cost, analyzing costs, management of delivery schedules and management of supplier performance.Note: You must reside in Baton Rouge, LA or within a short commute to be considered for this role. We are not offering relocation. ExpectationsManage Purchasing functions to include daily and weekly activities through the company business system including but not limited to:Process Swagelok Factory and 3rd party orders dailyManage stocking levels with the establishment and maintenance of minimum levels through the monitoring of dailyweekly reportsReview and Process Internal Stock RequestReview Purchasing Requests via Outlook InboxEnsures Purchasing activities are in compliance with Swagelok's Quality System and Distributor's PoliciesSubmit factory approval requests as requiredCoordinate with the Factory to ensure efficient supply chain management, accurate product part coding, and accurate pricingManage and improve supplier performanceMaintain contact with vendors and submit purchase orders or requisitions to ensure a continuous supply of goods.Evaluate existing supply chain processes, implementing changes when necessary to improve efficiency and overall performance.Develop and evaluate reports and metrics as necessary to ensure optimization of supply chainIdentify supply chain risk and direct mitigation effortsImprove supply chain efficiency by evaluation of inventory levels, turns, fill rates, and demandRecommend and establish inventory stocking strategy using usage and forecasting data, along with collaboration of sales team and customers, to meet customermarket demands as well as optimize company costsImplement a cadence of supply chain planning meetings for operations and sales.Collaborate with Sales Team on special stocking strategies, procurement for turnaround planning, management of purchasing for large customer projects, and identifying opportunities for strategic purchases.Manage the Factory Replenishment Program including approval of stocking level suggestions from the Factory, changes and overridesManage customer consignment inventory processEnsure compliance to supply chain processes and policies and provide necessary training for involved associatesWork with Accounting team to help reconcile purchase pricing discrepancies and provide required documentationEducation:Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or business-related fieldExperience:5 years purchasing andor supply chain experience, or equivalent combination of education andor experience is required3 years SAP or equivalent ERP experienceExperience in Oil & Gas, Petro Chemical and Refining a plusSkills:Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and ability to learn business system and other software platforms as requiredAdvanced skills in Excel andor AccessStrong verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal communication skillsAbility to communicate well with internal and external customersAdept at handling multiple assignments, prioritizing workload and shifting work activities to maintain schedules, project milestones, meet business needs, and exceed customer expectationsCritical thinking and decision-making skillsSuperior skills in analyzing and evaluating data to produce key findings for decision making or recommendations to management for supply chain related decisionsEffective at contributing in cross-functional team environmentCapacity to progressively learn mechanical and fluid system related technical informationCritical Competencies:AdaptabilityResilience. Recovers quickly from changes or setbacksCommunication. Active listening style that achieves understanding, appreciation for others and expressing oneself in a clear and well-articulated fashion appropriate to audience. Excellent verbal and written communication skillsCustomer Service. Delivering, anticipating, and maintaining professionalism with itiative. Acts on opportunitiesOptimism. Always references the positives in any situationResults Orientation. Gets results in a consistent and reliable mannerTeamworkCollaboration. Supportive of all company initiatives, act collaboratively with other sales consultants and other company associates, customer relationship orientationWork Habits: Attention to detail, planning and organization, strong work ethic, ability to function autonomously, work with a sense of urgencyWork Environment and Physical Requirements: Office environment at the Baton Rouge LocationEmployee is regularly required to talk or hear, stand, walk and sit.Periodic day travel between offices in Louisiana (once a month at most)Occasional travel to local key vendors and suppliers for assessments and networkingAnnual travel to Cleveland, OH for annual conference and professional development