Job Title: Head of Supply & Third-Party Operations
Reports to: Chief Operating Officer
Location: Hybrid (Blue Bell, PA)
OUR COMPANY:
Building upon a heritage of more than 160 years, Jacob Stern & Sons / Acme-Hardesty prides itself in our commitment to lead with compassion, humility, and a sense of humor. This is why our employees provide solutions where others may only see problems. We are a uniquely peculiar company offering refuge to professionals who value respect and dignity rather than the status quo.
Acme-Hardesty Co., a division of Jacob Stern & Sons, Inc., is in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and has evolved today into one of the largest distributors of renewable palm oil derivatives, castor oil and its derivatives, glycerin and preservatives and surfactants. The business serves as the bridge that connects suppliers in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and South America with customers in North America. Acme-Hardesty brings essential materials, needed by thousands of manufacturers, to create products that benefit millions of consumers.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Head of Supply & Third-Party Operations is a newly created position at Acme-Hardesty which will report to the Chief Operating Officer. This position will be responsible for providing supply chain and third-party operations functional leadership across the Acme Hardesty network, resulting in effective inventory management / replenishment in combination with transportation / freight and warehousing strategies achieving the Company's overall annual operating plan objectives.
Major areas of responsibility include:
Managing and improving upon the S&OP / inventory control processes to assure leading customer service levels, while also maintaining working capital targets
Working closely with sales to balance inventory needs across North American warehouses while also achieving the best possible total landed Costs
Actively negotiating, managing and optimizing all third-party inbound / outbound freight - air / ground / ocean / rail - and warehousing activities / vendors
Migrating / transforming manual processes to an automated ERP environment inclusive of change management and training / learning development
Establishing the proper governance and KPIs across operations to capture improvement opportunities, driving excellence across the organization while also meeting budgetary requirements
Developing and maintaining a high-performing team of professionals that each work together as a single-unit serving our customers with excellence across the Operations functions, ensure proper / proactive business continuity measures are in place and ready for implementation, where appropriate.
Ensuring full compliance with quality and regulatory requirements
KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES, AND SKILLS DESIRED:
Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, or related field preferred.
Technology (well versed in mid/higher tier ERP & Supply Chain Planning Systems
Advanced MS Office (primarily advanced Excel) and Power BI.
Demonstrated experience in successful supply chain transformation and S&OP leadership.
Collaborative and influential leadership with the ability to lead and manage change.
Team building and talent development.
Broad understanding of the full scope supply chain functionality, customer order through to product shipment.
Financial P&L acumen as it relates to operational costs, external supply costs and working capital.
Understands and has ability to apply lean (or similar) methodology and concepts into supply chain processes.
Minimum 10 years of supply chain experience including senior leadership within a cross functional matrix organization across multiple sites and virtual teams.
Experience moving products to and into the U.S. via air / ocean.