Supply Chain Specialist

Job Title : Supply Chain Specialist

Location : Carmel, IN

Manager : Director of Project Management & Engineering

Pay Status : Exempt

Job Summary The Supply Chain Specialist plays a critical role in optimizing our company's operations. This role is responsible for overseeing and managing the end-to-end supply chain process, from procurement and logistics to inventory management and distribution. The primary goal is to ensure the efficient and seamless flow of materials and products, meeting internal customer demands while minimizing costs and maximizing operational effectiveness.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as the technology owner by fully managing aspects of our supply chain software (e.g. Fiix, Procore, etc.).
• Identify reliable suppliers, negotiate contracts, and maintain relationships to secure optimal terms and pricing.
• Utilize Procore bidding tools to create bid packages, bidding schedules, and issue bid packages to potential vendors.
• Continue utilizing Procore to receive vendor proposals, conduct bid leveling analysis and create commitments for awarded vendors.
• Awarded vendor commitments will utilize internal corporate cost codes to detail vendor schedule of values to itemize scope, funding, and invoicing.
• Monitor supplier performance and compliance with contracts, ensuring timely deliveries and adherence to quality standards.
• Develop and implement effective inventory control strategies to optimize stock levels, minimize carrying costs, and reduce stockouts or overstocks.
• Negotiate vendor agreements to optimize pricing and spares availability.
• Conduct regular inventory analysis to identify slow-moving or obsolete items and recommend appropriate action.
• Coordinate transportation and logistics activities, including arranging shipments, managing freight costs, and tracking delivery schedules.
• Work closely with carriers and freight forwarders to optimize delivery routes and transit times.
• Adjust inventory plans accordingly to meet changing demand patterns and seasonal fluctuations.
• Identify inefficiencies in the supply chain process and propose and implement improvements to enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs.
• Streamline processes for order processing, procurement, and demand fulfillment to increase productivity and meet customer expectations.
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards related to supply chain operations.
• Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies to address potential disruptions in the supply chain.

Education / Experience is required when indicated, desired otherwise.

Physical Demand

Field work will include work outside and exposed to the weather, high elevations, confined spaces, electrical components, both stationary and rotating equipment, manure and other agricultural wastes, gases and liquids that are compressed / pressurized, toxic, caustic, or acidic, and / or flammable, dust, exposure to high heat / cold weather, high winds, and high noise.

The physical demands described next are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Satisfactory performance of the essential duties of this job will require standing, kneeling, sitting, and walking as well as fine motor skills (especially of the hands) and the extended reach of arms. Climbing, balancing, stooping, crouching, and crawling will be required. Regular senses of smell, hearing, and sight are required. The capacity to occasionally lift up to 75 pounds is required.

Work Environment

The duties of this job will include working both in an office environment and work outdoors in the weather year-round as well as inside industrial spaces with operating machinery. Exposure to high heat and high humidity as well as cold weather and high winds can be expected. This job also includes

potential exposure to high noise, fumes or airborne particles, toxic chemicals, acids and caustic chemicals, flammable and / or poisonous atmospheres, hot surfaces / equipment, cold surfaces / equipment, high vibrations, confined spaces, elevated working surfaces, vehicle traffic, and animal manure.

Compensation

Salary is paid on a bi-weekly basis and will be consummate with the value and experience the candidate brings to the role. In addition to base salary, compensation includes the option to participate in company sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance plans and in a retirement savings program as well as paid personal time off and holidays.

Sagepoint Energy is an equal opportunity employer. Women, veterans, and minorities are encouraged to apply.