In-Plant Solutions Team Lead - Columbus, GA

Team Lead Position At Msc Industrial Supply Co

Serving customers and our community starts with the best people doing their best work. We are a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO), products and services. We offer more than 2 million products and have over 80 years of experience across dozens of industries. We aim to execute our Built to Make You Better brand promise for all our stakeholders, including our associates.

Team Lead role is focused on managing the client's MRO spend and our onsite personnel at an In-Plant Services location; In-Plant sites assigned to Site Managers will average $3M and 4 FTE, but can range from $2M and 2 FTE to $20M and 20 FTE. This role combines the competencies of distribution and professional procurement (just as integrated supply is the outsourcing of supply chain functions to a distributor). Key competencies include managing plant executive relationships, supplier management, cost savings process, personnel management, customer service, and inventory management. Goals are to retain and grow established business, provide stability and guidance to the onsite staff.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides direct supervision, mentoring, and supply chain guidance to in-plant associates located at the manager's assigned site location.
• Manages assigned plant executive relationships.
• Manages key supply chain service level metrics, such as cost savings and inventory fill rates, to retain and grow established integrated supply business within the site.
• Actively participates in the sourcing of products not available through MSC as well as the supplier relationship management of second tier supplier partners.
• Provide weekly communications to their assigned Regional Onsite Manager and the associated Account Manager, document weekly communications with the client's site champion, and document monthly progress and performance reviews with the client's site champion and plant executives.
• Provide guidance, process management, and regular client reporting around all cost savings procedures, savings attainment, and service level metrics.
• Identify and realize opportunities for expanded spend management within their assigned site.
• Review purchasing history for compliance with established sourcing strategies.
• Enter Corrective Action Reports (CARs) for resolution as conditions warrant, and review any open CARs or issues with client's site champion weekly.
• Review onsite inventory for optimization opportunities at least twice per year.
• Fosters the MSC Culture in the department and throughout the company to ensure fulfillment of MSC's vision and unity of purpose.
• Participates in special projects and performs additional duties as required.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an associate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of knowledge, experience level and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

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