Supply Chain Supervisor

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RESPONSIBILITIES & EXPECTATIONS:

Lead Logistics efforts including short term, mid-term and long-term goals:

• Drive the terminal placement based on volume, capacity and costs.
• Experience managing the freight brokage rate process.
• Lead the truck, rail and barge negotiations on spot business as well as annual contract pricing.
• Provide direct support to new business development group on costings to ensure the most cost-effective solutions for Lhoist and customers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement logistics improvement projects.
• Report and communicate on logistics costs by mode to ensure the most cost-effective methods are being utilized.
• Ensure timely payment on all terminal, trucks, barge, and rail invoices.
• Manage all demurrage invoices for all modes of transportation (trucks, rail, barge).
• Conduct regular performance evaluations of logistics service providers to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and service level agreements.

Work with Management to identify cost savings and efficiencies:

• Provide direct support to the business with analysis needs on the most cost-effective modes of transportation.
• Own the transportation results and ensure monthly actuals are accurate and complete.
• Work on the development and implement logistics optimization strategies to reduce costs, improve delivery times, and enhance overall delivery experience.
• Develop and maintain relationships with transportation vendors to leverage and keep costs to a minimum.
• Manage and track logistics related KPIs and report on the performance to senior management.

Plant support:

• Partner with locations in monitoring and managing SAP, Transwide/ JWS entry and systems. 
• Ensure proper loading, reporting, and guidelines are being followed consistently.
• Lead and track compliance at current and future third-party locations
• Manage the month-end reconciliation with Finance to ensure all tons are accounted for properly.
• Set up and maintain track and land leases as it pertains to plants and applicable properties.

Logistics reporting

• Report and communicate on costs by modes of transportation and account for any outliers that exist.
• Constantly running analysis looking for trends along with preparing to share conclusions and recommendations to regional leaderships.
• Actively participate in the preparation of the logistics budget which should include leases.
• Analyze data to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for improvement around the logistics process.

Railcar Management

• Closely work with the Railcar leader to ensure cars are moving at a constant rate to eliminate gaps in the pipeline to terminals.
• Work closely with the terminals on movement of barges to ensure limited gaps.

Provide Customer Service Support

• Interact with internal and external customers as well as transportation contractors.
• Actively involved in total quality process and continuous improvement of customer confidence by knowing the customer’s demands for quality and quantity in relationship to inventory and customer need.
• Ensure locations are comply with all transportation guidelines.
• Work closely with the customer service manager and team to ensure alignment along with providing transportation options to meet customer needs.  
• Provide training and guidance on any current or new supply chain systems/tools/models for the customer service and site shipping teams at the locations.

Lead the Customer Service team and provide support

• Interact with internal and external customers as well as transportation contractors.
• Be involved in total quality process and continuous improvement of customer confidence by knowing the customer’s demands for quality and quantity in relationship to inventory and customer need.

Identify and propose additional supply chain tools and processes w