Fleet Maintenance Field Supply Associate

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Job Description:

Summary
The role of the Field Supply Associate IV is to support the vehicle repair process through inventory planning, purchasing negotiation, process compliance and training to ensure business growth, cost savings and customer retention across his/her area. This position reports to the Field Inventory Planning Manager and provides support to the Director of Operations & the FMS Operations organization.

Hours: 7:00am to 5:00pm

Schedule: Monday - Friday

Travel is required (25%-50%)

This job will support the FMS Ops in multiple states (Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado)

Candidates should live in either Phoenix, AZ or San Antonio, TX

Salary is determined based on internal equity; internal salary ranges; market data/ranges; applicant’s skills; prior relevant experience; certain degrees or certifications, etc.

Ryder offers comprehensive health and welfare benefits, to include medical, prescription, dental, vision, life insurance and disability insurance options, as well as paid time off for vacation, illness, bereavement, family and parental leave, and a tax-advantaged 401(k) retirement savings plan.

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Essential Functions

• Supports DOO and DQFM in all aspects of inventory, tire, and outside repair vendor management as expert for area

• Measure, track and perform on-going analysis to ensure inventory purchasing, tire applications, outside repair and financial objectives are met

• Accountable for key purchasing and inventory measurements and controls across his/her area

• Support, communicate and ensures compliance with all company-wide mandated parts, tire and outside repair policies, procedures and processes

• Support, communicate and implement all corporate & regional inventory management, tire management and outside repair vendor management initiatives

• Train, develop, provide input for performance management of personnel within assigned business unit (CSC, PRP, TRPs, etc.)

• Support, visit and build relationships with local, regional and national suppliers

• AP Field Support - capture/ show tactical solutions; track/ report defects and create feedback loop for all Accounts Payable functions for their assigned locations/BU's

Additional Responsibilities

• Develop a local inventory model for each supported location

• Ensure parts room layout is consistent with standards

• Support and/or participate in location inventory counts and inventory planning activities for all location closures, start-ups and take-overs

• Manage parts aging and obsolescence to eliminate obsolete parts reserve

• Monitor local purchasing for each Ryder location to verify that vendor is honoring national and local negotiated pricing levels

• Provide training to shop personnel on inventory & purchasing procedures

• Coordinate weekly virtual scrap tire process

• Conduct branch reviews

• Contribute to the cont