E-ONE Hiring for Director of Supply Chain at Ocala, FL Full Time

E-ONE manufactures custom and commercial fire trucks including pumpers and tankers, aerial ladders and platforms, rescues of all sizes, quick attack units, industrial trucks, and ARFF (aircraft rescue firefighting vehicles).

Established in 1974, E-ONE has grown to become an industry leader in just a few decades, and today employs more than 1,000 people who manufacture over 400 fire trucks per year. Innovation has been the company’s driving force and continues to be the impetus behind its pursuit of innovative technologies. The result is state-of-the-art fire rescue vehicles recognized for superior firefighting and rescue capabilities.

SCOPE:

Direct a full range of items and services, including those of critical importance within the materials, externally sourced parts departments, purchasing groups and production planning. Direct the materials and purchasing groups to ensure the manufacture of products, parts, or components within established timing and quality standards. This position has great emphasis on highly skilled operations, quality assurance, and troubleshooting in scheduling that requires highly skilled processes, complex assembly, and testing. Determine organizational requirements, including hiring, performance evaluations, and staffing level recommendations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Manage and execute proven tenants of success within the Supply Chain organization.
• Work with Enterprise commodity team to meet annual net sourcing targets.
• Manage personnel engaged in inventory, materials, purchasing, and production planning processes, including parts supplied to production for the manufacture of vehicles. The scope is solely externally sourced parts.
• Improve upon Supply Chain management best practices in areas such as system optimization, metrics, inventory control and demand planning.
• Lead Sales, Inventory, Operations and Planning (SIOP) strategic meetings with senior leadership team.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and quality procedures.
• Must take a dedicated approach in both strategic action development, while being able to problem-solve using established system tools.
• Must direct workflow to ensure timely and efficient execution of the production schedule.
• Must be able to handle a variety of customers, which can include interaction with other departments, managers, Customers, vendors, finance etc.
• Assumes leadership and expertise of lean principles. Accountable for the implementation and sustainment of lean within areas of responsibility. Must be change agent and ambassador for continuous improvement. Must be able to teach/train employees at all levels on the concepts of lean. Must proactively lead the engagement of all personnel in the implementation of the principles and tools of lean.
• Must take a pro-active role in safety, environmental, ISO, and lean manufacturing/continuous improvement programs and policy enforcement.
• Accountability for ensuring all quality, regulatory and ISO requirements are met. Responsible to make sure appropriate actions are taken to meet all requirements, including stopping production if appropriate.
• Responsible for development, compliance and enforcement of all company policies and procedures. Ensures consistent and effective employee relations. Recommends rewards/recognition as appropriate. Initiates necessary disciplinary actions as required.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Demonstrated abilities in communication, negotiation, and project implementation.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, operations, Supply Chain management or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Supply Chain management
• Minimum of 5 years supervisory experience with the ability to lead, motivate, coach, mentor and engage employees. Ability to manage a diverse team.
• Proven leadership capabilities. Ability to work independently. Actively develops a high performance team with skills needed to meet company goals and objectives.
• Advanced knowledge and experience with understanding and application of lean principles and continuous improvement methodologies
• Require superior communication skills (written, oral, presentation, and instructional) and ability to effectively interact with customers, dealers, suppliers, team leaders, managers, associates, and executives.
• Proven success in team building, conflict resolution, and problem solving from identification through root cause resolution.
• Good business acumen and financial knowledge, including budgeting, P&L, forecasting etc.

REV Group is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. The Company conducts all employment practices without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran’s status, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by law. REV Group also undertakes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunities for minorities and women, for persons with disabilities, and for protected veterans.

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