How do they match: Supply Chain Managers

  • Material Requirements Planning Manager
  • Materials Manager
  • Materials Planner
  • Solution Design and Analysis Manager

  • Direct or coordinate production, purchasing, warehousing, distribution, or financial forecasting services or activities to limit costs and improve accuracy, customer service, or safety. Examine existing procedures or opportunities for streamlining activities to meet product distribution needs. Direct the movement, storage, or processing of inventory.

  • Confer with supply chain planners to forecast demand or create supply plans that ensure availability of materials or products.
  • Design or implement plant warehousing strategies for production materials or finished products.
  • Determine appropriate equipment and staffing levels to load, unload, move, or store materials.
  • Evaluate and select information or other technology solutions to improve tracking and reporting of materials or products distribution, storage, or inventory.
  • Forecast material costs or develop standard cost lists.
  • Identify opportunities to reuse or recycle materials to minimize consumption of new materials, minimize waste, or to convert wastes to by-products.
  • Locate or select biodegradable, non-toxic, or other environmentally friendly raw materials for manufacturing processes.
  • Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirements planning, controlling inventory, warehousing, or receiving.
  • Negotiate prices and terms with suppliers, vendors, or freight forwarders.
  • Participate in the coordination of engineering changes, product line extensions, or new product launches to ensure orderly and timely transitions in material or production flow.

  • Estimate labor requirements.
  • Estimate cost or material requirements.
  • Evaluate quality of materials or products.