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Mars

Value Stream Support (Logistics) Manager

Location:  USA-Tennessee-Chattanooga | United States of America
Location flexibility:  3 office days / week
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Job Description

Job Description:

Value Stream Support Manager

The Value Stream Support Manager role is the heart of our operations, directing the flow of the entire supply chain and ensuring the highest standards of quality and food safety (Procurement, Production & Materials Planning, Warehouse Management, Inbound/Outbound Product Flows, Customer Service and Distribution Center Continuity). This role will manage a dedicated team, hold a key seat on the Site Leadership Team and drive operational excellence that defines our success.

If you are a strategic thinker, hands on leader and a communicator who excels at navigating complex discussions this could be your next best move.

What are we looking for?

Minimum:

  • Bachelor's degree
  • 3+ years of experience in similar role with progressive procurement or materials management experience in a production, manufacturing or distribution environment.
  • 2+ years of people leadership
  • Demonstrated leadership and strategic planning skills
  • Ability to deliver critical performance feedback and hold associates accountable to business objective
  • Knowledge of SAP and able to lead others in troubleshooting system issues and discrepancies
  • Functional knowledge and understanding of health, safety and environmental practices; and quality management and food safety principles.
  • Proven track record of building strong business relationships, solving problems with a sense of urgency, and the ability to work well with associates at any level.
  • Exceptional communication abilities in order to work effectively with numerous internal departments and external resources
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Demonstrated leadership and strategic planning skills
  • Ability to deliver critical performance feedback and hold associates accountable to business objective
  • Preferred:

    • Bachelor's degree in engineering, basic sciences or business-related disciplines.
    • 2 years leader of managers experience

    What would your key responsibilities be?

    • Provide leadership and development to your team, guiding their career progression through thoughtful performance evaluations and continuous coaching. Beyond your team, you will be a visible and influential leader across the entire site and be a role-model for the behaviors outlined in our Five Principles.

    • Leadership Team member providing strategic planning, organizational development with a focus on short- and long-term goals.

    • Manage (direct/indirect) daily logistics functions for material storage and material supply and consumption up to the production lines and deployment and shipping of finished products.

    • Manage plant scheduler functions ensuring production schedules are maintained to optimize customer service.

    • Analyze customer demand data from SAP into actionable production plans and ensure on-time execution by production departments to meet all schedule deadlines.

    • Develop and implement strategies for optimizing inventory levels on raw materials and packaging materials to meet the production demands.

    • Recommend and implement improvements to methods, equipment, systems and organization as needed to ensure that the objectives of the area and plant are met.

    • Partner with Regional and Global Procurement group as a technical resource for annual ingredient contracts, supply and demand issues. Identify new suppliers, resolve issues with supplier performance, negotiate pricing and building supplier relationships.

    • Manage quality release process for all raw ingredients, packaging materials, Site Sanitation and GMP programs in partnership with Q&FS.

    What can you expect from Mars?

    • Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
    • Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

    • A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

    • An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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    Working at Mars

    Hybrid

    Core hours 11–3

    Company employees:

    4,000 In the UK

    Gender diversity (m:f):

    57:43

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    Company benefits

    Open to part-time employees
    Open to job sharing
    Open to compressed hours
    Sabbaticals
    Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
    Enhanced paternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
    24 days annual leave + bank holidays
    “Pawternity” leave
    Pregnancy loss leave
    Bank holiday swaps
    Shared parental leave
    Adoption leave
    Family health insurance
    Pregnancy support
    Neonatal leave
    Faith rooms
    Meditation space
    Dog friendly office
    Dog friendly co-working space
    Annual bonus
    Employee discounts
    Cinema discounts
    Referral bonus
    Joining bonus
    Cycle to work scheme
    Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
    Enhanced pension match/contribution
    Theme park discounts
    Lunch and learns
    In house training
    Learning license
    Studying sabbaticals
    Open to part time work for some roles
    Menopause support
    On-site gym
    On-site barista
    Secure on-site parking
    On-site catering
    Private booths
    On-site wellness room
    Collaboration spaces

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