Supply Chain and Logistics Manager

Description

The Supply Chain and Logistics Manager provides leadership and direction for U.S. planning, shipping, receiving, inventory, warehousing, transportation, and distribution through a small team responsible for day-to-day execution. The role establishes priorities, allocates resources, sets performance expectations, and removes barriers to support reliability, customer requirements, cost control, quality, and working capital objectives. The manager develops and executes supply chain and logistics strategies in partnership with Operations, Quality, EHS, Finance, Customer Service, and other internal stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

Safety, Quality, and Compliance

• Actively support the implementation and maintenance of SACHEM’s HSSEE and Quality Management Systems – SACHEM Integrated Management Systems (SIMS).
• Ensure U.S. supply chain operations comply with regulatory, company, and customer requirements.
• Maintain audit-ready supply chain records and coordinate resources and corrective actions for internal, customer, and regulatory audits.

Logistics, Warehousing, and Distribution

• Lead U.S. receiving, warehousing, shipping, distribution, and third-party warehouse activities, aligning staffing and resources with operational needs.
• Oversee transportation strategy and execution, including carrier and route selection, scheduling, tracking, claims, freight costs, and service issues for domestic and U.S.-origin international shipments.
• Maintain effective logistics and warehouse processes, work instructions, housekeeping, and 5S standards.

Inventory Management and Planning

• Lead the U.S. SIOP process, aligning demand forecasts, inventory, capacity, and production plans.
• Direct production and replenishment planning and lead cross-functional resolution of material, capacity, scheduling, inventory, and delivery constraints.
• Oversee inventory controls across U.S. facilities and third-party warehouses, including inventory accuracy, cycle counts, reconciliation, safety stock, replenishment, and slow-moving or obsolete inventory.

Performance and Continuous Improvement

• Establish and monitor supply chain KPIs, including OTIF, inventory accuracy, inventory levels, freight cost, warehouse productivity, shipping outlook, and service performance.
• Lead root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives to improve cost, flow, reliability, and service.
• Support supply chain budgeting, forecasting, and cost-saving initiatives.

People Leadership and Collaboration

• Lead, coach, develop, and hold accountable the team responsible for planning, receiving, warehousing, shipping, logistics, and inventory activities.
• Set priorities and ensure appropriate staffing, training, tools, and resources while maintaining sufficient operational knowledge to provide hands-on coverage when necessary.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships and remove barriers or resolve escalated issues with internal teams, suppliers, carriers, and service providers.

Requirements

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, logistics, operations, business administration, engineering, materials management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, procurement, logistics, warehousing, inventory, or transportation; chemical or other regulated manufacturing experience preferred.
• Experience leading employees and managing supplier, carrier, or third-party logistics relationships.
• Knowledge of sourcing, inventory management, warehousing, distribution, transportation, and supply chain planning.
• Working knowledge of ERP, inventory, warehouse, and logistics systems, with experience in data analysis and KPI reporting.

Competencies:

• Leadership: Empathetic and approachable; sets clear expectations, ensures accountability, and develops the team.
• Business and Market Insight: Understands operational needs, supplier markets, cost drivers, and the commercial impact of supply chain decisions.
• Decision-Making: Uses data and sound judgment to make timely decisions, manage risk, and resolve complex supply or logistics issues.
• Results Focus: Prioritizes, creates urgency, delegates, and follows through on commitments.
• Communication and Negotiation: Communicates clearly across functions and negotiates with suppliers, carriers, service providers, and internal stakeholders.
• Continuous Improvement: Challenges processes and use structured problem-solving to improve safety, quality, service, cost, and efficiency.
• SACHEM Culture: Demonstrates integrity, respect, trust, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning

Travel

Up to 20% domestic travel; limited international travel only as needed for U.S. operations, supplier or customer relationships, or shipments. No global responsibility

SACHEM Offers:

We support our Associates in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance. 

We offer:

•  Competitive Salary
•  Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans
•  Generous 401K
•  Profit Sharing
•  Paid Vacation
•  Life, Disability and Accidental Death Insurance "