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Vesuvius North America · 4 weeks ago

Supply Chain Manager

positionIllinois, United States
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level

Vesuvius North America is seeking a dynamic Supply Chain Manager to lead the transformation of their Chicago Heights plant operations. This role focuses on driving lean excellence, automation, and optimizing material flow from raw materials through finished goods.

Consumer Goods

Responsibilities

Define and execute raw material strategy to minimize inventory while ensuring rapid customer responsiveness
Challenge and redesign intralogistics processes to eliminate inefficiencies and strengthen plant agility
Transition all inventory from floor stored pallets to rack systems, leveraging WMS, Excel, JDE, SAP, and automated warehouse technologies (EGVs or equivalent)
Lead and inspire a team of Schedulers, Material Planners, and Shipping & Receiving professionals
Partner with Procurement and global supply chain teams to optimize working capital and inventory management
Facilitate lean workshops and embed a culture of continuous improvement
Running ABC analysis in the warehouse to optimize stock positioning, doing spaghetti analysis in order to minimize the flow of materials, manning, and forklifts
Applying Kanban models if necessary and checking opportunities to create milk run either internally and/or externally with suppliers in collaboration with procurement

Qualification

Supply chain leadershipLean expertiseWMS proficiencyExcel proficiencySAP proficiencyInfluencing skillsTeam leadershipCommunication skillsCollaboration skillsAdaptability

Required

Proven supply chain leadership in manufacturing environments
Strong lean expertise with a track record of measurable improvements
Hands‑on experience with WMS, rack storage, and automated warehouse systems
Proficiency in Excel, JDE, and SAP
Ability to challenge the status quo and deliver breakthrough results
Soft skills: strong communication, collaboration, influencing, adaptability, and team leadership

Company

Vesuvius North America

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Leading the world of molten metal flow engineering and technology, serving process industries operating in challenging high-temperature conditions.
location
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people-size10001+ employees
web-link
http://www.vesuvius.com

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Julia W.
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