Supply Chain Specialist

Division Information

The Home & Garden business unit of Spectrum Brands is based in St. Louis, Missouri with distribution, manufacturing and sales offices throughout the US and globe. We are a leading supplier of consumer products nationally for the home, lawn and garden, insect and weed control markets. We deliver groundbreaking products of exceptional value and top-notch quality to consumers with our well-recognized brands including Spectracide®, Hot Shot®, Cutter®, Repel®, Black Flag®, Garden Safe®, EcoLogic® and Liquid Fence®.

Job Summary

The Supply Chain Specialist will gathers and analyze data to develop insights used for the optimization of the organization's supply chain operations. Identifies underperforming areas in the supply chain by analyzing costs, capacity, and demand patterns. Continuously reviews the movement of materials and other supply chain processes to identify sources of problems and to develop suggestions for solutions. Prepares reports or dashboards to provide reliable activity data to stakeholders. Monitors suppliers for contract compliance. May assist in the negotiation of contracts or service arrangements

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Measure and monitor Spectrum Brands Supply Chain performance to provide near real time indication of key customer metrics.
• Investigate and resolve customer fines. Identify opportunities to reduce customer fines.
• Publish Customer calculated metrics to Spectrum Brands.
• Identify opportunities and projects to close any gap between actual and expected performance.
• Identify and drive Supply Chain projects that reduce total Supply Chain cost to the customer.
• On a daily basis, work with the Customer Service team to drive decisions that meet customer service level targets.
• Access customer data systems to provide market information to Spectrum Brands.
• Assist and manage supply chain activities for a particular customer base as assigned by the Director of Supply Chain.
  
  

Education and Experience Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field or equivalent experience
• 2-4 years of progressively responsible experience in the field of supply chain logistics, forecasting and/or sales analysis.
• Experience required in Microsoft Office Suite (including Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP), Co-Managed system, SAP.
  
  

Required Skills

• Must be able to work effectively with other functions including, but not limited to Inventory Planning, Demand Planning, Customer Service, Distribution, Transportation, Marketing and the Sales organization.
• Ability to query systems to identify sources of required data for metric purposes.
  
  

Work Environment

Office environment

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Spectrum Brands is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.