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    Director of Supply Chain - Kansas City, United States - Alphapointe

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    As part of its mission, Alphapointe provides preferential hiring to people with vision impairments (legally blind).

    Alphapointe is a non-profit agency whose mission is to empower people with vision loss to achieve their goals and aspirations. We are an essential employer headquartered in Kansas City, MO, manufacturing products in Kansas City, MO and Queen, NY, primarily for the federal government and the State of New York. Our product lines of some 700 SKUs include prescription bottles, office products, janitorial products, and the sewing of textiles. We procure $35 million of raw materials annually national and internationally. Our primary raw materials range from polymer resins for plastic bottles, yarn for mops, fabric for sewing military shirts. Alphapointe offers a great working environment that's both challenging and satisfying as well as an array of benefits including medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, vacation and sick time, paid holidays and flexible spending options as well as a generous 401(k).

    We seek an experienced supply chain and logistics professional to be officed in our KCMO facility. This person will direct our raw material and equipment purchasing functions consisting of two purchasing agents, assuring that our product sales forecasts and work orders are facilitated with raw materials, secured efficiently and timely and at the lowest possible cost. They will manage raw material inventory levels and closely monitor finished goods inventories. They will also be personally responsible for negotiating raw material supply contracts with our major suppliers, and assuring those agreements are executed per our needs and expectations.

    Salary for this position is $80k - $95k, depending upon experience.

    This person will manage our inbound and outbound logistics programs, wherein our raw materials are delivered to our two plants, and our finished goods are delivered to our end customers. We utilize a national logistics company to schedule our truckload, LTL and small parcel delivery shipments.

    This person will report to the CFO, with a dotted line responsibility to the VP of Operations in KC and NY. This position will be a director level position with associated authorities and will work collaboratively with top management. This position will be expected to travel (2 trips per quarter) to the NY plant, trade shows and related activities. This position will office in our KC offices, infrequently working from home.

    The keys to success in this position include 1) the willingness to "roll up one's sleeves" to investigate and attack the issue at hand, 2) the trait of inspecting what one is expecting, 3) and the fortitude to keep moving forward in spite of the pushback and detours.

    Qualifications include:

    A college degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, or a similar field.
    Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of logistics, procurement & warehousing.
    Experience with working with or in top management
    Keen communicator and negotiator
    Competent and confident with making hard or unpopular decisions
    5+ years in supply chain management
    Able to multi-task, yet successfully complete projects at a high rate
    Above average comfort and skills with analytics and numbers
    Above average skills with Excel


    Alphapointe is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran



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