Candidates must be within a commutable distance to Red Wing, MN for consideration. 

Everyday, our American Boot Builders proudly put their hearts into building and delivering remarkable, purpose-built products that will make an impact on people’s lives today and future generations. Build a product you'll be proud to stand behind. Build your legacy at Red Wing Shoe Company.

Red Wing Shoe Company is based in Red Wing, Minnesota, just 40 minutes from St. Paul, where our corporate office sits along the Mississippi River in downtown Red Wing.  We are a global company with 2300 employees around the world, but we maintain a close-knit family atmosphere that comes with being a privately-held company. We’re rich in history and tradition, but innovation drives us to deliver best-in-class product solutions and highly rated customer experiences.  Focus on our employees and company culture results in meaningful employee engagement across the organization. Our Guiding Behaviors of Living our Values, Honoring our Brands, Inspiring our People, Centering on our Customers, and Preserving the long term success and legacy of our Company are the foundation on which we build our future.

The targeted hiring range for this full-time position is $95,900 - $129,400 depending on qualifications; however, the expanded salary range provides opportunities for advancement. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and job location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, competencies, experience, and relevant education, training or a combination of these things and market demand. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range and benefits for your location during the hiring process.

Our comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with health savings and flexible spending accounts, life and disability insurance, generous paid time off and holidays, a 401(k) match, employee discounts, and valuable well-being benefits like free EAP services, financial planning assistance, and well-being coaching all designed to support your health and financial security.

GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB:

Supervise the raw material planning requirements of the shoe and leather manufacturing facilities to ensure the Red Wing Shoe business and customer requirements are met.  Supervise the purchasing of raw materials and manufacturing supplies while maintaining appropriate inventory levels to meet business demand and Company objectives. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the raw materials purchasing and sourcing processes for manufacturing operations (shoe manufacturing and leather manufacturing).
• Work closely with Brand leadership, Demand Planning partners and other business partners as needed to analyze past and future business demands, assess capabilities, develop strategies and implement actions to achieve business imperatives. 
• Work with Scheduling and Demand Planning teams to analyze and update materials forecast information leveraging all available systems and resources.
• Maximize utilization of manufacturing capacity planning tools including M3 (ERP) and other Company planning tools for all domestic manufacturing facilities and maximize material efficiency.
• Track and analyze physical inventory data (safety stock) and variances, develop/recommend action plans and engage appropriate stakeholders to prevent and/or remediate issues.
• Provide leadership for inventory management activities including but not limited to cycle counts and physical inventory counts.
• Implement Lean Material Flow
• Develop and manage supply base (mostly domestic but includes some international) to support raw materials used to produce components through new product development and production phases.
• Work directly with key suppliers to develop and implement sourcing and cost management strategies that support existing platforms and new product development.
• Monitor global industry trends and work cross-functionally with the design and product development teams to identify/mitigate supply and demand challenges.
• Partner with internal resources to drive cost savings opportunities (managing the process in the productivity funnel) and price changes/cost avoidance (manage in the Sourcing Inflationary Tracker).
• Visit supplier facilities and accurately assess operational capability, financial health, and capacity to award contracts in support of new product development and long-term production.
• Conduct comprehensive supplier analysis, assess strategic direction, capacity, market and industry position, and risk assessment.
• Manage costs to ensure alignment with company’s overall goals.
• Present value proposition, including those related to contract award, cost reviews, cost reduction strategies and critical supply issues.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (include certification if applicable):

Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university and seven to ten years related experience/training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: (8-10 bullet points)

• Supervise, coach, train, and develop purchasing team members to achieve business goals and career development/advancement objectives.
• Continuous learning and development of personal technical/functional and leadership capabilities.
• Effective communication, collaboration and engagement of appropriate cross-functional stakeholders.
• Participate and provide leadership as needed to develop, implement and continuously improve the SOP process for domestic manufacturing including systems utilization (e.g.,  M3 Microsoft Office).
• Participate in cross-functional process improvement teams with mapping, root cause identification and transformation.
• Maintain quality service by establishing, following, and enforcing organizational quality system standards.

Red Wing Shoes is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Individuals with disabilities needing assistance in completing an application may contact [email protected] or call 651-388-8211.

Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP at https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm

All offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory results of a background check and physical exam which includes a drug screen.

Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. is a drug-free workplace.

Red Wing Shoe Company will not be using recruitment agencies or firms to fill this position and we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information. No agency calls please.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)