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Supply Chain Manager

Medline · Arlington Heights, IL · $116,000–$174,000 a year · Full time

Posted Sep 10, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a continuous improvement project you led in a supply chain team.

What they are checking: Whether they have led real improvement with measurable results, as the posting emphasizes.

How do you make sure your team's daily, weekly and monthly tasks meet standards without micromanaging?

What they are checking: Whether they use clear metrics and routines to manage performance rather than checking every task.

Tell me about a time you had to tell senior management about a service problem.

What they are checking: Whether they escalate early with a clear picture and both short- and long-term recommendations.

Tell me about a time you developed someone on your team into a stronger planner or analyst.

What they are checking: Whether they build team capability, which matters for a manager overseeing several teams.

What would you do

Inventory is climbing but service levels are dropping at the same time. How would you figure out why?

What they are checking: Whether they can spot an inventory mix problem, with too much of the wrong items and too little of the right ones.

Manufacturing needs a material that's short, and the planner didn't flag it in time. What do you do today, and what do you change after?

What they are checking: Whether they handle the immediate shortage and also fix the planning gap that caused it.

How would you decide whether to escalate an inventory issue or have the team resolve it?

What they are checking: Whether they have sound judgment about impact and urgency rather than escalating everything or nothing.

How do you make sure customer needs are understood across a supply chain team that never talks to customers?

What they are checking: Whether they connect daily planning work to what customers actually need.

About the work

How do you build forward-looking projections for inventory, capacity and space for a manufacturing site?

What they are checking: Whether they can connect demand, production plans and storage limits into one view leaders can act on.

What inventory metrics do you watch most closely, and why?

What they are checking: Whether they know which metrics, like turns, days on hand and fill rate, drive good decisions.

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The full job description

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Job Summary We're looking for a Supply Chain Manager who is passionate about improving processes, optimizing inventory performance, and driving operational excellence within a manufacturing environment. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys identifying opportunities, solving complex supply chain challenges, and leading teams through continuous improvement initiatives. In this role, you will oversee, plan, monitor and manage teams supporting the Supply Chain. Ensure departmental and support personnel are focused on continuous improvement of processes. Promote alignment by understanding and communicating customer needs and requirements throughout the organization. Job Description MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES: • Provide direction to teams in Supply Chain. Analyze, resolve or escalate inventory issues. Ensure daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly tasks of Supply Chain teams meet standards. • Resolve daily Supply Chain issues. Direct team regarding issue resolution and continuous improvement. • Communicate to senior management Supply Chain and service issues with short and long term recommendations on resolution. • Ensure inventory plans and execution of plans are consistent with Supply Chain goals. • Provide support to internal manufacturing operations. • Prepare and present forward-looking, future projections of inventory, volume, service, planning, capacity, and space considerations. Assure that the system parameters are correct. Manage communication between Teams. • Management responsibilities include: • Typically oversees professional employees/teams OR typically manages non-professional employees through Supervisors in manufacturing, distribution or office environments • Day-to-day operations of a group of employees. • May have limited budgetary responsibility and usually contributes to budgetary impact; • Interpret and execute policies for departments/projects and develops. • Recommend and implement new policies or modifications to existing policies. • Provide general guidelines and parameters for staff functioning. • Hiring staff, recommending pay increases, performing performance reviews, training and development of staff, estimating personnel needs, assigning work, meeting completion dates, interpreting and ensuring consistent application of organizational policies. MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS: Education: • Bachelor’s degree or 10 years of equivalent experience Certification / Licensure: • None Work Experience: • At least 5 years manufacturing, distribution or purchasing experience. • Experience demonstrating knowledge level of MRP, buying, demand management and forecasting. Knowledge / Skills / Abilities: • Position requires the ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages and volume. • Position requires the ability to apply concepts of algebra and business statistics. • Advanced level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using AVERAGE function, merging and centering cells, printing centered page and/or creating a pivot table). PREFERRED JOB REQUIREMENTS: Education: • Bachelor’s Degree Work Experience: • Experience in import logistics, inventory planning and transportation. • Experience managing people, including hiring, developing, motivating and directing people as they work. • Experience with SAP. Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization. The anticipated salary range for this position: $116,000.00 - $174,000.00 Annual The actual salary will vary based on applicant’s location, education, experience, skills, and abilities. This role is bonus and/or incentive eligible. Medline will not pay less than the applicable minimum wage or salary threshold. Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average. For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions, paid time off, as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits please click here . We’re dedicated to creating a Medline where everyone feels they belong and can grow their career. We strive to do this by seeking diversity in all forms, acting inclusively, and ensuring that people have tools and resources to perform at their best. Explore our Belonging page here . Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, neurodivergence, protected veteran status, marital or family status, caregiver responsibilities, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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