Job Description

Overview

Do you have what it takes to start your career at a Fortune 200 Company? Do you have a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related field? If so, we want to talk to you! Check out this opportunity with Altria Group Distribution Company (AGDC).

Altria Group Distribution Companys role is to provide sales, distribution and consumer engagement services for Altrias tobacco operating companies. We are currently seeking a highly qualified Senior Analyst, Customer Supply Chain. This role is responsible for the management of our third-party warehouses that house and distribute finished goods from our family of companies. Activities include being the face of Altria to our partners, negotiating rates and contracts, executing distribution plans from our OpCos, and coming up with new ways to distribute products through our supply chain. Candidates for this position can be located anywhere in the United States.

Job Duties:

* Responsible for assigned vendors performance and budget, audits (to include travel), metrics review with providers, contract rate negotiations, training warehouse personnel, and having leadership conversations to align provider with our expectations.
* Lead OpCo initiatives at assigned public warehouses to include training warehouse personnel on processes and systems, negotiating rates for new products, working with OpCos to get requirements, documenting requirements, following up on any issues after go-live, and SAP testing.
* Manage public warehouse issues resolution (system problems and customer delivery issues).
* Oversight of the claims process to include following up with insurance companies on payments, management of the signing of liability release forms by the vendor and Altria and working with the external vendor to continually improve the process.
* Coordinating with the quality assurance groups, PMI, etc. and updating as processes evolve, updating the metrics we track, and ensuring compliance with certain processes, such as system access review and background screening requirements.

Qualifications Include:

* Bachelor's degree in Business Management, preferably with a focus in Supply Chain and Logistics or related discipline.
* Prior supply chain and vendor management experience.
* Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate across all levels of an organization.
* Eagerness to help solve new challenges.
* Prior experience managing 3rd party warehouses is a plus.
* Ability to solve problems independently.
* Ability to travel up to 40%.


Company Overview

Altria Group is a FORTUNE 200 company that leads the premier tobacco companies in the United States. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Altria Group holds diversified positions across tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis. Our tobacco companies include some of the most enduring names in American business: Philip Morris USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, John Middleton, and Nat Sherman. We have 35 percent ownership of JUUL Labs, Inc., the nations leading e-vapor company. And we have an 80% interest in Helix Innovations, which manufactures and markets on!, an oral tobacco-derived nicotine pouch product. We complement our total tobacco business with our ownership of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates and our significant equity investment in Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer. Altrias significant stake in Cronos Group, a leading global cannabinoid company, represents an exciting new global growth opportunity.

At Altria, we recognize that our people are the reason we achieve our business goals. Its only through diverse perspectives and insights that we will be able to take on the important challenges we will face to dramatically transform our business and our industry. The work opportunities and experiences, combined with training, development, and advancement programs, allow our employees to achieve their full potential and deliver superior business results. We have the opportunity to make more progress on harm reduction in the next 10 years than we have in the past 50 years. Join us as we work together to shape a better future for adult tobacco consumers, our employees, and our shareholders. Each Altria company is an equal opportunity employer.