Senior Supply Chain Specialist

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership span more than 130 years. Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products for all areas of life. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the automotive, furniture, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile and geo components industries.

Learn more about the history of Leggett & Platt: https://leggett.com/history

Bedding

The world leader in bedding technology.

Leggett & Platt has been the driving force in bedding components technology since inventing the bedspring in 1885. Now, we own more mattress industry patents than anyone in the world.

Springs, foam, adjustable beds, machinery – our Bedding businesses design, produce, and supply innovative sleep solutions that help you rest comfortably.

Learn more about Bedding Components: L&P Bedding Group

Leggett & Platt, Incorporated is seeking a SR Supply Chain Specialist for its Adjustable Bed Group in Carthage, Missouri.

As a SR Supply Chain Specialist, you will be responsible for responsible for the procurement of raw material and services on a global scale and inventory requirements for our manufacturing facility.

So, what will you be doing as a SR Supply Chain Specialist?

• Drive strategic procurement process improvement projects across the unit to enhance inventory efficiency and reduce risk
• Conduct forward‑looking inventory analyses to prepare for capacity limits, supplier issues, and volatile demand
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, and logistics to ensure project alignment and execution
• Lead cross‑functional reviews of slow‑moving, excess, and obsolete inventory and drive actionable disposition plans
• Purchase order management, both domestic and international suppliers
• Maintain accurate inventory levels across the business unit
• Ability to understand customer demand and react timely to fluctuations
• Expedite outstanding purchase orders to meet production demands or initiate cancellation of orders to maintain acceptable inventory levels
• Track KPI’s and report on supply chain’s performance
• Maintain effective relationship with internal and external contacts

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Management
• In lieu of Bachelor’s Degree 5 + years' purchasing/supply chain experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Analytical mind with business acumen
• Proficient in Excel, Microsoft Word, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Ability to analyze large and multi-dimensional data sets using Excel, and other analysis tools.
• Fundamental understanding of transportation, supply chain and logistics concepts
• Ability to multi-task and willingness to work within a team environment

Helpful, but not required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain and/or Business Administration preferred.
• Advanced Procurement/Supply Chain certification from ASCM (APICS) / ISM preferred. date)
• Experience in MRP environment strongly preferred
• 2+ years' ERP experience (Microsoft Dynamics preferred).

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• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
• Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
• Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
• Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

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