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Supply Chain & Sourcing Operations

Supply Chain

3M Supply Chain provides logistic leadership, customer service, lean manufacturing analysis/support and network design to optimize our supply flow. Our organization manages logistics from supplier input materials through manufacturing/distribution and ultimately to the customer. Our responsibilities include managing distribution operations, warehousing, planning, materials management, operations management and transportation operations.

Supply Chain positions exist at factory, division, business unit and corporate levels. Careers in Supply Chain are built on the functional and leadership knowledge of the individual.

Supply Chain career opportunities are available in many areas:

  • Customer Service and Customer Collaboration
  • Distribution Center Operations
  • Factory Operations: Procurement, Inventory Control or Materials Management
  • Sales & Operations Planning
  • Demand Management

Education :


Post graduate or graduate degrees in Management, Supply Chain Operations or Operations Research. We also consider business or related graduates who include a focus in these disciplines and often some additional development work.

Sourcing Operations

As part of the Corporate Supply Chain organization, project sourcing and global sourcing operations are center-led organizations that work collaboratively with all 3M businesses around the world by providing services and delivering value in supporting revenue growth, global sourcing cost reduction, supply assurance, risk management and continuous global business process improvement.

Exciting Sourcing Operations career opportunities are available in the following areas:

  • Global Strategic Sourcing to support Low Cost Country Sourcing
  • Work in Project Sourcing teams on cost savings projects.
  • Production Materials Sourcing Teams supporting plant sourcing operations
  • Work in Vendor Development teams on sourcing for growth and localization projects
  • Indirect Sourcing Teams supporting all A&SP and Administrative spend
  • Work in business/division sourcing teams to identify business needs and facilitate internal alignment.
  • Support Global Commodity Teams in business intelligence analysis, benchmarking and global team effectiveness improvement.

Education :


Post graduate or graduate degrees in Engineering or Supply Chain Operations.
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