Summary:
The Supply Chain Manager is a critical role responsible for driving standardized Sales, Operations, and Planning (S&OP) processes, implementing supply chain strategies, managing cost containment, and overseeing material and supplier performance. This role holds full organizational responsibility for all aspects of the supply chain.
The individual will lead and guide the supply chain function across strategic business units and operations centers, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. Their leadership scope includes both strategic and tactical planning and execution across all business processes, from the moment an order enters the backlog to the product's delivery to the customer, ensuring that quality, delivery, and cost objectives are met.
Required:
- Minimum Education: 4-year degree in Supply Chain or related field
- Minimum of 5+ years in Procurement Management level role directing a team of at least 5 or more supply chain team members to include procurement.
- 8+ years of overall progressive experience in procurement and planning.
- Specific procurement experience in build to print, Tier II organization (preferably electronics, defense and/or aerospace)
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Ability to speak to metrics, tools (ERP) and supplier management used in prior roles. Must be able to give clear examples to support this.
- Skilled in ERP/MRP systems (ex. BAAN LN) and Excel
- Ability to inspire the procurement team.
- Ability to develop the procurement team. This individual will have the desire to continuously improve oneself and pour his/her knowledge into the team to help them grow.
- Ability to communicate with clarity and transparency to procurement team.
- Ability to provide clear, precise duties to team members and hold the individuals accountable to deliver results.
- Ability to manage supplier delivery, quality, and costs for small quantities of specialty parts on a contract basis.
- Ability to collaborate across functions to maximize SC effectiveness (ex. Operations, Program Management, Bid & Proposals, Planning, Engineering, and Quality)
