Director of Supply Chain (86463)

About the Company

The Gill Corporation is one of the world's largest manufacturers of honeycomb, high performance floor panels, cargo compartment liners, and original equipment for passenger and freighter aircraft. The company also excels in many other types of reinforced plastics, including interior sandwich panels for aircraft galleys and bulkheads, honeycomb core, and related products.

Responsibilities

• Understand, develop, and implement strategic objectives, capacity status, constraints, and needs for growth in support of corporate goals, providing organizational recommendations as required.
• Monitor and approve expenditures of company assets in terms of both raw materials and company funds.
• Ensure an effective and efficient scheduling process to maximize facility resources and inventory.
• Manage and track inventories utilizing a material requirements planning (MRP) system and a just-in-time (JIT) operating philosophy.
• Negotiate with outside suppliers to ensure adequate product availability, fair pricing, and up-to-date marketplace information.
• Develop and maintain company/supplier partnerships based on mutual trust to enhance long-term and cost-effective availability of materials.
• Ensure that all current material-related systems are being utilized correctly through routing, monitoring feedback reports, and accuracy verifications.
• Establish and implement new, or revisions to, existing procedures to increase materials management efficiency, asset control, and asset utilization.
• Eliminate waste of raw materials, utilities, manpower, and other company resources wherever possible.
• Continually assess, develop, and staff subordinate groups with the talent necessary to operate at a high level of accuracy and productivity.
• Participate in intra-company activities and committees as a representative of the materials department in support of The Gill Corporation's goals and strategic objectives.
• Coordinate with R&D and Sales to provide new materials for new projects and review additions and updates to current in-house databases.
• Supervise periodic physical inventories to update and compare perpetual computer records.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in business or technical field.
• 15 years of materials experience in a manufacturing/process environment.
• APICS training is a strong plus.
• Customer service-oriented.
• Basic knowledge of material systems and contract rights and obligations related to purchasing.
• Understanding of contract-related legal matters and basic technical understanding of materials.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to sit for extended periods of time, up to 8 hours with periodic breaks.
• May occasionally stand and/or walk, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Must be able to move throughout the office and manufacturing area, including between multiple buildings in an industrial campus setting.
• Must be able to talk/hear or otherwise communicate with employees, management, customers, suppliers, and others.
• Must be able to travel to other company sites, customers, suppliers, and other events for multiple workdays, as required.

Additional Requirements

Certain positions may require the ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret Clearance.

This position requires access to information subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Applicants will be asked to provide specific documentation to verify U.S. person status under ITAR and EAR. A “U.S. person” is defined as a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee.