Director, Supply Chain

Responsibilities

• Leadership of buyers and planners
• Plan, direct, coordinate professional development of procurement team
• Develop and implement short- and long-term plans, goals and objectives focused on achieving the department’s mission and assigned priorities
• Drive development, standardization, and implementation of procurement processes/procedures, supplier selection/management, negotiation and communication strategies, and cost reduction and process improvement methods
• Develop and deploy advanced procurement and demand planning strategies that work optimally with product development team during the product design and life cycle
• Promote and maintain up-to-date market knowledge about suppliers and service providers; develop long-term contract relationships as appropriate to exploit market opportunities and to secure strategic parts and services
• Distribute key commodities’ current and projected pricing data; take appropriate actions to minimize company exposure to upward fluctuations
• Develop key performance indicators and use them to report on company’s procurement performance; maintain a high-performance culture that meets/exceeds functional indicators with improved levels of service to both internal and external customers
• Establish and maintain systematic, analytical, results-based methods for monitoring supplier performance; communicate results to suppliers and end-users; provide timely action plans for corrective actions to be taken as necessary
• Manage and support corporate oversight for purchases across multiple expense categories and create strategic vision for company while driving purchasing synergies to achieve cost reductions across company product lines
• Build strong partnerships with supply chain vendors

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, Management or Business discipline
• 7+ years' experience in a manufacturing, production or military environment
• 5+ years' leadership experience in a manufacturing, production or military environment