Senior Manager, Supply Chain

Job Summary

The Sr Manager, Supply Chain is responsible for the strategic, tactical, and operational activities to achieve a value-added supply chain responsive to program requirements. Activities include supply and demand management of purchased components, planning, sourcing, procurement, and collaboration with suppliers and internal customers to drive out unnecessary costs and inefficiencies.

Responsibilities And Tasks

• Plan, organize, and manage the procurement of all materials, equipment, and services necessary for repair, overhaul, and manufacturing, and ensure efficient movement of materials required for meeting schedules of assigned programs
• Reviews supplier proposals for price, delivery time, and quality, and then selects the supplier
• Makes decisions on supplier performance, including continuous improvement, innovations, obsolescence, and reduction in total cost of ownership
• Monitors cost, schedule, and performance factors of suppliers and programs to ensure adherence to budgets and customer requirements
• Evaluates material shortages and determines appropriate inventory levels
• Directs material procurement and program scheduling activities using a computerized ERP System
• Maintains control of all service and production ordering activities for all company programs
• Coordinates with Account Managers, Contracts, and Operations to determine material lay-in requirements for long-term projects; facilitates management of max/min of stock inventory to assure adequate supply with minimal excess and appropriate inventory turns, and assures timely processing of non-stock requirements to support DOT of repair service orders
• React to Operations’ schedules to help maintain on-time deliveries to our customers, as well as smooth material receipt schedules to maintain production flow throughout the Factory
• Maintain control of all service and production ordering activities for all company programs. This includes reviewing, in conjunction with Account Management, Contracts, Finance, and Operations, and establishing optimum inventories and stock order recommendations for executive review and approval
• Manage the sourcing of material to support the Production Planning process, assuring a timely flow of production materials to Manufacturing
• Interface with all cognizant departments relative to resolving various material problems and issues that negatively impact production
• Aid Financial Administration in maintaining material costs traceability for various contracts and projects through the management of work order numbers, releases, and material transfer-related data
• Aid the management team in meeting EACs when applicable and support Program Managers/Operations with their material reporting requirements
• Engage with suppliers to negotiate favorable costs and improve margins
• Ensure projects and tasks are completed in accordance with the applicable AS9100 and other required Quality Standards
• Prepare and monitor labor and expense budgets, ensuring cost-effective operations
• Oversee all subordinate tasks, including Government Property and Small Business
• Select, train, and develop subordinates
• Assign work for the most efficient utilization of personnel, reviewing their activities to ensure quality performance
• Develop a long-range material plan to develop an annual material forecast
• Review Operations Schedules to maintain on-time deliveries to our customers, as well as smooth schedules to maintain production flow throughout the Factory

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration with 8-10 years of experience, or an MBA with 6-8 years of related experience
• Demonstrated experience with Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Purchasing, Production Control, Inventory Control, Just-In Time Production, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Preferred Qualifications

• American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) certification is a plus
• Level of lean understanding equivalent to a green belt