Supply Chain Manager

About the role

Dover Precision Components is hiring a Supply Chain Manager for our Waukesha Bearings brand. Waukesha Bearings is a leading designer and manufacturer of hydrodynamic fluid film bearings, active magnetic bearing systems and seals for high-performing turbomachinery and rotating equipment in oil & gas, power generation, marine, military, and industrial markets. This role is based at our manufacturing facility in Antigo, Wisconsin. Due to our government client, US Citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Leading: Lead by example and motivate people to create an empowering and collaborative working environment. Establish clear goals, execution paths, and use metrics to monitor performance and drive full team accountability.

• Deliver and foster continuous improvement in all areas of responsibility. Actively engage in lean manufacturing principles and techniques.

• Ensure the team is fully trained and follows the safety guidelines in all aspects of the supply chain, including use of forklifts.

• Proactively support the supply chain team by removing cross-functional roadblocks, coordinating with quality, engineering, and operations, and ensuring alignment to meet service and financial targets.

• Supervise the Supply Chain Team at manufacturing site: Procurement, Planning, and Shipping departments. Ensure compliance with all applicable Dover Corporate, Dover Precision Components and plant policies and drive adherence across the team.

• Lead the development and governance of Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, and Standard of Works to ensure consistent, efficient, and scalable supply chain processes.

• Planning: Lead and govern the end-to-end planning process (demand, supply, capacity, scheduling). Develop, implement and manage a cross-functional, fully integrated planning process that incorporates capacity planning, scheduling, inventory, raw materials and associated cost elements. Analyze customer demand, sales forecasts and historical material usage to develop and execute accurate production plans. Establish and govern demand and capacity planning standards, policies, and ERP parameters (time fences, lead times, stock levels) that enable and support finite capacity scheduling. Lead scenario planning and risk mitigation for supply constraints, demand changes, and disruptions. Ensure data integrity and master data governance to enable reliable planning outputs.

• Inventory Management: Lead inventory strategy and execution to balance service levels, capacity, and working capital in a manufacturing environment. Manage demand-supply alignment by coordinating with production planning, procurement, and shop floor operations. Drive reduction of excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory across raw materials, WIP, and finished goods. Ensure accuracy of ERP master data (lead times, lot sizes, BOMs, routings) to support effective planning and scheduling. Oversee inventory controls, cycle counts, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance inventory turns and operational efficiency.

• Procurement & Strategic Sourcing: Develop and execute sourcing strategies (direct and indirect spending) to meet business needs, ensuring service levels are achieved while delivering year-over-year cost savings. Identify, develop and manage effective relationships with existing and potential suppliers to meet established cost, quality and delivery targets. Establish, implement and manage a system to evaluate, monitor and report supplier scorecard performance. Assess supplier risk to identify single-source dependencies and drive mitigation actions. Collaborate cross-functionally to develop and qualify new suppliers or materials. Ensure accuracy of ERP master data (vendor lead times, prices, MOQ) to support effective sourcing.

• Logistics & Trade Compliance: Manage overall logistical plan for the site. Ensure compliance with trade regulations and shipping requirements (inbound & outbound). Oversee freight provider performance, contracts, and cost control. Ensure accuracy of ERP master data (transport lead times, freight terms, and shipment constraints) to support efficient logistics execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, management, supply chain, or similar preferred. In lieu of degree, commensurate work experience in manufacturing supply chain roles considered.
• 5+ years’ experience in a manufacturing environment with procurement, inventory, planning, logistics and ERP system experience.
• Supervisory experience required.
• Experience in Operational Excellence, Lean, Total Quality Management, Six Sigma or similar environment.
• Familiarity with ISO 9000 quality system requirements.
• Strong planning, organizational, analytical, communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to positively motivate individuals and teams.
• Working knowledge and understanding of ERP/MRP systems and their use in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions with demonstrated success in troubleshooting and providing solutions.
• Must be a U.S. citizen (due to ITAR and UNNPI regulatory requirements).