Manager Supply Chain

Job Summary

We are currently seeking a Supply Chain Management Manager for our Germantown, MD office. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and problem-solving skills. 

The Supply Chain Manager will report to the Vice President of Manufacturing Operations. This individual will represent the Supply Chain Management function within cross-functional teams to support achievement of company objectives.

 

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for the supplier management process (i.e., Supplier Risk/Opportunity Management Plan, supplier performance, Small Business Plan development and execution, metrics, international issues, etc.) and communication of customer flow through requirements such as FAR/DFARS, ITAR, offset, public law, quality, warranty, etc. 


• Generate Master Schedules and tactically ensure material supply and production schedules support customer deliveries and forecasted production plans.


• Experience with Lean concepts, electro-mechanical device manufacturing, and DoD flow down requirements.


• Coordinate with other RADA locations to develop and maintain a Global Supply Chain. 


• Oversee warehouse operations, including receiving, shipping, and inventory accuracy.


• Work with engineering and manufacturing to develop and maintain ERP based data including item masters and Bills of Material.


• Monitor and analyze supplier performance relating to delivery and quality performance, while coordinating with Engineering and Quality. 


• Coordinate, collect, analyze, and distribute weekly, monthly, and quarterly metrics.


• Investigate and troubleshoot inventory, product, or production issues.


• Conduct and support investigations of manufacturing nonconformities, recommend, develop, and implement effective corrective actions.


• Participate in audits conducted by regulatory agencies and/or customers.


• Maintain a working knowledge of industry standards - knows and follows the AS9100 quality system guidelines.


• Perform external vendor audits to ensure ISO and/or regulatory compliance.


• Manage a multi-discipline team


• Create Strategic Supplier Purchase Agreements


• Enforce company and department policies and procedures


• Communicate and clarify departmental goals and metrics


• Responsible for ensuring monthly budgets are not exceeded; take action to realign to plan if budgets are exceeded


• Advise planning, engineering and drafting of item master errors, updates, or omissions in relation to mil-specs or new or obsolete items


• Look for creative ways to improve purchasing ability to make contributions to the company’s goals


• Improve understanding of purchasing relationship to the over-all company plans and strategy


• Advise planning, engineering, and contracts of changes in prices or lead times that make and produce cost-prohibitive or lead times detrimental to production cycles


• Research and analyze costing information for cost reduction


• Evaluate dispositioned discrepancy reports, signed off by program engineers and Q.C. engineers, and submitting information to both for re-evaluation


• Support, communicate and defend the mission, values and culture of the company


• Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business, engineering or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience in high technology, aerospace or defense or equivalent experience
• Experience with supply chain and related systems, procurement, MPR, receiving, cost estimating, and finance in a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated management skills, particularly “influence management” and “conflict resolution”
• Experience throughout the product lifecycle from New Product Introduction through obsolescence to include:  generation of system and subsystem statements of work and subcontracts, strategic supplier selection, risk management, and continuous improvement efforts including implementation for cost reduction and performance improvement efforts
• Experience in finance, contracting, export regulations, engineering, logistics, manufacturing and DoD, ITAR, EAR, FAR, DFAR regulations
• Demonstrated negotiation skills
• Strong customer interface skills
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated success in managing manpower planning, program reviews, scheduling and budget control
• Must have a successful track record in managing complex aerospace/defense supply chain activities
• Experience with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Power Point)

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 years+ experience working with Deltek Costpoint ERP System
• MBA, Masters in Business Administration or Supply Chain Management 
• Experience in procurement, inventory management, planning and master scheduling in a DoD electro-mechanical manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading a Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning process (SIOP)
• APICS Certification in CPIM or CSCP
• Experience implementing Lean/Six Sigma; Certification preferred.
• Experience with Supplier management and/or Subcontract management
• Experience translating customer terms and conditions into supplier requirements and reviewing statements of work for completeness and conformance to program requirements
• Experience working in an Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment
• Ability to obtain a security clearance