Who We Are: Leading global manufacturer of industrial products.
What We Offer:
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) plan with employer match.
- Generous PTO
- Life and disability insurance.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
Summary
The Site Supply Chain Manager will lead the end-to-end supply chain function for the manufacturing site, with responsibility for planning, sourcing, purchasing, logistics, warehousing, inventory management, and shipping/receiving. This role is a hands-on leadership position responsible for driving supply chain excellence, operational performance, and scalability in a fast-paced, growing, multi-site manufacturing environment.
The ideal candidate has experience in best-in-class manufacturing organizations and has successfully transitioned into smaller or scaling businesses with limited infrastructure, driving both performance improvement and organizational maturity.
Essential Functions
Supply Chain Leadership & Execution
- Lead and execute all site-level supply chain functions, including planning, sourcing, purchasing, logistics, warehousing, shipping/receiving, and inventory management.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across demand planning, production planning, strategic sourcing, inventory control, and supplier management.
- Deliver productivity targets, including budgeted sourcing, freight savings, and inventory plans.
- Improve service performance metrics such as on-time delivery, lead time, and past-due orders.
Planning, S&OP & Capacity
- Lead site-level S&OP activities, collaborating with commercial, operations, and finance teams to align demand and supply plans.
- Establish and oversee master production scheduling and ensure execution aligns with long-term supply plans.
- Develop and maintain short- and long-term capacity models, identify constraints, and optimize throughput.
- Implement standard work and daily management systems linking S&OP plans to shop-floor execution.
Inventory Management
- Establish optimal inventory policies to achieve service-level targets while balancing inventory turns, working capital, and E&O risk.
- Implement and maintain robust inventory management processes, including cycle counts and inventory accuracy across raw materials and finished goods.
Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management
- Lead negotiations and maintain contractual agreements with critical suppliers, contract manufacturers, and service providers.
- Support new product introductions through sourcing strategy, should-cost analysis, and supplier readiness for scale.
- Lead make vs. buy analyses to optimize total cost, scalability, and protection of IP.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate supply chain risks, including reducing reliance on single-source suppliers.
- Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with key supply chain partners.
Systems & ERP
- Optimize the use of ERP and advanced planning systems for forecasting, planning, scheduling, order management, inventory management, and capacity analysis.
- Serve as the subject matter expert for ERP functionality related to supply chain and manufacturing.
- Operate effectively in a multi-ERP environment and support the evolution toward more integrated solutions.
Financial & Performance Management
- Analyze complex financial, costing, and operational data to drive profitability and productivity improvements.
- Lead initiatives focused on sourcing savings, logistics optimization, and net working capital improvement.
- Deploy KPI dashboards and operational excellence action plans to track progress and performance.
Organizational Development & Leadership
- Build, develop, and mentor a high-performing site supply chain organization, including buyers and planners.
- Establish a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and performance excellence.
- Provide coaching, feedback, and development to support both current performance and future growth.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Collaborate cross-functionally with site leadership, commercial teams, engineering, logistics, and global supply chain partners.
- Communicate supply chain plans, performance, and risks clearly to leadership and broader stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of progressive supply chain leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Prior experience as a Plant or Site Supply Chain Manager in a $50–$100M manufacturing operation or equivalent complexity.
- Demonstrated success leading strategic sourcing, planning, inventory management, and ERP-driven process improvement.
- Experience in low-volume, high-mix manufacturing environments.
- Proven ability to lead change, build teams, and scale processes in growing organizations.
Preferred
- APICS / CPIM certification preferred.
- Experience in multi-site industrial manufacturing environments.
- Background in regulated industries and/or component fabrication and system assembly.
- Experience working in private equity–backed companies.
- Experience implementing or driving standardized systems and processes across sites.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
