Aerospace Supply Chain Director — Space Systems

AscendArc; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Flexible hours

Ownership in projects

Job summary

AscendArc is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Manager/Director to own the end-to-end supply chain for a revolutionary satellite communications system. You will lead sourcing, procurement, inventory, logistics, and supplier management while building the function and team as the company scales.

You will negotiate aerospace contracts, drive lean practices, and coordinate with engineering and production to ensure buildable, sourceable hardware.

Qualifications

• Experience negotiating high-complexity aerospace or high-reliability hardware contracts.
• Ability to design and stand up end-to-end supply chain processes.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end supply chain strategy, sourcing, procurement, inventory, logistics, and supplier management.
• Lead supplier qualification, long-lead and single-source item management to protect the program schedule.
• Apply lean principles: optimized inventory, kanban and strategic buys where needed.
• Collaborate with engineering/production to translate designs into buildable, sourceable hardware.
• Drive material alignment to program milestones and push back on design choices that affect lead-time or cost.
• Manage procurement, BOM data in ERP and shape ERP/MES integration.
• Establish scalable supply chain processes compliant with AS9100 and export-control requirements.

Skills

Aerospace contracting

Lean supply chain

ERP/MRP proficiency

ITAR/EAR knowledge

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

NetSuite ERP

Job description

AscendArc is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Manager/Director to own the end-to-end supply chain for a revolutionary satellite communications system. You will lead sourcing, procurement, inventory, logistics, and supplier management while building the function and team as the company scales.

You will negotiate aerospace contracts, drive lean practices, and coordinate with engineering and production to ensure buildable, sourceable hardware.