CMS Supply Chain Manager

ppg; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Holidays

Employee assistance program

Disability leave

Job summary

PPG Aerospace is seeking a Supply Chain Manager for the USCA Application Support Center (ASC) Network. You will develop strategies for on-time delivery, ensuring accurate responses to customer orders, scheduling, and material availability across ASC and CMS teams.

You will lead a team of planners, analysts, and inventory managers, driving continuous improvements and optimizing inventory to meet DOH goals while maintaining high service levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 5+ years in a leadership role within supply chain or operations.
• Strong reporting tools: Excel, BI; ability to drive key metrics.
• Expert understanding of MRP calculations and planning parameters.
• Knowledge of Kanban and visual pull systems.
• Travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Create policies, procedures, and systems to meet ASC network objectives.
• Develop and lead a team of supply chain professionals.
• Sustain optimized inventory levels to meet DOH goals and service levels.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives (Kaizen) for efficient processes.
• Collaborate with Production Leadership for operational excellence.
• Lead MRP optimization and lean pull system strategies.
• Oversee third-party material POs to ensure availability.
• Identify shortages and implement recovery plans.
• Monitor KPIs: on-time delivery, past due dollars, trends, inventory metrics.
• Maintain planning parameters (lead times, safety stocks).
• Lead critical review meetings with cross-functional teams.
• Influence internal and external teams to implement material strategies.

Skills

Leadership

MRP knowledge

Kanban/visual pull

Excel/BI reporting

Forecasting & inventory planning

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or Operations

Tools

MRP software

Job description

As the Supply Chain Manager of PPG Aerospace's business in the U.S. and Canada (USCA) Application Support Center (ASC) Network you will develop the strategies for efficient on-time delivery of products that consistently meet customer requirements. This will include ensuring timely and accurate response to customers' orders by providing the required information, schedules, materials and accurate systems to the ASC and Chemical Management Services (CMS) teams. This is a leadership position that will drive improvement initiatives and requires a thorough knowledge of company operations, sales environment, and cost structures.

Key Responsibilities

• Create the policies, procedures, and systems required to meet USCA ASC network objectives and to ensure continuous improvement in all material management and supply chain planning areas.
• Develop and lead a team of highly engaged supply chain professionals consisting of material planners, schedulers, analysts and inventory managers.
• Implement the strategies required to sustain optimized inventory levels that achieves the company's DOH goals and supports a high customer service level.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives including Kaizen events to ensure that we effective and efficient supply chain processes.
• Collaborate with Production Leadership to ensure operational excellence across all value streams.
• Have expert understanding of MRP concepts and lean pull systems to optimize planning approaches for efficient manufacturing.
• Oversee the management of 3rd party material purchase orders to ensure material availability needed for all manufacturing requirements.
• Identify current and potential inventory shortages and develop and implement appropriate recovery plans to minimize production disruptions.
• Maintain and monitor key performance indicators including on-time delivery, past due dollars, manufacturing trends and inventory metrics.
• Maintain all key system planning parameters including lead times and safety stocks to ensure accurate MRP planning signals.
• Leads and drives critical review meetings including sales projections status and cross-functional improvement initiatives.
• Interacts and influences both internal and external teams from the executive to the individual contributor to establish and implement USCA ASC network material strategies.

Qualifications

• Only US Citizens, Green card holders, political asylees, or refugees are eligible to apply.
• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or Operations.
• 5+ years of experience in a leadership, supervisory, or managerial role within Supply Chain, Category Management, Operations, or a related role preferred.
• Understanding of sophisticated reporting tools, Excel, BI reports, and driving critical metrics.
• Expert understanding of MRP calculations and planning parameters
• Strong knowledge of Kanban and visual pull-systems
• Ability to travel up to 50%

The base salary range for this position is $110,000-$120,000, with a possibility of an annual bonus up to 10% of base salary. PPG offers comprehensive benefits such as Health, Dental, Life, Retirement Plan, Paid Vacation & Holidays, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Disability/Leave, and other Voluntary benefit offerings. Actual benefit offerings confirmed at the time of hire.

How we work:

At PPG, we bring teams together to accelerate collaboration and career development, with in-person work Monday through Thursday and the opportunity to work remotely on Flexible Fridays. Schedules may vary by location.

About us:

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @PPG on X.

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