CMS Supply Chain Manager

PPG; Santa Clarita (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

PPG Aerospace in the USCA Network is seeking a Supply Chain Manager to drive on-time delivery and customer satisfaction. You will develop strategies, oversee a skilled team of planners and analysts, and ensure accurate information and systems across the ASC and CMS teams.

The role demands expertise in MRP, Kanban, and advanced reporting, with leadership experience and a willingness to travel up to 50%. Hybrid work with in-person and remote Fridays is available.

Qualifications

• 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 in a leadership/supervisory role within Supply Chain or related areas.
• Understanding of Excel, BI reports, and key metrics.
• Expert understanding of MRP calculations and planning parameters.
• Strong knowledge of Kanban and visual pull-systems.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Create policies, procedures, and systems to meet network objectives and continuous improvement.
• Lead a team of material planners, schedulers, analysts, and inventory managers.
• Sustain optimized inventory levels to meet DOH goals and high service levels.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives including Kaizen events.
• Collaborate with Production Leadership for operational excellence.
• Oversee 3rd party material purchase orders for material availability.
• Identify shortages and implement recovery plans to minimize disruptions.
• Monitor KPIs such as on-time delivery, past due dollars, and inventory trends.
• Maintain planning parameters including lead times and safety stocks for MRP signals.
• Lead critical review meetings with sales projections and cross-functional initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

MRP

Kanban

Excel

BI reports

Team leadership

Education

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

Tools

ERP systems

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®

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