Director of Supply Chain & Sustaining Operations

Giga Energy; Georgia; Presencial; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Giga Energy seeks a Director of Supply Chain, Sustaining Operations to lead sourcing, procurement, and material planning for electrical infrastructure products. You will secure materials, contract manufacturers, and capacity to keep operations on time and budget.

You will build supplier bases, planning discipline, and ERP/MRP processes to support growth across all production locations with 20–50% travel.

Formación

• 7+ years of progressive supply chain management experience, including leading a sourcing, procurement, or planning team.
• Proven experience with contract manufacturing relationships, including sourcing, commercial terms, and delivery management.
• Strong sourcing and procurement skills, including supplier selection, RFQs, negotiation, and contract management.
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems, including BOMs, master data, planning parameters, and purchasing workflows.
• Experience with material planning, inventory control, and demand/supply balancing.
• Analytical and data-driven, with clear communication across Engineering, Production, Quality, and Finance.
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and execute sourcing strategy for critical and long‑lead components, balancing cost, quality, lead time, and supply risk.
• Negotiate supply agreements, pricing, and terms, and manage the purchasing team and purchase order process.
• Qualify and onboard new suppliers and secondary sources in partnership with Engineering and Quality.
• Implement supply network improvements, including VMI, stocking, consignment, and other supply chain strategies, to optimize delivery.
• Own material requirements planning, forecasting, safety stock, and inventory targets to support production schedules.
• Run S&OP-style reviews with Production, Sales, and Finance to align demand, supply, and capacity.
• Manage shortages, expedites, and allocation of scarce materials such as breakers, bushings, and electrical steel.
• Coordinate the commercial and supply relationship with contract manufacturers, including material kitting and release, lead times, and delivery performance.
• Coordinate with the Director of Production on build schedules and capacity commitments.
• Own supply chain configuration, master data, BOM, and lead-time accuracy in the ERP/MRP system for all sourcing and procurement activities.
• Improve planning parameters, reporting, and procurement workflows as the business scales.
• Track on-time delivery, quality, and cost with supplier scorecards and regular business reviews, in partnership with the Senior Director of Quality.
• Work with Logistics to identify and mitigate supply risk, including single-source exposure, tariffs, commodity price swings, and logistics disruption.

Conocimientos

Sourcing

Procurement

Planning

Negotiation

ERP/MRP

Inventory management

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or related field

Herramientas

ERP/MRP systems

Descripción del empleo

Giga Energy seeks a Director of Supply Chain, Sustaining Operations to lead sourcing, procurement, and material planning for electrical infrastructure products. You will secure materials, contract manufacturers, and capacity to keep operations on time and budget.

You will build supplier bases, planning discipline, and ERP/MRP processes to support growth across all production locations with 20–50% travel.