Shipyard Supply Chain Leader: Purchasing & Planning

Nbutexas; North Kingstown (RI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) program

Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays

Employee health and wellness reimburse

Career development and continued教育

Long-term growth opportunities within,

Stable, full-time leadership position

Opportunity to work on complex vessel…

Job summary

We’re seeking an experienced Supply Chain Manager to lead purchasing, production planning, scheduling, and material control within a fast-paced shipbuilding and heavy manufacturing environment in North Kingstown, RI.

You will connect engineering, procurement, inventory, suppliers, and production to keep complex projects moving, providing leadership to cross-functional teams and delivering measurable improvements in cost, lead times, and schedule performance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive supply chain, purchasing, production planning, material control, or operations experience.
• 3+ years leading supervisors, managers, or multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in shipbuilding, marine construction, heavy manufacturing, defense, or similar project-based production environment.
• Strong working knowledge of purchasing, BOMs, supplier management, inventory controls, project schedules, budgets, and material requirements.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Working proficiency with Microsoft Project and ERP/procurement/inventory systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, operations, or related field, or equivalent directly relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead Purchasing, Planning & Scheduling, and Material Control as one integrated operation.
• Connect engineering releases and BOMs to procurement, receiving, warehousing, kitting, and production need dates.
• Identify long-lead and critical-path material issues before they impact vessel production.
• Manage supplier sourcing, negotiations, performance issues, and recovery plans.
• Ensure production has the correct drawings, work packages, materials, and schedule information when needed.
• Drive inventory accuracy, material traceability, cycle counts, and reconciliation.
• Monitor project schedules, labor utilization, material readiness, budgets, commitments, and emerging constraints.
• Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Production, Project Management, Quality, and Finance.
• Build meaningful KPIs and use the data to improve cost, lead times, inventory accuracy, and schedule performance

Skills

Supply chain management

Purchasing

Production planning

Material control

Leadership

Budgeting

Education

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

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

ERP systems

Job description

We’re seeking an experienced Supply Chain Manager to lead purchasing, production planning, scheduling, and material control within a fast-paced shipbuilding and heavy manufacturing environment in North Kingstown, RI.

You will connect engineering, procurement, inventory, suppliers, and production to keep complex projects moving, providing leadership to cross-functional teams and delivering measurable improvements in cost, lead times, and schedule performance.