Supply Chain Manager

Ainsley Search Group; Conshohocken (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ainsley Search Group is seeking a Supply Chain Manager with seasoned tenure in S&OP, materials planning, purchasing, and logistics management for a Global Aerospace Manufacturer in Montgomery County. The role reports to the Head of Operations and leads a team across planning, logistics and procurement to streamline material flows and forecast accuracy.

The ideal candidate will drive continuous improvement of supplier performance, optimize inventory and lead times, and collaborate with 3PLs to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business or related field.
• Experience as Planning Manager, Supply Chain Manager or S&OP Manager, preferably in chemicals/materials/food.
• Solid knowledge of ERP/MRP systems.
• Hands-on leadership to motivate a team.
• Experience managing overseas and domestic vendors, multiple plants and external warehouses.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Supply Chain Team (Logistics, Purchasing, Production Scheduler, Inventory).
• Develop and implement a S&OP process to improve forecast accuracy and production scheduling.
• Improve inventory KPI, optimize safety stock to avoid shortages.
• Manage overseas and domestic vendors, assess KPI, root-cause issues to improve on-time deliveries.
• Drive cost, quality and lead-time improvements across logistics and suppliers.
• Collaborate with 3PL on import/export and domestic shipments to optimize routes and methods.
• Support sourcing, negotiations and contracts; assess space for new products.
• Onboard new external warehouses to shorten lead times and raise service levels.

Skills

S&OP

Materials planning

Purchasing

Logistics management

ERP/MRP

Leadership

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or related field

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Ainsley Search Group is hiring a Supply Chain Manager with seasoned tenure in S&OP, Materials Planning, Purchasing, and Logistics Management for a Global Aerospace Manufacturer located in the Montgomery County. This leader will report directly to the Head of Operations and lead a team of production planner, logistics, purchasing to streamline the SIOP process among external warehouses, 3PL, Materials and Production. This is a Full-time, permanent opportunity with lucrative base salary, bonus and competitive benefit! In addition, company would like to develop this individual to become the NA Supply Chain Director.

Responsibilities:

• Report to the Head of Operations and lead a Supply Chain Team (Logistics, Purchasing, Production Scheduler and Inventory) to streamline material flows based on demand forecast.
• Develop and implement a SIOP process to improve accuracy on demand forecast, inventory planning and production scheduling and logistics.
• Develop and improve Inventory KPI on raw and finished goods, optimize safety stock strategy to avoid shortage.
• Manage oversea and domestic vendors, analyze vendor KPI on backorder ratio, delivery time, quality, etc.; conduct root cause with vendor to improve vendor performance and further achieve on-time deliveries.
• Drive continuous improvement in material cost, quality, supplier performance, lead-time across logistics, inventory, and vendors.
• Collaborate with 3PL on import, export and domestic shipments (railcar, LTL, Trucking), identify cost effective routes and source for new logistical methods as needed.
• Support vendor sourcing, negotiations and contract renewal; support new product development, analyze warehouse space to identify best stocking strategy for new products.
• Manage external warehouses and continuously source, qualify and onboard new external warehouses to further achieve highest customer service and shorten lead time on order fulfillment.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, or related field.
• Recent years of recent work experience as Planning Manager, Supply Chain Manager, S&OP Manager or related field, experience with Specialty Chemicals, Specialty Materials or Food Industry strongly desired.
• Solid knowledge in ERP/MRP systems.
• Hands-on leadership skills, ability to motivate team.
• Experience in managing oversea and domestics vendors, multiple plants, external warehouses, terminals, railcar, trucking.