Sr. Manager, Supply Chain - Medical Device

The Sr Manager, Supply Chain is responsible for the strategic, tactical and operational activities to achieve a value-added supply chain responsive to program requirements.

Activities include supply and demand management of purchased components, planning, sourcing, procurement and collaboration with suppliers and internal customers to drive out unnecessary costs and inefficiencies.

The manager facilitates the management of relationships with major suppliers for the acquisition of quality-assured commodities and works closely with the Operations team.

The manager will implement appropriate sourcing strategies to control the company's purchased material costs and to ensure an adequate source of supply will be provided while managing and optimizing supplier performance, including continuous improvement, innovations, obsolescence and reduction in total cost of ownership.



* Plan, organize and manage the procurement of all materials, equipment and services necessary for repair, overhaul and manufacturing and ensure efficient movement of materials required for meeting schedules of assigned programs.

Reviews supplier proposals for price, delivery time and quality and then selects the supplier


* Monitors cost, schedule and performance factors of suppliers and programs to ensure adherence to budgets and customer requirements


* Research and develop sources of supply for required commodities


* Evaluates material shortages and determines appropriate inventory levels


* Directs material procurement and program scheduling activities using a computerized ERP System


* Monitors and assures efficient flow of inbound customer repairable being input for work, efficient receipt of purchased material, inventory management, and shipment of product


* Coordinate with Account Managers, Contracts, and Operations to determine material lay-in requirements for long term projects; facilitate management of max/min of stock inventory to assure adequate supply with minimal excess and appropriate inventory turns, assure timely processing of non-stock requirements to support DOT of repair service orders.

React to Operation's schedules to help maintain on-time deliveries to our customers as well as smoothing of material receipt schedules to maintain production flow throughout the Factory.


* Maintain control of all service and production ordering activities for all company programs.

This includes reviewing, in conjunction with Account Management, Contracts, Finance and Operations, and establishing optimum inventories and stock order recommendations for executive review and approval.


* Manage the sourcing of material to support Production Planning process assuring timely flow of production materials to Manufacturing.

Interface with all cognizant departments relative to resolving various material problems and issues which negatively impact production.


* Assist Financial Administration in maintaining material costs traceability for var...