Supply Chain Executive

🏢Overview

Established, growing defense manufacturer seeking a supply chain leader with proven experience building, scaling and transforming supply chain organizations within aerospace/defense manufacturing.

The ideal candidate has personally established a supply chain department or function, developed teams, implemented processes and led organizational change in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• 🔹Lead end-to-end supply chain strategy and execution
• 🔹Build, develop and scale supply chain teams, processes and infrastructure
• 🔹Own planning, procurement, strategic sourcing, materials, inventory, warehousing and logistics
• 🔹Establish and improve SI&OP, production planning, material availability and supplier performance
• 🔹Lead organizational change, process implementation and operational improvements
• 🔹Support manufacturing growth, production ramp-up, NPI, proposals and obsolescence planning
• 🔹Partner with manufacturing, engineering, operations and program leadership

🎓Qualifications

• 🔹BA/BS degree
• 🔹Active Secret clearance or eligibility to obtain one
• 🔹10+ years of progressive supply chain experience
• 🔹Several years of supply chain management and team leadership
• 🔹Aerospace and defense industry experience
• 🔹Direct manufacturing environment experience
• 🔹Demonstrated success establishing or significantly building out a supply chain department
• 🔹Experience hiring, training and developing teams
• 🔹Change management, organizational development and process implementation
• 🔹DoD, ITAR, EAR, FAR and DFARS knowledge
• 🔹Highly Preferred
• 🔹Startup, greenfield or new-division supply chain buildout
• 🔹Experience scaling manufacturing operations through significant growth
• 🔹Defense electronics or other complex, high-technology manufacturing
• 🔹Full-time, direct-hire opportunity with a growing organization offering significant ownership of the supply chain function.