Supply Chain Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title:  Supply Chain Manager

Department:  Supply Chain

Reports To:  VP of Operations

Direct Reports:  Purchasing, Planning, Warehouse, Shipping and Receiving

Location:  Phoenix, AZ

Employee Type:  Full Time, Exempt

Education:  Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred

Experience: 9+ years supply chain, including 4+ leading a team

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Custom Control Sensors, LLC (CCS) is a global leader in the design, development, manufacturing and supply of pressure, temperature and liquid flow switches and sensors for the Aerospace, Defense and Industrial markets. Since 1957, CCS has been providing high reliability electro-mechanical devices that utilize the DUAL-SNAP action disc spring principle pioneered by Custom Control Sensors.

CCS' Airborne Division provides standard and custom switches, sensors and transducers to the aerospace, defense, commercial aviation and government markets, including original PMA parts for commercial and business aviation platforms. CCS' Industrial Division provides pressure and temperature switches, sensors and transmitters for process control in oil and gas, petro-chemical, power generation, steel, tire, automotive, medical and other industrial applications.

CCS is an ISO 9001 and AS9100 certified company. Industrial product certifications include UL, CSA, ATEX, GOST, CCC and IECEx. CCS is a growth-oriented company focused on building an energetic and vibrant work environment where one person can make a great impact on our company's success.

BENEFITS

• Medical
• Dental
• 401k with Match
• Employer funded Life Insurance, Long-term Disability, and Short-term Disability
• Paid Sick Leave
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Supply Chain Manager leads purchasing, planning, warehouse, and shipping and receiving for CCS. The position is accountable for material being available to build to the schedule, for inventory being accurate and sized to the business, for supplier performance and cost, and for the development of the people in the function.

This is a build role. CCS is a long established manufacturer moving quickly to a new standard of performance, and the supply chain function is being rebuilt as part of that work. The position is expected to establish vision, policy, standard work, and measures where they do not exist today, and to raise the capability of the function rather than to administer it as it currently runs.

Due to the complex nature of the work, the position exercises independent judgment in sourcing strategy, inventory and planning policy, supplier selection and escalation, staffing and organization decisions within approved structure, and the tradeoffs between cost, schedule, and risk that surface daily in a low volume, high mix, regulated environment.

SCOPE AND AUTHORITY

The first year of this position is hands on. The Supply Chain Manager is expected to work directly alongside the team, learn the products, the supply base, and the system in detail, stabilize daily execution, and earn credibility through visible ownership of the hardest problems in the function.

The measure of success after that is different. By the end of the first year the position is expected to have established policy, standard work, measures, and a management cadence that hold without constant intervention, and to have developed the people who run them. This role is judged by whether the function performs to standard when the Supply Chain Manager is not in the middle of it, including a named and developing successor for each critical position.

The position leads through the team. It sets direction, standard, and priority, removes obstacles, coaches judgment, and delegates real authority with real accountability attached. It does not hold decisions that belong to the team, and it does not build a function that depends on one person.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Material Availability and Planning:

• Own the material plan that supports the production schedule and the customer commitment, and the accuracy of the signals that drive it.
• Establish and maintain planning policy including lead time, safety stock, order policy, and lot sizing, and hold the organization to data integrity in the MRP system.
• Lead the supply side of the sales and operations planning process, converting the demand plan into a material and capacity plan with stated risks.
• Drive shortage resolution to closure and eliminate the recurring causes rather than managing the same shortages repeatedly.

Building the Function:

• Establish the vision, policy, and priorities for supply chain and communicate them clearly enough that the team can act on them without asking.
• Create standard work, documented process, and a management cadence for purchasing, planning, warehouse, and shipping and receiving where they do not exist today.
• Define the measures that matter for the function, publish performance honestly, and manage to the numbers rather than to activity.
• Sequence change so that the organization can absorb it, and confirm that new process holds after the attention moves elsewhere.

Sourcing, Cost and Supplier Performance:

• Develop and execute sourcing strategy by commodity, including consolidation, dual sourcing, agreements, and long term arrangements where they reduce cost or risk.
• Own material cost performance, including purchase price variance, total landed cost, and premium freight, and deliver measurable cost reduction.
• Manage the supplier base through measured on time delivery and quality performance, structured reviews, corrective action, and removal where warranted.
• Lead negotiations on significant agreements and approve purchasing commitments within delegated authority.

Inventory and Working Capital:

• Manage inventory level, turns, and mix against the business plan, balancing availability with working capital.
• Own inventory accuracy through cycle count program discipline and root cause resolution of variances.
• Drive identification and disposition of excess and obsolete material and prevent its recurrence at the planning parameter level.
• Report inventory and supply chain performance to the leadership team with honest assessment of risk.

Warehouse, Shipping and Receiving Operations:

• Own the flow of material from the dock through the stockroom to the floor and out to the customer.
• Ensure on time shipment performance, complete documentation, and compliance with export control requirements on every shipment.
• Establish standard work, layout, and staffing for the warehouse and dock functions to support the production schedule.
• Maintain traceability, identification, and record retention to AS9100 and ISO 9001 requirements.

Leadership and Development:

• Lead, staff, and develop the supply chain team, including goal setting, performance management, and succession for every critical position.
• Build capability deliberately through training, cross training, coaching, and delegation of decisions that carry real consequence.
• Hold people to a clear standard and address performance directly, early, and with respect for the person.
• Set the standard for how people are treated in the function and expect it from everyone in it, including under schedule pressure.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Engineering, Finance, and Customer Service as one team rather than defending a functional boundary.

Compliance and Continuous Improvement:

• Ensure purchasing and material practices comply with AS9100, ISO 9001, ITAR, EAR, DFARS, and applicable customer flow down requirements.
• Support audits, customer surveys, and corrective action for the supply chain function.
• Lead continuous improvement of supply chain processes, systems, and metrics.
• Evaluate and implement system and process improvements that reduce cost, lead time, or transaction burden.

COMPETENCIES

The ten competencies below define successful performance in this position.

1. Material Availability Ownership.  Owns whether the plant can build, gets ahead of shortages structurally, and does not accept recurring firefighting as normal.
2. Sourcing and Cost Strategy.  Builds a supply base and cost position deliberately rather than reacting to quotes, and delivers measurable cost results.
3. Inventory and Working Capital Management.  Balances availability against working capital with data, and sizes inventory to the business rather than to comfort.
4. Building the Function.  Establishes vision, policy, standard work, and measures where none exist, and confirms they hold after the attention moves on.
5. Leading Through the Team.  Develops people to carry real responsibility, delegates decisions with accountability attached, and works to make the function run without depending on this position.
6. Change Leadership and Judgment.  Learns a complex business quickly, reasons through problems that have no precedent here, and moves the organization to a new standard while keeping the team with it.
7. Attendance.  Is present, on time, and ready to work as scheduled. Follows call-in and time reporting requirements and manages planned time off so that commitments to the team and the customer are not put at risk.
8. Culture.  Lives the CCS values in daily work. Treats people with respect, communicates directly and without gossip, supports decisions once they are made, and contributes to an environment where people can do their best work.
9. Safety.  Works safely and protects others. Follows all safety rules, procedures, and personal protective equipment requirements, reports hazards, incidents, and near misses immediately, and does not take shortcuts under pressure.
10. Compliance.  Follows CCS policies, procedures, and the requirements of the quality and export control systems that govern the work. Completes required training, keeps accurate records, and raises concerns rather than working around a requirement.

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Must be a US Person as defined by ITAR (22 CFR 120.15) due to the export controlled nature of CCS products and technical data.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field required. MBA preferred.
• Nine or more years of progressive supply chain experience in manufacturing, including four or more years leading a team.
• Demonstrated results in on time delivery, material cost reduction, inventory reduction, and inventory accuracy.
• Demonstrated experience building or rebuilding a function, including establishing process, policy, and standard work where little existed, and sustaining the result after implementation.
• Demonstrated record of developing people into greater responsibility, including successors who took over work the candidate previously performed.
• Strong MRP knowledge, including planning parameter design and data integrity practice.
• Experience in a low volume, high mix environment. Aerospace, defense, or another regulated industry strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of AS9100 or ISO 9001, ITAR, EAR, and DFARS requirements as they apply to purchasing and material control.
• Demonstrated negotiation and contract experience with suppliers.
• Advanced Excel and strong analytical capability. Power BI or comparable reporting experience preferred.
• APICS CPIM, CSCP, or ISM CPSM certification preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is continuously required to sit, stand, use hands and fingers, walk, carry, climb, bend, reach, turn, twist, push, and pull, talk or hear, and move within the areas of the facilities and parking lots. A computer is used to access, input, and retrieve data. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust and focus.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

EEO M/F/D/V

Custom Control Sensors, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of CCS to provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. The policy not to discriminate includes, but is not limited to, advertising for positions, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, rates of pay, discipline and termination.

**NO OUTSIDE RECRUITMENT OR STAFFING AGENCIES**