Supply Chain Manager

About the Role

PTI Tech is seeking a hands-on Supply Chain Manager to lead purchasing, strategic sourcing, supplier management, inventory control, and warehouse/logistics operations.

This role owns strategic purchasing and supplier relationships while providing overall oversight of warehouse and logistics execution through the Warehouse Supervisor. The ideal candidate brings strong manufacturing supply-chain experience and understands how purchasing decisions, supplier performance, inventory, and material availability directly impact production and customer delivery.

What You'll Do

Purchasing & Strategic Sourcing

• Own purchasing activities for raw materials, plastics/resins, metal feedstock and powders, components, packaging, production supplies, and outside services.
• Obtain competitive quotations and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, lead time, freight, payment terms, reliability, and total cost.
• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, minimum order quantities, lead times, freight terms, and supplier agreements.
• Source, qualify, develop, and manage suppliers based on cost, quality, delivery, capacity, responsiveness, and overall performance.
• Develop continuity plans and proactively address supplier and supply risks.
• Manage secondary and outsourced-process suppliers and coordinate with Quality on certifications, nonconformances, and corrective actions.
• Support quoting activities by obtaining current material, component, freight, tooling, and outside-service costs.

Inventory, Materials & ERP/MRP

• Use ERP/MRP demand, production schedules, usage, lead times, safety requirements, and inventory levels to determine purchasing timing and quantities.
• Maintain accurate purchasing and supplier master data to support reliable MRP output.
• Oversee inventory-control strategy, including ABC classifications and cycle counting.
• Analyze inventory turns, days on hand, slow-moving, excess, and obsolete inventory.
• Investigate inventory and material discrepancies and drive corrective actions.
• Partner with Production, Planning, and Warehouse teams to ensure materials are available and staged for scheduled jobs.

Warehouse, Logistics & Compliance

• Directly manage the Warehouse Supervisor and maintain overall accountability for warehouse and logistics operations.
• Oversee shipping, receiving, inventory accuracy, material staging, warehouse organization, 5S, and on-time customer shipments.
• Oversee freight and carrier relationships, including LTL, FedEx, UPS, and other parcel carriers.
• Manage customer and supplier returns/RMAs and ensure accurate ERP transactions.
• Ensure domestic and international shipments comply with applicable ITAR, export-control, customs, and other regulated-shipping requirements.

Leadership & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with Finance, Production, Planning, Engineering/NPD, Quality, Sales, and Warehouse teams to resolve shortages, supplier issues, inventory exposure, pricing changes, and delivery risks.
• Lead and develop the Warehouse Supervisor through clear priorities, expectations, coaching, and accountability.
• Establish and improve standard work across purchasing, inventory, shipping, receiving, supplier management, and warehouse operations.
• Track KPIs and implement improvements related to cost, supplier performance, delivery, inventory accuracy, material availability, freight, and working capital.

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain, inventory, or materials management within a manufacturing environment .
• Demonstrated experience managing suppliers and owning material availability, cost, and inventory performance.
• Experience sourcing and negotiating raw materials, components, outside services, supplier agreements, payment terms, freight, lead times, and other commercial conditions.
• Strong ERP/MRP experience with the ability to validate demand, inventory, lead times, supplier data, and system recommendations.
• Working knowledge of inventory control, ABC classification, cycle counting, warehouse operations, material flow, and supplier performance.
• Demonstrated leadership experience with strong analytical, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field; equivalent manufacturing experience may be considered.
• Experience purchasing plastics/resins, metal feedstock or powders , and outsourced manufacturing services.
• Experience in injection molding, MIM, CNC machining, or similar engineered manufacturing environments.
• Experience in defense, aerospace, medical, or other regulated manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with ITAR/export controls, customs/export licensing, ISO 9001/AS9100, PPAP , or customer-specific supplier requirements.
• Experience with supplier scorecards, RFQ/RFP processes, cost modeling, total-cost analysis, LTL freight negotiation, and parcel-carrier management.
• IQMS/DELMIAWorks experience is preferred.

What Success Looks Like

• Strong supplier on-time delivery and quality performance.
• Improved material costs and controlled purchase price variance.
• Accurate inventory and completion of required cycle counts.
• High on-time customer shipment performance.
• Improved inventory turns and reduced excess/obsolete inventory.
• Reliable material availability with minimal preventable production interruptions.
• Effective freight-cost and carrier-performance management.

Work Environment

This is an on-site, hands-on manufacturing leadership role . The position requires regular movement between the office, warehouse, shipping/receiving, and manufacturing areas to verify material flow, inventory conditions, and supply-chain execution.

The environment includes production-floor conditions, warehouse traffic, forklifts, trucks, noise, and temperature variation. Required PPE must be used in designated areas.

Occasional supplier visits or business travel may be required.