Director, Supply Chain

Location: Onsite Status Type: Full Time QUALIFICATIONS Required: Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience; advanced degree or MBA preferred. 10+ years of progressive supply chain experience in manufacturing, including significant responsibility for purchasing, planning, materials, inventory, and supplier management; 5+ years in a leadership role. Demonstrated success ensuring component availability and preventing production disruption in a complex manufacturing environment. Demonstrated experience establishing inventory-control systems, cycle-count programs, shortage-management processes, and purchasing controls. Strong ERP/MRP experience, preferably SAP, with practical understanding of how master data and transactional accuracy affect planning and execution. Experience managing supplier performance, capacity, lead times, delivery recovery, sourcing, negotiations, and cost improvement. Experience supporting new product introductions and/or time-critical commercial launches. Experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment strongly preferred. Experience with product sourcing, contract manufacturing, and Lean/Six Sigma or other structured continuous-improvement methods. Skills & Competencies: Strong leadership, judgment, ownership, and accountability for outcomes; demonstrated ability to respond promptly to critical supply issues, make timely decisions, and drive closure with minimal supervision. Advanced planning, problem-solving, risk-management, negotiation, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills. Ability to translate customer demand and production plans into executable material, supplier-capacity, and purchasing plans. Ability to establish effective manual controls, reports, and management processes when ERP functionality or data integrity is insufficient to manage immediate business risk. Ability to work effectively under pressure, manage rapidly changing priorities, and personally engage in critical recovery activities. Strong financial acumen, including working capital, inventory, budgeting, Purchase Price Variance (PPV), and material-cost management. Ability to develop people, set clear expectations, manage performance, delegate effectively, and build a high-accountability team culture. Physical Requirements: Occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, talk or hear, reach with hands and arms Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision Moderate noise (i.e.: computer printers, traffic) exists daily in the work environment RESPONSIBILITIES: Own material availability for the approved production plan and ensure Supply Chain identifies, communicates, and mitigates component shortages before they interrupt Manufacturing. Establish and maintain forward-looking material-risk visibility across current demand, forecast demand, safety stock, supplier lead times, open purchase orders, and supplier capacity. Establish inventory policies including safety stock, reorder points, cycle counting, reconciliation, transaction discipline, and root-cause/corrective-action processes to ensure SAP inventory accurately reflects physical inventory. Ensure purchase orders are issued with sufficient lead time, successfully transmitted to suppliers, acknowledged, and supported by documented delivery commitments. Maintain exception controls for unacknowledged, overdue, past-due, or otherwise at-risk purchase orders. Lead supplier recovery and escalation for shortages, late deliveries, quality issues, and capacity constraints; ensure documented recovery plans exist for critical material risks. Maintain documented supplier-capacity assessments against current and forecast demand, including anticipated commercial launches and growth scenarios. Establish and review supplier scorecards covering on-time delivery, quality/yield, capacity, lead time, responsiveness, cost/PPV, and corrective-action performance. Lead production and materials planning processes, including master scheduling, MRP, demand-to-supply reconciliation, inventory coverage, and escalation of constraints. Partner with customer-facing demand planning, Commercial/Alliance Management, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, Supplier Management, and other functions to align demand, supply, launch requirements, and risk mitigation. Lead Supply Chain readiness for new product introductions and commercial launches, ensuring components, packaging materials, supplier commitments, inventory, and logistics capabilities are in place to meet contractual customer requirements. Provide direct tactical leadership during critical shortages, launch activities, inventory discrepancies, supplier disruptions, and other business-critical events until stable controls and recovery plans are established. Drive sourcing and purchasing strategies that improve supply continuity, quality, cost, lead time, and working capital, including negotiation of supply agreements and development of alternate/secondary sources where appropriate. Manage inventory levels across Enable locations to balance customer service and production continuity with inventory turns, excess and obsolete inventory, and cash-flow objectives. Oversee logistics, warehousing, shipping, order management, freight, carrier performance, and import/export compliance as assigned within the organizational structure. Define and prioritize Supply Chain business-system requirements and SAP/MRP improvements while ensuring immediate operational risks are controlled through effective interim/manual processes. Develop and maintain standard work, tiered management routines, dashboards, escalation processes, and performance metrics that make risks visible and drive timely corrective action. Establish annual objectives, budgets, cost-reduction plans, productivity goals, and continuous-improvement priorities for the Supply Chain organization. Lead, coach, develop, and hold accountable Supply Chain personnel; establish clear roles, priorities, performance expectations, training, succession plans, and appropriate staffing. Support Quality System requirements, supplier corrective actions (SCARs), nonconformance investigations, change controls, audits, and other regulated processes applicable to Supply Chain. Maintain productive supplier and cross-functional relationships while demonstrating proactive communication, reliable follow-through, and clear ownership of issues through closure. Other duties may be assigned as necessary to meet business needs Complexity of Duties: Balances strategic supply-chain development with hands-on tactical execution and crisis recovery. Operates in a regulated, rapidly scaling environment where supply interruptions may affect manufacturing schedules, customer commitments, product launches, revenue, and patient access. Works cross-functionally and may influence teams without direct authority; must align stakeholders around common priorities and drive timely decisions. Uses ERP/MRP systems as critical tools while independently establishing additional controls when system functionality, master data, or transactional accuracy is insufficient. Regularly interacts with suppliers, customers, and senior leaders regarding supply risk, operational decisions, scheduling requirements, commercial launches, and contractual commitments. Requires strong working knowledge of manufacturing, quality systems, financial controls, inventory management, purchasing, planning, and supplier operations. #J-18808-Ljbffr