Director, Supply Chain Management

Job Summary

The Director of Supply Chain provides strategic and operational leadership for all supply chain functions within the Warfighter Systems division. This role ensures resilient supplier performance, material readiness, cost optimization, and alignment with production, engineering, and program needs. The Director drives supplier strategy, long-range capacity planning, and cross-functional integration to meet cost, schedule, and quality commitments across a rapidly scaling product portfolio

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Direct and administer a program of effective material procurement, to provide all material, equipment, parts, assemblies, supplies and services required for the operation of the company, ensuring optimum costs, terms and conditions and adherence to established quality standards and specifications and schedules.
• Direct the preparation, negotiation and administration of optimum subcontracts and supplier agreements for major sub-assemblies and complex items, ensuring adherence to all established quality and technical standards as well as delivery requirements.
• Assure accurate input and optimum quotations for business proposals by providing complete review of bills of material from engineering, development of criteria for vendors, selection of best vendors for quotes, and negotiations for most favorable terms and conditions.
• Direct the monitoring and audit of procurement functions to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures. Keep management apprised of status and implement solutions to supply chain problems.
• Direct the establishment and implementation of company procurement policies and procedures involving subcontract terms and conditions, re-determinations, contract terminations and vendor relations and negotiations.
• Represent Twenty-Six Defense in negotiations with government or customers in support of material procurement activities.
• Assure adequate sources of supply for all Twenty-Six Defense material and service requirements with consideration to new technologies, quality and delivery.
• Evaluate and determine labor requirements and implement staff expansions or reductions in order to provide optimum utilization of personnel and workflow to meet proposal and production schedules.
• Select, train, and develop subordinates. Assign work for most efficient utilization of personnel, reviewing their activities to assure quality performance.
• Make appropriate promotional and salary recommendations or terminations.
• Ensure the efficient resolution to all supply chain problems and coordinate problem resolution with all interfacing departments to provide optimum production, quality and delivery of Twenty-Six Defense.
• Promote satisfactory employee relations and adherence to company policies and procedures.
• Maintain effective liaison with suppliers, customer representatives, and subcontractors to provide efficient, timely and cost-effective procurement of materials
• Maintain effective liaison with all departments to ensure optimum company operations.
• Maintain effective liaison with private and public agencies to ensure optimum negotiations and compliance with all government and contractual regulations.
• Direct entire supply chain management process.
• Ensure compliance with AS9100, ITAR, DFARS, and procurement regulations.
• Promote Lean and continuous improvement methodologies across supply chain processes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years of supply chain, procurement, or operations experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years leading teams with demonstrated cross-functional influence.
• Strong understanding of supplier development, risk mitigation, and production support.

Preferred Qualification

• Master’s degree or professional certification (APICS/CSCP, CPSM, Lean/Six Sigma).
• Experience in high-mix, high-complexity production environments.
• Familiarity with AS9100, government contracting, DFARS, and ITAR requirements
• Demonstrated success leading supply chain transformation initiatives.
• Experience in aerospace/defense or other regulated manufacturing environments.

Skills and Abilities 

• Requires outstanding leadership, negotiating and managerial skills.
• Requires a thorough knowledge of requirements planning, vendor quality management techniques as well as a thorough understanding of the optical, electronic, casting and machining industries.

Travel/Physical Requirements:

• This role requires 10–20% travel, including vendor site visits, supplier audits, and cross-site operations.

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