Manager, Supply Chain Management

Beacon Associates LLC is a global search firm specializing in multicultural recruiting. We have been retained to search for a Manager, Supply Chain for their Rochester NY headquarters

Job Summary

The Supply Chain Manager will be responsible for developing and maintaining a strong alignment between the Supply Chain organization and the Business Units, ensuring supply programs and pursuits are clearly understood, appropriately staffed, and addressed to meet or exceed program expectations. This position will partner with peers across the Supply Chain and Business Units to develop clear supply chain strategies in support of pursuits/proposals, manage and execute supply bids and ensure performance to plan. Furthermore, the Supply Chain Manager will alert the Business Units to potential Risks & Opportunities as appropriate during program execution.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensure that Supply Chain input to proposals, programs, and other operations are compliant with regulatory requirements and conducted in accordance with Ultralife’s best practices.
• Serve as Supply Chain Management Leader and “single point of contact” for the BU/SC Leadership in tasks such as status of SC actions (i.e. subcontract negotiations, BOM pricing, etc), supplier relationship/issue resolution, long-range program/proposal/IRAD supply base planning and coordination of financial forecasting for BU material sales.
• Keep apprised and provide regular status to BU on all Supply Chain aspects of a portfolio of proposals, programs, or other functions, even those worked by Subcontract Leads and Managers, geographically dispersed and/or co-located with other BUs.
• Develop and implement the supply chain strategy, which addresses the entire supply chain life cycle from proposal/capture through sustainment in support of the Business Unit (BU).
• Enable end-to-end SC strategies across the BU portfolio and proactive supplier engagement strategies across the Corporation by partnering with peers in SC, Manufacturing, and Engineering to support make/buy, design for supply chain, and technology roadmap initiatives.
• Assign a SC proposal lead responsible for identifying, coordinating and presenting to SC leadership the complete SC input (to include priced BOM, subcontract status, direct SC labor inputs, etc) for review and approval prior to final submission to the program and/or release of the proposal.
• Lead, train, and develop a team of supply chain managers responsible for developing end-to-end supply chain strategies, coordinating resources, overseeing and reporting status, resolving issues, and ensuring appropriate SC support is provided to individual programs and/or proposal efforts across the portfolio of efforts.

Requirements & Skills

• Professional experience and demonstrated expertise in US Government Program Proposal Development, US Government purchasing/acquisitions, and material handling.
• A working knowledge of standard tools, KPIs, and processes required to support and measure the value-add of the Supply Chain purchasing organization (i.e. MRP, Invoicing, Forecasting, compliance, etc).
• Ability to effectively relate with others and cooperate as a team member.
• Ability to act in a leadership capacity, provide vision to those supervised, and guide diverse departments and employees to higher levels of achievement.
• BS/BA in a related field plus 10-15 years or more related experience.