Supply Chain Manager

Summary:
The Supply Chain Manager is responsible overseeing and directing all Supply Chain department long-term and short-term objectives to achieve annual goals for improving the supply chain. They will contribute to the organizations success by maintaining a system of risk mitigation across the entire supply chain process related to vendor qualification, selection and purchasing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage supply chain activities commencing in the sales and project phase.
  o* Provide costs estimates to procurement team.
  o* Receive requirements from requisitions and convert them into purchase orders.
  o* Monitor delivery of parts and services that have been purchased.

• Manage the purchase of facility systems, test equipment, tools, raw material, services and supplies necessary for operation of a project

• Develop long-term and short-term objectives for supply chain ensuring they are aligned with overall company goals and objectives

• Achieve annual goals for improving the supply chain as assigned by supervisor.

• Optimize logistics to ensure timely and efficient routes to meet customer satisfaction needs

• Develop and maintain a system of risk mitigation across the entire supply chain process

• Optimize Safran Test Cells' international purchasing by cooperating and identifying synergies with Safran Aero Boosters Test Cells purchasing team and other Safran Purchasing entities

• Ensure cooperation and coordination with major stakeholders, including, Project Management, Finance, Quoting, Engineering, Sales, and Quality

• Manage the process related to vendor qualification and selection

• Oversee Supplier contract compliance, relationship management, product schedule and delivery compliance, and communications from the point of PO placement until product acceptance.

• Maintain a list of approved suppliers and their detailed capabilities.

• Ensure the development of IT tools to optimize the processes in the Supply Chain Department including development of automated workflow for PO creation and approval.

• Work with company management to ensure that employees have a safe and functional work environment.

• Actively participate in a continuous improvement culture providing recommendations and implementing enhancements to current methods and procedures.

• Other duties as assigned.