Director, Supply Chain

Role Overview

• Lead the company’s supply chain function across procurement, S&OP, materials management, inventory control, manufacturing planning, and supplier management
• Run the company’s S&OP process and ensure it drives decisions around demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and build readiness
• Own procurement across key suppliers, components, and materials, including supplier selection, vendor negotiation, purchasing discipline, and supplier performance management
• Own materials management end to end, including inventory control, shortages, replenishment, WIP visibility, material movement, and overall material-flow discipline
• Partner with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Finance on make-versus-buy decisions, capacity planning, and production readiness
• Build and maintain planning processes that connect forecast, demand, supply, inventory, supplier lead times, manufacturing capacity, and build plans
• Manage relationships with key suppliers, manufacturing partners, and critical sub-suppliers, with clear visibility into dependencies, continuity risks, and performance
• Identify and fix process gaps across inventory, materials handling, and supply chain execution, and put scalable workflows and controls in place
• Support new product introduction and prototype-to-production transition, including supplier readiness, material planning, BOM integrity, change control, and build execution support within PLM and ERP environments
• Improve supply continuity and reduce execution risk through scenario planning, escalation management, and mitigation strategies
• Partner closely with Finance and Accounting to strengthen inventory controls, transaction discipline, and purchasing controls
• Build metrics and reporting that give leadership clear visibility into supply risk, inventory health, supplier performance, material readiness, and capacity constraints
• Drive improvement in the systems, process controls, and data integrity that support planning, procurement, materials management, and execution from PDM through PLM to ERP
• Build and lead the team over time, setting a high bar for ownership, responsiveness, and execution discipline across the function

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations, engineering, business, or a related field
• 10+ years of relevant experience in supply chain, procurement, materials management, manufacturing planning, or operations
• Experience leading procurement and supplier management in a hardware or manufacturing environment
• Experience running S&OP or a similar demand and supply planning process
• Experience owning materials, inventory, or manufacturing planning processes
• Experience with vendor negotiation, supplier performance management, and commercial decision-making
• Experience supporting make-versus-buy decisions or similar sourcing/manufacturing tradeoff decisions
• Experience with capacity planning, production support, or manufacturing readiness planning
• Experience working with ERP or related enterprise systems that support materials management, and improving business processes across functions
• Experience working cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Engineering, Finance, Quality, and Program teams
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to use data to drive decisions, identify problems, and prioritize action
• Experience leading teams, setting expectations, and driving accountability.

Tech Stack

• ERP

Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, short/long-term disability
• Employer-funded Health Savings Account
• Unlimited PTO
• 401(k) match
• Company-paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Flexible Savings Account
• Paid FMLA, Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Student Loan Repayment
• Equity Program