We are seeking a Supply Chain Manager to manage key aspects of the supply chain for our best-in-class Spyglass radar product.   You will be responsible for optimizing the supply chain system to be efficient and cost effective.   Activities include: (i) planning and managing the supplier resources necessary to meet production demand; (ii) leading a sourcing strategy to identify and select suppliers that provide overall best value; (iii) establishing processes to monitor and manage supplier performance and relationships; (iv) inventory planning; and (v) data analysis and reporting.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Planning. 

• Work with Spyglass radar team to forecast purchasing needs.  Develop purchasing strategy to achieve an uninterrupted supply of parts and materials necessary to meet production targets. 

• Proactively identify risks and plan workarounds for hard-to-find/long lead time parts and materials.

• Identify alternative suppliers as Spyglass radar production scales up and grows. 

• Strategic Sourcing.

• Perform spend analysis to prioritize sourcing strategies.  Develop and implement sourcing strategies to drive efficiency gains and best value, with particular focus on decreasing lead times and costs.

• Ensure robust processes are in place to achieve best value.

• Supplier Management.

• Implement processes to monitor and manage critical suppliers by KPIs, SLAs and various reporting mechanisms.  Enforce compliance with quality standards.

• Implement processes to track orders from inception to fulfillment. 

• Develop strong relationships with critical suppliers.

• Act as escalation point for supplier issues.

• Inventory.

• Manage inventory to ensure sufficient parts and materials are in stock to meet production targets. 

• Data analysis and reporting.

• Analyze data to identify areas of supply chain operations to improve efficiency.

• Develop and execute projects to enhance supply chain operations.

• Measure supply chain performance and report to management.

• Collaborate with production team and other stakeholders to improve supply chain.

  Preferred skills and experience

• Either a degree or certification in supply chain management, or five or more years of experience in supply chain analysis or management.

  Educational requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher. 

  Other Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship Required.  Due to the nature of the work performed at Numerica, all applicants must be capable of obtaining a U.S. Security Clearance. At a minimum, this requires that a candidate be a U.S. citizen with a personal history indicating trustworthiness, reliability, and sound judgement (e.g., clean criminal record, no use of illegal drugs, etc.)

   

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