Core Responsibilities:
· Plan and direct all resources and activities associated with production scheduling and planning, supply chain management, and material logistics to achieve required business results. Forecast intra-company procurement needs in coordination with production planning, utilizing the appropriate material requirements planning systems/programs and lean practices.
· Manage Value Streams along with operations and engineering to ensure material availability and order placement, identification and management of outside service providers, logistics coordination, and on-time starts. Monitor, measure, and address gaps with applicable organizations to achieve
Divisional goals and 100 on time delivery to the end customer
· Provide effective Supplier Management to ensure a consistent flow of supplies to meet customer demand.
· Resolve daily procurement and inventory control issues in coordination with Engineering, Operations and Sales.
· Develop and lead an engaged and motivated Supply Chain organization through the employment of highly skilled Supply Chain professionals, employee development, training plans, and effective and timely performance assessments.
· Achieve cost reduction goals.
· Support the Proposal Process by leading the Sourcing Strategy for all customer proposal activity.
· Responsible for managing supply chain costs, terms and conditions, risk, contract flow down in support of contract award and subsequent New Product Introduction (NPI) Management.
· Negotiate Supplier contracts with an emphasis on cost reduction and identifying opportunities for aggregating spend and leveraging a collective purchasing power across Barnes Aerospace and Barnes Group.
· Manage critical inventory processes such as cycle counting, planning parameters, capacity analysis and demand planning processes.
· Other related duties and projects as assigned
Qualifications:
· Seven to ten years of related Supply Chain Management leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
· Defense contract experience, a plus.
· Demonstrated progressive career development with increasing responsibilities, with an emphasis in manufacturing.
· Demonstrated knowledge of production flow, planning and inventory management, and documentation procedures.
· Demonstrated business and financial acumen.
· Strategic sourcing experience
· Demonstrated experience in leading and setting direction for teams, including motivating, influencing and driving change at all levels of the organization
· Excellent growth leadership skills demonstrating clear global perspective and understanding of factors impacting the business and our suppliers
· Ability to organize time effectively to satisfactorily complete assigned tasks and functions. This includes planning of workflow and meetings.
· Proficient with an emphasis in Microsoft Word, Excel, Microsoft PowerBI and PowerPoint.
· Ability to effectively negotiate contracts, ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure.
Education Requirements:
· Bachelors degree in appropriate Business or Technical discipline is required.
· APICS/ISM/Supply Chain certification is a plu
