Supply Chain Manager

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:

· Bachelor’s degree in appropriate Business or Technical discipline is required.

· APICS/ISM/Supply Chain certification is a plu