What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supply Chain Manager position at vodastra.com?
Job Title : - Supply Chain Manager
Location : - Los Alamitos, CA
Full time with benefits ( must have aerospace industry experience)
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Develops, plans, organizes and implements global contracting and procurement strategies and programs to increase operational efficiency and profitability
- Builds a new supplier development team and develops new sources in best cost countries in alignment with new product and program requirements.
- Responsible for developing and implementing supply chain best practices to enhance customer service and improve profitability in integrated materials management.
- Develops new strategic direct and indirect suppliers to increase capacity for Arrowhead while reducing costs
- Implement programs and practices to assure the supply chain infrastructure is suitable to the scope and size of new programs. Conducts Supplier Production Readiness and risk assessments
- Leads and manages a large team of buyers, project managers, expeditors, commodity managers and supplier development mangers to ensure uninterrupted supply of quality materials to our organization while meeting annual cost out goals
- Categorizes the required vendor spend, to be managed via Long Term Agreements, to manage risk, liability and to optimize Total Landed Cost.
- Orchestrates the supplier performance evaluation process, determining and taking corrective action, as results require
- Designs, and leads contract and pricing negotiations with direct and indirect suppliers
- Drive analytics and disposition of slow moving inventory.
- Analyze inventories to lead projects to increase inventory turns, reduce waste, and optimize customer service levels.
- Develops standardized systems and controls for procurement including RFP documentation, work authorization, purchase orders and supplier schedules and LTAs
- Develops and manages relationships with domestic and international suppliers and subcontractors
- Manages raw material inventory turns, receipts, Days payable outstanding and purchase price variance
- Forecasts inventory and indirect purchase receipts as inputs to the SIOP and Cash Management
