Director, Supply Chain

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Bachelor's degree in operations engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, or equivalent experience
• •10+ years in an RF/electronics manufacturing supply chain role spanning purchasing, sourcing, inventory management, logistics, and supply planning
• •5+ years leading or managing supply chain or planning teams in a fast-moving, low-volume/high-mix manufacturing environment
• •Proven ability to flex between setting strategic direction and driving hands-on tactical execution
• •demonstrated leadership motivating and managing teams through other managers
• •outstanding people- and budget-management skills
• •Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills
• •U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or other Protected Individual (as defined under 8 USC § 1324b(a)(3))
• •Travel required up to 20% per year
• •Expert in supply chain and planning enterprise systems, including ERP, APS, P2P, and MES
• •Expert in dual/multi-sourcing, supplier qualification, make/buy analysis, and electronic component obsolescence/end-of-life management
• •Deep experience with supply chain and S&OP practices for electronic components, RF, or semiconductor industries
• •APICS (CPIM/CSCP) or similar accreditation
• •Fully familiar with ISO 9001 quality system
• •Comfortable operating supply chain processes within a quality-controlled, audit-ready manufacturing environment
• •Knowledgeable in ITAR/EAR export control regulations, DFARS specialty metals and domestic sourcing requirements, and counterfeit electronic parts avoidance (AS5553/AS6081)

Desired Qualifications

• •Sage ERP experience
• •AS9001
• •Knowledge of and ability to align the organization's people and culture with changes in business strategy, organizational structure, technology and business processes
• •Awareness and knowledge of and insight into the organization's vision, structure, culture, philosophy, operating principles, values, and code of ethics
• •Knowledge, insight, and understanding of business concepts, tools, and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business
• •Verbal communication refers to your ability to speak clearly and concisely
• •Nonverbal communication includes the capacity to project positive body language and facial expressions
• •Written communication refers to your skillfulness in composing text messages, reports, and other types of documents
• •Visual communication involves the ability to relay information using pictures and other visual aids
• •Active listening should also be considered a key communication soft skill because it helps you listen to and actually hear what others say
• •Ability to listen to understand how to best communicate with someone
• •Understands business issues and opportunities and translates or aligns them to a vision, strategy and plans to chart a course of action
• •Collaborate with others to achieve common goals
• •Build strong, positive working relationships with supervisor and team members/coworkers
• •Exercise the ability to compromise and be adaptable
• •Ability to balance the needs of different people in a solution to a problem
• •Able to meet the needs of different constituents in the solution of a problem
• •Able to solve problems with multiple criteria that need to be met
• •Identifies and assesses all potential responses to a problem
• •Deal with Conflict Properly
• •Report Unethical Behavior
• •Be upfront about your short comings
• •Be willing to do hard work
• •Take accountability for your actions
• •Be a team player
• •Respect others
• •Don't abuse your power
• •Keep morale up
• •Interpersonal competencies help you interact, communicate, and collaborate with others effectively
• •Typical examples of interpersonal skills include empathy, active listening, and emotional intelligence
• •Coaching and mentoring both exist for the same purpose: helping others grow, develop and reach their full potential
• •Both coaching and mentoring give the opportunity for individuals to take responsibility for their own personal and career development
• •Managing up is about using the traits of a good manager to help bring out the best in you as an employee
• •When done effectively, managing up makes your manager's job easier, as well as your day-to-day job
• •Understanding the best way to communicate with your boss, demonstrating that you care, meeting performance goals and more, won't go unnoticed
• •Conflict management is the use of techniques to resolve disagreements or control the level of discord
• •Conflict resolution techniques include facilitating meetings for the conflicting parties to identify the problem, discuss resolutions and create superordinate goals that require cooperation from conflicting parties
• •Delegation involves assigning tasks you have responsibility for to your coworkers or team members
• •When you delegate tasks, you reduce your workload while retaining responsibility
• •Learning more about delegation can help you improve delegation practices in your organization
• •Delegation is a basic managment technique that involves assigning responsibility to another person and granting the appropriate level of authority required to complete the assignment
• •Emotional intelligence in the workplace begins from the inside out with each individual
• •It involves recognizing various aspects of your feelings and emotions and taking the time to work on the elements of self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills