Supply Chain Manager - Direct Placement

This is a Staff Level position with high visibility, collaborating cross functionally to drive results as part of the Plant Leadership team.

• Base salary range: up to $150,000 starting, depending on experience and responsibilities
• Performance bonus: annual incentive program tied to strategic KPIs and company growth targets
• Comprehensive benefits:
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick leave
  • Professional development and continuing education support
  • Employee wellness and assistance programs
• Relocation assistance: competitive relocation package to support candidates moving to West Michigan

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of planning, scheduling, shipping, and outside processing professionals.
• Develop and execute supply chain strategies aligned with plant goals for cost, quality, delivery, and compliance.
• Lead sourcing and supplier performance management for raw materials (e.g., waxes, ceramics, alloys) and outside processes (e.g., HIP, NDT, heat treatment).
• Oversee master production scheduling (MPS) and materials requirements planning (MRP) for casting operations.
• Ensure alignment between customer demand, manufacturing capacity, and material availability.
• Implement and maintain systems to control inventory accuracy, optimize stock levels, and ensure traceability (lot control, shelf life, serialization).
• Drive continuous improvement in inventory turns and reduce obsolescence.
• Manage inbound and outbound logistics, ensuring compliance with export controls (e.g., ITAR/EAR) and aerospace packaging standards.
• Coordinate closely with Engineering, Quality, and Operations to support new product introductions (NPI), engineering changes, and production changes.
• Support customer on-time delivery (OTD) and fulfillment metrics through proactive planning and issue resolution.

Job Roles:

• Business acumen--understands production needs and lean principles versus actual and anticipated customer demand with regard to raw materials; limits inventory overage; navigates large scope and scale; grows sales.
• Manage complexity--supply chain expert both in terms of external suppliers and internal process; recognizes needs throughout the system and is able to plan accordingly for shared resources or materials; attends to multiple internal stakeholders and external customers with expertise on specific products and projects.
• Data and rigor--invites multiple inputs, both qualitative and quantitative; makes adjustments from a data-informed perspective and communicates ramifications throughout the supply chain through to customer; partners with manufacturing and others to ensure schedule adherence; expert in material requirement planning, prioritizing based on data.
• Communication and relationship--proactive communicator regarding specific business factors such as lead time; provides accurate and timely information and builds relationship by helping others know what to expect; insists on the integrity of doing what we say we will do.
• Proactive and assertive--takes initiative; anticipates issues based on supply and forecasts; communicates regularly throughout the production cycle; asserts self as conduit between customer and production, representing both and finding ways to succeed; asserts business expectations while simultaneously protecting the need for adequate time and information to forecast and plan.
• Responsive--balances proactivity with understanding of factors that can affect the business; adapts quickly to unforeseen circumstances; manages changes to projects and timelines to create seamless experiences; reacts to the needs of internal and external stakeholders to provide remarkable service; remains dispassionate in response; comfortable with the intensity of the work and the pressures it creates.
• Talent advocate--creates ways to involve junior associates; collaborates cross-functionally to stimulate development and contribute to talent factory strategy while developing team.
• Continuous improvement--examines plans to improve forecasting, estimating and execution capabilities; interacts with stakeholders to create feedback loops and implements findings.
• Organization--works with systems and governance; manages time well; leads with information and time specific exactness; creates urgency through timelines and forecasts.
• Purpose--has a strong sense of “why” things need to be done; communicates and inspires based on the underlying reasons for actions; helps others understand rather than merely executing; seeks to operate strategically in the midst of a demanding and time-sensitive environment.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: 

• B.S. Degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in a supply chain position; minimum of 5 years of leadership experience. 
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:     

• B.S. Degree in supply chain
• APICS/ASCM CPIM certification.
• Experience with scheduling manufacturing production.
• Experience developing relationships with customers and suppliers.
• Excellent communication skills, oral and written.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Continuous improvement/growth mindset.
• Proficient in practical application of MRP logic.
• Knowledge of Oracle/ERP system.