Director, Contracts/Compliance
About The Position
Join North Wind - Accelerating Hypersonic Innovation At North Wind, we are advancing hypersonic technologies through cutting-edge research, system development, and flight testing. Our team drives innovation in high-speed aerodynamics, propulsion systems, and mission-critical components, supporting every phase of hypersonic programs - from R&D to flight testing. If you are passionate about pushing technological boundaries in a dynamic environment, we invite you to join us. Position Summary: The Director Supply Chain develops and executes enterprise supply chain strategies supporting North Wind's commercial and U.S. Government programs, ensuring alignment with program requirements, financial objectives, quality standards, contractual obligations, and applicable regulations. Partnering with executive leadership, Program Management, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Contracts, and Quality, the Director embeds supply chain requirements into business planning and program execution, identifying and mitigating risk, optimizing cost and schedule, strengthening supplier relationships, and ensuring the materials, services, and supplier capacity needed to meet current and future business demands.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, or a related field or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years in supply chain management or related field, preferably in an aerospace organization.
- Demonstrated leadership of teams, programs or a significant function.
- Experience developing and executing strategies for complex programs or operations.
- Working knowledge of procurement, strategic sourcing, product lifecycle, supplier identification, logistics, and supplier management.
- Experience across proposal development, material estimating, sourcing strategies, and new business acquisition.
- Ability to manage supplier performance, cost, schedule, risk, and contractual requirements.
- Able to analyze supply chain performance and translate data into actionable business recommendations.
- Adept at leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing stakeholders across all levels of an organization.
- Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, and organizational skills, including briefing leadership and customers.
- Strong business and financial acumen — material cost, forecasting, budgets, and program performance.
- Effective in a fast-paced, project-oriented environment while managing multiple priorities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and ERP/MRP systems; Costpoint experience preferred.
- All candidates must be eligible to work in the United States.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with U.S. Government contracts in a FAR/DFARS-regulated environments a plus.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the enterprise supply chain strategy in line with organizational objectives and anticipated growth.
- Lead supply chain activities across all phases of the Business Acquisition Process: proposal development, sourcing strategy, material estimates, supplier engagement, and make/buy analysis, ensuring plans include integrated schedules, budgets, procurement strategies, resources, and identified risks and opportunities before execution.
- Lead supply chain execution across programs and operations, with accountability for material planning, procurement, inventory, forecasting, material cost, and schedule and supplier performance.
- Establish the metrics and processes that monitor effectiveness and drive continuous improvement in cost, quality, delivery, and supplier performance.
- Partner with Program Management and functional leaders to evaluate supply chain impact on program cost, schedule, and technical requirements.
- Communicate significant risks, opportunities, and performance trends to senior leadership with integrated mitigation and corrective-action plans, ensuring strategies and deliverables meet customer and contractual requirements.
- Provide strategic oversight of procurement, supplier relationships, logistics, inventory, warehousing, and shipping and receiving.
- Develop sourcing strategies that support business continuity, competitive pricing, quality, and delivery; oversee logistics and freight strategy and monitor freight cost and performance.
- Ensure supply chain activities comply with North Wind policies, quality requirements, contractual obligations, and applicable FAR/DFARS requirements.
- Lead risk and opportunity management, supplier performance improvement, process standardization, and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- North Wind is committed to pay transparency in compliance with applicable state and local laws.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
