Director of Supply Chain

Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative•Vinita, OK

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Supply Chain provides leadership and day-to-day accountability for purchasing, warehousing, inventory, logistics, vendor management, and material controls supporting NOEC electric operations and BOLT broadband operations. The position ensures that approved materials, equipment, and services are sourced, received, stored, tracked, issued, returned, and disposed of accurately, timely, and cost-effectively. Working within established purchasing authority and internal controls, the Director coordinates with operating departments to convert approved demand forecasts and project plans into reliable sourcing and stocking plans.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience
Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in purchasing, inventory, warehousing, materials management, logistics, or related operations, including supervisory or leadership responsibility
Working knowledge of electric utility or broadband/telecommunications materials and demonstrated ability to develop proficiency across both disciplines
Proficiency with ERP/MRP and inventory management systems, spreadsheets, reporting tools, and data analysis
Strong negotiation, judgment, problem-solving, communication, organization, and relationship-building skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and urgent operational needs
Must successfully pass a background check
Must comply with NOEC and BOLT employment, safety, procurement, conflict-of-interest, and ethical conduct requirements
Must protect confidential vendor, pricing, contract, inventory, and organizational information

Nice To Haves

Experience in an electric utility, broadband or telecommunications provider, cooperative, construction, manufacturing, distribution, or similarly asset-intensive environment preferred

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain an integrated supply chain plan supporting the material, equipment, and service needs of NOEC electric operations and BOLT broadband operations.
Partner with Engineering, Operations, Finance, and project leaders to translate approved forecasts, capital plans, maintenance schedules, construction plans, and operational needs into effective sourcing, inventory, and delivery plans.
Lead material-readiness planning to identify shortages, long-lead risks, excess inventory, and other issues that could affect projects, storms, outages, or ongoing operations.
Direct purchasing activities, including requisitions, competitive quotes or bids, purchase orders, approvals, expediting, receipt coordination, and order closure in accordance with established purchasing authority and internal controls.
Develop and manage supplier relationships, contracts, pricing, warranties, freight terms, alternate sources, and supplier performance to support cost-effective and reliable operations.
Monitor open orders, backorders, lead times, pricing, delivery performance, vendor returns, warranty claims, and other purchasing exceptions; communicate risks and drive issues to resolution.
Oversee receiving, storage, issuance, staging, transfers, returns, deliveries, and disposition of materials to maintain accurate custody and accountability from receipt through final use.
Establish and maintain appropriate inventory levels, reorder points, safety stock, and critical stock based on usage, forecasts, lead times, operational needs, and storage capacity.
Maintain inventory accuracy through cycle counts, physical inventories, variance resolution, ERP reconciliation, and appropriate management of excess, damaged, slow-moving, or obsolete materials.
Maintain supply-continuity plans for critical materials, including alternate suppliers, emergency sourcing, long-lead monitoring, and strategies for major supply disruptions.
Ensure purchasing and material-management activities comply with applicable cooperative policies, internal controls, ethical standards, funding requirements, and federal and state requirements.
Promote safe warehouse, material-handling, loading, delivery, and storage practices and ensure employees follow applicable safety policies and procedures.
Develop and monitor key performance measures related to inventory accuracy, material availability, stockouts, purchasing activity, supplier performance, excess inventory, and warehouse operations.
Provide the CFO and other appropriate leaders with regular reporting on material availability, purchasing commitments, supplier risks, inventory trends, exceptions, and corrective actions.
Supervise, coach, and develop purchasing and warehouse personnel; establish clear expectations and coordinate staffing, workload, cross-training, and coverage.
Build effective working relationships across Engineering, Electric Operations, Broadband Operations, Finance, Accounting, IT, Safety, and other departments to support organizational needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.