Mgr Material Avail T&S Supply Ops - Oakbrook Terrace, IL
About The Position
The Manager of Material Availability and T&S Supply Operations oversees the personnel and activities of the T&S Parts Team and Materials Availability operation. This includes sourcing, purchasing, expediting, forecasting, inventory management, and coordination with Distribution, Transmission and Substations (T&S), work management, and operations clients. The role provides focused material and logistics support for operations, system expansion, and system reliability work, and technical expertise in spare-parts identification, procurement, and management. The manager governs strategic initiatives to maintain appropriate emergency-reserve and replacement-parts inventory, improve material availability and customer service, and support reliability and customer-satisfaction goals. Responsibilities include supplier establishment and performance oversight; day-to-day procurement and inventory operations; obsolescence, repair, replacement, and optimization processes; budget management; and emergency-response support. The position also oversees planning and physical distribution across major distribution facilities, emergency warehouses, remote staging locations, and job sites, and maintains accurate information in Asset Suite 8 purchase-order and inventory modules. This is a hybrid position based in the Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois office, with in-office work required at least three days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). The role requires an average of 25% travel across Exelon sites and business units as business needs dictate. Relocation assistance is not available.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and govern short- and long-term initiatives to maintain optimal emergency-reserve, equipment, and replacement-parts inventory levels.
- Optimize material availability, customer service, and inventory in support of profitability, reliability, and customer/client satisfaction goals.
- Establish new suppliers; evaluate supplier technical capabilities and performance; and implement performance-improvement plans for existing suppliers.
- Oversee day-to-day Materials Availability and T&S department operations, including inventory analysis and management, procurement, obsolescence programs, creation of new catalog IDs, parts catalogs, and supplier invoice management.
- Coordinate with long-range planning, work planning, reliability schedules, and associated teams.
- Represent Supply to internal departments and outside organizations on work management, work planning, logistics planning, material availability, T&S, and warehousing matters.
- Govern inventory obsolescence, repair and replacement, and inventory-optimization processes for T&S materials.
- Evaluate market conditions and equipment availability and establish and implement mitigation strategies.
- Develop and manage the department budget.
- Support business-unit emergency-response activities; direct warehouse, storeroom, and site-supply personnel during storm events if assigned an ERM role.
- Oversee planning, control, and physical distribution for major distribution facilities, emergency warehouses, remote staging locations, and remote job sites.
- Manage internal and external customer satisfaction, with an impact on service reliability, including outage duration and frequency.
- Serve as the principal point of contact with T&S and Distribution vice presidents and directors for Supply Chain Management issues.
- Oversee maintenance of Asset Suite 8 purchase-order and inventory modules to ensure information is complete and accurate.
- Communicate across business units and with suppliers and other stakeholders to source and purchase materials successfully.
- Oversee the establishment, implementation, and maintenance of processes and programs designed to optimize Supply Chain performance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
