Senior Supply Chain Manager

Orchid Orthopedic Solutions•Bridgeport, MI

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About The Position

The Senior Manager, Supply Chain is responsible for rolling out and maintaining the M2M Operations Planning process and driving on-time, in-full (OTIF) performance at the Bridgeport site. The role covers demand, capacity, inventory, and supply planning, and provides oversight of the value chain from the ERP system through the manufacturing floor. It combines supply-chain strategy development with execution of detailed processes and procedures. The position leads site planning and scheduling, purchasing, and logistics, while coordinating with customers, suppliers, commodity managers, manufacturing teams, IT, and colleagues across multiple locations. It owns site planning processes, inventory and build strategies, supplier and purchasing performance, ERP support, production scheduling, supply plans, data integrity, and operational reporting.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management.
At least 8 years of experience in supply chain, purchasing, or sourcing.
At least 4 years of experience leading projects, developing supply chains, and applying technical business acumen to understand levers for efficient supply and inventory management.
At least 5 years of experience with quality systems in a highly regulated industry, such as medical devices, aerospace, pharmaceutical, food, or nuclear.
Extensive experience in business acumen, change leadership, communicating complex concepts, customer communication, IBP knowledge, leadership, negotiating, problem solving, strategic planning, strategic sourcing, and decision-making and critical thinking.
Subject-matter expertise in supply chain management.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management.
At least 6 years of experience in contract and vendor management.
Experience using Enterprise Resource Planning and Material Requirements Planning systems.

Responsibilities

Lead site planning and scheduling, purchasing, and logistics talent.
Oversee planning, scheduling, materials, production, outside-operation supplier performance, and order delivery status.
Lead the site S&OP and supply-planning process, producing monthly deliverables aligned with global Integrated Business Planning timelines.
Establish the site build strategy, including make-to-stock versus make-to-order decisions, order acknowledgement, and inventory management processes.
Own inventory strategies for raw materials, work in process, and finished goods; establish production and purchasing plans that support them and align Vendor Managed Inventory levels with customer expectations.
Ensure purchase orders are executed according to purchasing, inventory, commodity strategies, and supplier agreements; provide input to supplier agreements.
Evaluate supplier delivery quality and reliability, hold underperforming suppliers accountable, and escalate issues to commodity managers when appropriate.
Review incoming orders and verify capacity; communicate daily with manufacturing teams to maintain accurate information.
Participate in customer interactions as needed to improve performance, align build strategies, and obtain information required for satisfactory performance.
Aggregate customer forecasts, analyze historical trends and demand drivers, prepare forecast data, and evaluate forecast results to support capacity planning.
Manage inventory strategies for existing items, new products, and product phase-outs; oversee material, subassembly, and finished-goods flows.
Analyze and maintain inventory to ensure material availability and OTIF performance while meeting inventory budgets and targets; set stock levels to use working capital efficiently.
Drive purchasing objectives and process improvements; develop purchasing plans and programs aligned with company policy and objectives.
Partner with commodity managers to achieve low cost consistent with quality and delivery standards, identify supply sources, maintain vendor relationships, and support supplier negotiations.
Monitor materials and supply developments and recommend cost reductions and process improvements; support resolution of supplier price, delivery, and specification issues.
Be responsible for inventory valuation.
Serve as the key liaison between Supply Chain/Operations and IT for system issue escalation, enhancement planning, and deployment.
Establish and optimize M2M and related ERP functionality for planning, scheduling, capacity analysis, demand and order management, inventory management, and other supply-chain functions; provide subject-matter expertise and user support.
Establish inventory levels needed to meet targeted service levels, develop operating standards for accurate inventory records, and assist with inventory plans and projects.
Establish and oversee master scheduling at individual sites and globally, ensuring visible production expectations meet long-term supply plans.
Develop methods and assist site Production Planners with systematic work-order and shop-floor schedule management.
Coordinate use of M2M to maintain production and supply-chain capacity models, primarily within ERP systems.
Collaborate with sites to establish and maintain long-term supply plans using systematic planning tools.
Expand use of system-based analytics and reporting; generate operational performance metrics to monitor and control production activities.
Ensure master-data integrity in key systems through process monitoring and control.
Collaborate with management and workforces across locations and communicate complex issues and solutions to executive management, production management, and subject-matter experts.