Supplier Delivery Leader

Beehive Industries • Centennial, CO

5d • $140,000 - $175,000

About The Position

The Supplier Delivery Leader will establish and manage supplier delivery commitments, monitor performance, identify risks, and drive recovery actions to ensure the right material is available at the right time to support production. This role will work closely with Procurement Buyers, Supply Chain Planning, Assembly, Manufacturing Programs, Engineering, Quality, and suppliers to proactively manage schedule changes, constraints, shortages, and delivery risks. The ideal candidate is highly organized, analytical, persistent, and comfortable across external and internal teams to drive accountability and results. This position requires the ability to understand the assembly build plan, material requirements, supplier lead times, capacity constraints, and production priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 5-7 years relevant experience in procurement, production control, manufacturing, supply chain planning, or supplier management role.
• Strong understanding of procurement processes, production requirements, and supplier management.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, take risks, and drive action.
• Demonstrated ability to drive execution, solve problems in real time, and operate under pressure.
• Strong cross functional leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Proven experience operating in a plant environment with direct impact on production and delivery performance.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Strong leadership capabilities with a proactive and hands-on approach.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Ability to adapt to change and support the team in managing transformation.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary Procurement contact for supplier delivery issues affecting Assembly and Operations.
• Partner with Assembly and Manufacturing Programs to understand daily and weekly production priorities.
• Participate in production readiness and build-plan reviews.
• Identify material shortages that could impact assembly schedules and coordinate recovery and problem-solving actions.
• Work with Buyers to determine appropriate commercial or supplier actions.
• Partner with Quality and Engineering when quality or technical issues are contributing to supplier delays.
• Provide clear communication regarding supplier delivery status, risks, and recovery plans.
• Own on-time delivery performance across commodities and suppliers.
• Monitor supplier performance against committed delivery dates, quantities, and priorities.
• Proactively identify late, at-risk, and potentially constrained purchase orders before they impact production.
• Escalate significant delivery risks and recurring supplier performance issues to Beehive leadership.
• Develop and maintain supplier delivery scorecards and performance metrics; identify performance trends and recurring issues.
• Track On-Time Delivery (OTD), schedule attainment, past-due orders, commitment accuracy, recovery performance, and responsiveness.
• Develop a strong understanding of the company's master production schedule, assembly build plan, and near-term production priorities.
• Maintain visibility to open orders, past-due orders, and future demand.
• Proactively identify supplier delivery risks before they become production shortages.
• Develop and execute supplier recovery plans for late or at-risk material.
• Determine root causes of delivery issues, including capacity, labor, material shortages, quality issues, tooling constraints, scheduling, transportation, or supplier planning.
• Drive daily or weekly recovery actions for critical suppliers and parts.
• Utilize supplier visits, escalation meetings, production reviews, and other tools to recover critical deliveries.
• Work with Procurement Buyers and Supply Chain Planning to identify capacity gaps.
• Develop mitigation strategies such as schedule adjustments, capacity increases, alternate suppliers, tooling investments, stocking strategies, or purchase order actions.
• Identify long-lead and constrained components that require proactive management.
• Participate in production readiness and build-plan reviews.
• Identify material shortages that could impact assembly schedules and coordinate recovery and problem-solving actions.
• Work with Buyers to determine appropriate commercial or supplier actions.
• Identify opportunities to improve supplier delivery processes, planning methods, and communication.
• Develop standard processes for supplier commitment management, expediting, escalation, and recovery.
• Improve visibility of supplier delivery performance through dashboards and reporting.
• Identify opportunities to improve MRP parameters, lead times, safety stock, order policies, and supplier planning inputs.
• Reduce reliance on reactive expediting through proactive supplier management.

Benefits

• group Medical, Dental, Life, and Short and Long-Term disability coverage from day one.
• generous 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a Company match.
• Every role at Beehive Industries is bonus eligible.
• will also receive equity in the company.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level