VP, Supply Chain

Toray Advanced Composites USA,Inc•Morgan Hill, CA

5d•$220,000 - $250,000

About The Position

The Vice President of Supply Chain is a key member of Toray Advanced Composite’s (TAC) leadership team, with responsibility and oversight for a critical function of the company. This position is responsible for strategically engaging with TAC’s supply chain, developing strong executive relationships with key suppliers, and working with suppliers to align our supply chain with key operational/business metrics for the company. This position has leadership over raw material and outside processing procurement, and Logistics (including Shipping, Receiving and Warehousing.) This position will work closely with Sales, Customer Service, Quality and Operations teams, with specific oversight of procurement and Logistics for several locations to develop optimized inventory levels at all TAC-US sites, and will work closely with operations, sales and customer service teams to ensure that adequate materials are available to support customer due dates, as part of TAC’s Sales & Operating Planning (S&OP) process. This position is also responsible for negotiating Long Term Agreement, T&C’s, pricing and stocking agreements with raw material and capital equipment suppliers, maintaining accurate cost data, and communicating with others in the organization as necessary to provide raw material pricing information on existing programs and potential new opportunities. Close management of these activities (including supplier performance tracking and management) are critical to support the rapid response and short lead time model of our business. This position will have shared responsibility for TAC’s total inventory, spend, headcount and financial objectives, as set in the annual plan for both MH and FF Logistics and Supply Chain Departments. This leadership role will also work cross functionally with Toray CMA, TAC European sites as well as TAM Center of Excellence to optimize purchasing leverage and inventory management.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business or related field.
Minimum of 5 years in Supply Chain Leadership role within the Aerospace materials Market, preferably with carbon fiber composites specific familiarity
A minimum of twenty years combined in operations, sales or supply chain management experience, with a documented background and experience in the aerospace materials, chemicals, or composite structures manufacturing industries
Strong working knowledge of the aerospace supply chain, and of the aerospace qualification process related to materials, parts, and supply sources
Dynamic leadership skills and behaviors to help the company achieve the high growth objectives both across direct department oversight and through cross functional initiatives
Proven strong negotiating skills and understanding of price indices, escalation clauses and interpretation of “Terms & Conditions”
Strong knowledge of inventory management methods and financial metrics tied to supply chain excellence. This includes strong familiarity with typical Enterprise Resource Planning principles and integrated software systems.
Ensures that raw material inventory accuracy is very high through positive warehouse controls, cycle counts and physical inventory methods
Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills
Analytical mindset, and able to make decisions based on data and on industry knowledge combined
Strong knowledge of computerized inventory control and scheduling systems
Experience in a build to print and build to specification environment is required
Must have a strong financial management background as this position is responsible for a very large percentage of the Cost of Goods Sold for several sites
Expert level skills in Microsoft Excel; strong proficiency in Powerpoint, Word, and Outlook
Able to work and communicate as a member of a team and experience working in and leading cross-functional teams
Able to travel extensively to TAC production sites, and to global supplier locations. Estimated travel 50% - 60%, including international travel to suppliers and industry trade events for strategic meetings
Must be a US Person to support TAC’s Defense activities

Nice To Haves

Masters degree a plus

Responsibilities

Works very closely with TAC suppliers to ensure adequate raw material supply positions, and to ensure that TAC is offered the best pricing possible on all major commodities.
Work with key suppliers to develop consignment stocking agreements, with the goal of improving material availability while also reducing inventory values over time.
Work with suppliers to provide long-term pricing visibility and supply guarantee through LTAs (long term agreements) where needed.
Lead the cross functional Sales and Operations Planning Process to execute short, medium and long term growth and business dynamics changes.
Works with Finance and Operations to develop optimized inventory holding objectives; work with key suppliers to meet these objectives.
Develop cost savings proposals based on methods or material change to present to management for consideration and review.
Working with Sales on major customer proposals to ensure that the aggressive and realistic raw material prices possible are included in the proposal.
Works with Customer Service and Operations to meet company objectives for short lead times and on-time delivery.
As needed, meets with key customers to support new business initiatives.
Collaborate with supply chain colleagues at other Toray businesses, identifying areas for improved efficiencies or improved group purchasing power.
Develop key inventory stocking plans to ensure that target finished product lead times can be met regardless of cumulative lead time of manufacturing.
Work closely with the Sales department and the Materials Managers at both sites to develop forecasts for finished products and key raw materials.
Manage period spending to meet department budgets.
Drive customer quality and delivery performance and company financial objectives.
Lead and reinforce safe behaviors and performance expectations of the Logistics and Supply Chain team members
Support Operations and Engineering teams in negotiations as required for the acquisition of strategic capital equipment.
Perform other duties as assigned by the business MD, CTO, CEO, or other leaders.