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The Supply Chain Operations Manager role involves optimizing order fulfillment, quality, and margins on a global scale. Responsibilities include designing and improving Supply Chain Operations, managing manufacturing partners, reducing material costs, and mitigating risks for rapid growth. This is a direct hire, onsite role (in Edina), that pays a base salary around $100-110K (+ bonus, with total comp up $130K). This is a rough salary range, we are willing to pay based on experience!
Key Responsibilities:
- Global Strategy: Collaborate with the executive team to develop and execute Global Supply Chain strategies aligned with business needs.
- Partnerships: Serve as the primary contact for manufacturing partners, identifying and resolving supply issues, and proactively managing risk.
- Fulfillment Management: Oversee post-manufacturing Supply Chain, including RFQ processes for external partners in logistics and transportation.
- Demand Planning: Develop cross-functional tools with Sales and Finance for effective Supply Demand Planning, optimizing inventory and forecasts.
- Operational Excellence: Manage engineering change orders, ensuring compliance, and project-manage production readiness for New Product Introductions.
- Performance Metrics: Establish and maintain data-analytics/KPIs for continuous assessment and improvement of Supply Chain performance.
- Supplier Relations: Collaborate with executive management on QBR and SPI processes for key suppliers, ensuring adherence to engineering change orders.
- Quality Advocacy: Participate in and advocate for the quality system, working closely with R&D teams to align efforts.
- Cost Optimization: Initiate RFQ/RFP processes for purchased parts, building a network of diverse suppliers to meet growing product needs.
- Travel and Liaison: Travel as needed for in-person collaboration, liaising regularly with cross-functional teams.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or Supply Chain.
- 5-10 Years managing an international Supply Chain, project management, contract manufacturing, or high-tech manufacturing.
- Experience with technical consumer products and/or connected iOT products preferred (hardware and software). Must be able to learn, teach and communicate technical product knowledge to team, customers and contractors.
- Experience with NPI and manufacturing operations and must include technology product experience. Preference for experience in NPI of complex electromechanical systems
- Experience in building high-performing Supply Chains; setting clear expectations, inspecting and performance managing contract manufacturers, vendors, and suppliers.
- Adept usage of common presentation and business software (Google Drive, Box, Microsoft Office), and business processes such as ECO/ECN and systems such as PLM (product lifecycle management) and eQMS (electronic quality management systems)
- Ability to work in a fast-paced start-up environment, plan and organize with an eye toward both strategic and tactical goals, while diving into hands-on work where necessary
- Will be expected to visit contract manufacturers, suppliers, and vendors globally. Ability to support non-traditional working hours to support offshore partners. Traveling both domestically and internationally about 10X per year
Job Requirements:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status.We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
