Divisional Supply Chain Leader

Divisional Supply Chain Leader

About Us:

As a global manufacturer of complex aircraft engine components, Pursuit Aerospace is founded on a commitment to relentless, continuous, operational improvement and extraordinary customer service. We pride ourselves on competitive cost structure, exceptional on-time delivery, and industry-leading quality.

The Pursuit family of companies has cultivated long-term relationships with our customers around the world through respect, teamwork, technology, and trust. We are driven to develop industry leading process innovations and manufacturing techniques on behalf of our customers. Our exceptional quality is driven by a deep investment in and the daily practice of continually improving our people, processes, and products.

About the Opportunity:

The Division Supply Chain Leader will lead supply chain for the site and support various division needs while achieving performance targets in safety, quality, delivery, customer satisfaction, profitability, and growth through a relentless focus on Kaizen. The Supply Chain Leader will lead and develop a high performing team of direct and matrixed resources to meet the forestated performance objectives. This role has responsibility for leading and influencing the team to ensure raw material needs are met and right sized at the site and division level, creating, and implementing of best practices, tools, and templates to optimize procurement planning and execution across the division, and resolving raw material and outside vendor service shortages/escalations. The Supply Chain Delivery Leader will work as a collaborative leader across the division team to prioritize overall Company success.

Location: Plainville, CT

This role will be onsite and will travel about 25% of the time.

Responsibilities:

• Negotiate prices for raw materials, shop supplies, and outside services while maintaining materials to support production.
• Act as a working leader to implement and lead the divisional SIOP processes ensuring all material order is placed, inventory/cash targets are met and escalations from this process are worked to resolution in a timely and effective manner.
• Work in partnership with other departments and stakeholders to identify and maintain resources needed to establish and provide an effective supply chain.
• Collaborate across the organization on policy deployment targets focused on cash generation and cost reduction.
• Establish performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of factors affecting the supply chain.
• Analyze current inventories and procedures; suggests improvements to increase efficiency of supply chain and profitability for the company.
• Develop, train and support supply chain leaders as needed across the division to ensure entire team is effective at attaining the business objectives for the role.
• Lead a small team of Supply Chain Specialists.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• 5 years of progressive procurement experience
• 2 years of complex project management experience
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Aerospace and/or manufacturing experience
• Strong understanding of Lean, Six Sigma, and other process optimization tools to drive efficiency and readiness.
• Leadership experience with the ability to manage cross-functional and matrixed teams and drive collaboration across departments.
• Ability to analyze production data, identify trends, and make informed decisions regarding readiness planning and process improvement.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment requiring you to pivot and adjust quickly to changing priorities and conditions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires mobility in a manufacturing plant environment while using Personal Protective Equipment.

• Must be able to frequently sit, stand and walk.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 15 pounds.
• Must be able to have prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to travel between locations or to suppliers up to 25% of time.

Compensation & Benefits:

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the target salary range for this role is $130,000 - $154,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience, education, and geographic location.

Pursuit Aerospace also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements, among other things.

Pursuit is an Equal Opportunity Employer.