Aerospace and Defense, Backlog Prioritization, Capacity Utilization, Cost Control, Cross-Functional, Customer/Client Research, Inventory Planning, Lean Six Sigma, Maintain Compliance, Manufacturing, Materials Management, Mentoring, Metrics, Operations Management, Operations Planning, Operations Processes, People Management, Process Management, Procurement Planning, Purchasing/Procurement, Quality Engineering, Regulatory Requirements, Resolve Customer Issues, Risk Analysis, Safety/Work Safety, Sales, Sales Management, Scorecarding, Supply Chain, Time Management
SIFCO Industries, Inc., a premier publicly held supplier to the aerospace industry located in Cleveland, OH, seeks a qualified Director of Supply Chain. Reporting to the CEO, this role is responsible for managing their staff and key systems to supply good product, on-time to commitment to SIFCO's customer base. The Supply Chain Director owns the Planning and Purchasing functions and performance to expectations in Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure delivery of good product, on-time to SIFCO customer base.
- Direct the Planning and Purchasing functions.
- Mentor and motivate team in achievement of all Goals and Objectives.
- Key metrics include Safety, quality, on time delivery, customer scorecard ratings, working capital and annual cost reduction.
- Must embrace Lean - 6 Sigma manufacturing vision and thrive in a team environment with stringent regulatory requirements and high-performance expectations.
- Key deliverables by function shown below. All other duties assigned.
Key Planning Deliverables
- Lead business SIOP (Sales, Inventory and Operational Planning) process through backlog management, planning analytics, material management and cross functional coordination.
- Develop and sustain MRP scheduling and capacity utilization systems to optimize on-time delivery and manufacturing productivity
- Provide dispatch tools and guidance to all shop floor planning functions to ensure dispatch adherence.
- Coordinate with Operations, Account Management, Quality and Engineering to generate accurate customer commitments on all orders and detailed processing milestones, if necessary.
- Utilize TOC (Theory of Constraints) to ensure efficient, level-loaded production to meet customer commitments.
Key Account Management Deliverables
- Drive consistent, thorough and documented Order Book reviews procedures with all key customers.
- Ownership of all Customer Scorecard systems.
- Ensure high levels of responsiveness to customer needs and positive market feedback.
Key Purchasing Deliverables
- Manage all aspects of raw material, outside services and MRO Purchasing through both direct and indirect buyers in the organization
- Manage Sub-tier Risk Assessment and Scorecard system to ensure On-time Delivery of good product to SIFCO.
- Maintain approved supplier list in collaboration with Quality department.
- Execute annual cost and lead time reduction plans.