Sr. Manager, Site Supply Chain

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense

Simsbury, Connecticut

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
AS 9100, Aerospace and Defense, Business Administration, Category Management, Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR), Demand Forecasting/Planning, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Electronics, Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Forecasting, Inventory Costs, Inventory Management, Inventory Planning, Inventory Turns, Leadership, Leading Edge Technology, Lean Six Sigma, Logistics, Logistics Management, Machining, Maintain Compliance, Manufacturing, Materials Planning, Matrix Management, Performance Metrics, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Procurement Planning, Product/Service Launch, Production Schedule, Project Management Professional (PMP), Purchasing/Procurement, Regulatory Compliance, Research & Development (R&D), Six Sigma Certification, Software Testing, Sourcing Strategy, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Team Lead/Manager, Vendor/Supplier Evaluation, Vendor/Supplier Selection, Warehousing
LOCATION
Simsbury, Connecticut
POSTED
14 days ago

At Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD), we believe that our strengths are built on our most important resource - our people. Join EBAD and you'll be a part of a team who creates cutting edge technology that will blast us into the future. No other company can match the innovative energetic solutions that we provide. At EBAD you will actively contribute to successful missions putting men, women and satellites into space, and protecting our armed service men and women around the world. If this is the culture and work environment you are seeking, then EBAD is the place for you! ​

Job Description

Senior Manager, Site Supply Chain (Simsbury, CT)

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Site Supply Chain to lead all executional supply chain functions at our Simsbury, CT site. This role is responsible for delivering operational performance across procurement, materials planning, inventory control, and logistics, supporting both electronics and energetics programs.

Reporting to the Sr. Director of Supply Chain, this leader will manage a team of managers and supervisors and operate within a matrixed organization, partnering closely with Category Management, Supplier Development, Quality, and Operations.

This is a critical leadership role responsible for ensuring material availability, supplier performance, and operational execution in a complex, highly regulated aerospace and defense Industries.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Organization

  • Lead and develop a multi-layered organization including Purchasing, Materials Planning, and Logistics managers and their teams
  • Build a high-performance culture focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
  • Drive clarity of roles and alignment across a matrixed supply chain organization

Executional Supply Chain Ownership

  • Own site-level execution of procurement, planning, inventory, and logistics operations
  • Ensure seamless material flow from suppliers through production and to customer delivery
  • Balance competing priorities across development programs and production commitments

Procurement Execution & Supplier Performance

  • Oversee execution of procurement across $100M+ annual spend in low-volume/high-mix aerospace and defense programs
  • Partner with Category Leads and Supplier Development to align sourcing strategies with execution
  • Act as escalation point for supplier delivery, quality, and performance issues

Planning & Inventory Management

  • Lead demand and supply planning processes, ensuring alignment with production and program schedules
  • Drive improvements in forecast accuracy, inventory optimization, and material availability
  • Ensure strong inventory control processes, achieving high accuracy and efficient working capital management

Logistics & Material Flow

  • Oversee inbound/outbound logistics, warehousing, and material handling operations
  • Ensure safe and compliant handling of regulated materials (including energetics)
  • Optimize material flow, storage, and transportation efficiency

Cross-Functional & Matrix Leadership

  • Collaborate closely with:
    • Category Management (sourcing strategy)
    • Supplier Development & SQE (supplier performance)
    • Quality & Compliance (regulatory adherence)
    • Operations & Engineering (program execution, NPI)
  • Influence without direct authority across functions to drive outcomes

Compliance & Governance

  • Ensure adherence to FAR/DFAR, ITAR, AS9100, CPSR, DOT, IATA, ATF, and internal policies
  • Support audits and ensure procurement system integrity

Continuous Improvement & Transformation

  • Lead initiatives to improve OTD, cost, inventory turns, and process efficiency
  • Implement lean practices, visual management, and KPI-driven performance routines (e.g., Gemba walks, visual management)
  • Support site and enterprise-level transformation initiatives

Qualifications:

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field
  • 10+ years of supply chain experience in aerospace & defense or regulated manufacturing
  • Proven experience managing managers (leader-of-leaders experience required) 5-7 years of experience
  • Strong background across procurement, planning, and logistics (end-to-end supply chain)
  • Experience operating in a matrixed organization

Preferred:

  • MBA or advanced degree
  • CPSM, CPIM, PMP, or Lean/Six Sigma certification
  • Process Design, Problem solving & Lean tools
  • Experience with IFS or similar ERP systems
  • Experience supporting R&D to production transitions
  • Background in complex machining, electronics or energetics

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.

About the Company

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Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense

Mission Statement To improve people’s lives By providing technologies that help put people and satellites in space, and protecting the armed service men and women around the world as they protect our freedoms at home, Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) continuously seeks to improve the lives of people. Vision Statement Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) seeks to be a leader in mission critical hardware and services. Strategy Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) delivers mission critical hardware and system solutions, integrating complementary technologies and building partnerships to broaden our markets, add value and grow. Unparalleled Experience Solutions require innovation. In 1836, William Bickford's invention of a superior initiator for mining explosives, safety fuse, heralded not only a safer era for miners, but the formation of the Ensign-Bickford company. From this single but significant milestone, EBAD has developed global industry influence and extensive capabilities facilities in three locations; Graham, KY, Moorpark, CA and our headquarters in Simsbury, CT. Ideas, insights and engineering breakthroughs have made us manufacturers of the most reliable, precise aerospace and defense energetic solutions available. Our history of providing high-reliability solutions to these markets is unequaled, as is our commitment to meeting cost, delivery, reliability, environmental, and performance requirements. No other company can match the range of innovative energetic solutions that we've manufactured; this breadth of energetics application and technology is the foundation on which our success—and yours—rests.

COMPANY SIZE
500 to 999 employees
INDUSTRY
Aerospace and Defense
FOUNDED
1836
WEBSITE
http://www.eba-d.com/