Supply Chain Manager

Supply Chain Manager

The Supply Chain Manager will be responsible for all aspects of the Supply Chain Management process including leading and aligning organizational direction for the comprehensive supply chain function across the performance center. Their scope of leadership includes supply chain strategic/tactical planning and execution activities associated with all related business processes, from point of backlog order enter through to customer receipt of product to ensure quality, delivery and cost objectives are achieved.

Who are we?

Founded in 1849, Ducommun is the oldest company in California. Starting as a hardware supply store during the California Gold Rush and eventually assisted in the birth of the aerospace industry in Southern California by providing aircraft aluminum to early aerospace pioneers like Lindbergh, Douglas and Lockheed.

Today Ducommun is a global provider of innovative manufacturing solutions for customers in the aerospace, defense and industrial markets. We specialize in electronic and structural systems, producing complex products and components for commercial aircraft platforms, mission-critical military and space programs, and sophisticated industrial applications.

Our facility in Coxsackie, NY manufactures large, complex contoured structural components and assemblies for aerospace and military applications. Our integrated processes include stretch-forming, thermal-forming, chemical processing, precision fabrication, machining, finishing processes, and integration of components into subassemblies.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensures processes for supply chain management results in the highest level of internal and external customer satisfaction.
• Investigates current supply chain trends and solutions and implements where appropriate.
• Leads supplier development along with commodity strategy to have complete documents including but not limited to performance center NDAs, Terms and Conditions, and support commodity leaders in LTA preparations and negotiations.
• Manages direct and indirect engagement with suppliers and internal functional teams to drive implementation of the supply strategy and ensure success of the supply chain.
• Manages materials and services acquirement at the lowest total cost to the facility.
• Leads and participates in the selection, evaluation and management of suppliers.
• Acts as a key member of S&OP process and meetings including program/production rundown reviews to communicate schedule status, needs and concerns, mitigation planning, and actions as required.
• Manages and participates in cross-functional teams to resolve delayed customer shipments, component shortages, overtime, priorities, and identified problems.
• Manages the logistics function of the incoming and outgoing of products and materials from suppliers/to customers and operations.
• Ensures ITAR compliance and control through secured and coded correspondence and designated / approved communication portals.
• Generates cost, quality and timing targets for new component launches and define/execute action plan in order to achieve budgetary targets.
• Provides for selection, training, development, succession, and performance evaluation of supply chain team.
• Performs other duties as assigned.