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We’re seeking an experienced Supply Chain Manager to lead purchasing, production planning, scheduling, and material control within a fast-paced shipbuilding and heavy manufacturing environment. This is a highly visible leadership opportunity for someone who knows how to connect engineering, procurement, inventory, suppliers, and production to keep complex projects moving.
Benefits and Compensation
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 401(k) program
- Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
- Employee health and wellness reimbursement programs
- Career development and continued education opportunities
- Long-term growth opportunities within the organization
- Stable, full-time leadership position
- Opportunity to work on complex vessel construction and marine fabrication projects
Requirements & Qualifications
- 7+ years of progressive supply chain, purchasing, production planning, material control, or operations experience
- 3+ years leading supervisors, managers, or multidisciplinary teams
- Experience in shipbuilding, marine construction, heavy manufacturing, defense, or a similar project-based production environment
- Strong working knowledge of purchasing, BOMs, supplier management, inventory controls, project schedules, budgets, and material requirements
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Working proficiency with Microsoft Project and ERP/procurement/inventory systems
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, operations, or related field, or equivalent directly relevant experience
Must Haves
- Lead Purchasing, Planning & Scheduling, and Material Control as one integrated operation
- Connect engineering releases and BOMs to procurement, receiving, warehousing, kitting, and production need dates
- Identify long-lead and critical-path material issues before they impact vessel production
- Manage supplier sourcing, negotiations, performance issues, and recovery plans
- Ensure production has the correct drawings, work packages, materials, and schedule information when needed
- Drive inventory accuracy, material traceability, cycle counts, and reconciliation
- Monitor project schedules, labor utilization, material readiness, budgets, commitments, and emerging constraints
- Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Production, Project Management, Quality, and Finance
- Build meaningful KPIs and use the data to improve cost, lead times, inventory accuracy, and schedule performance
Preferred Background & Skills
- Shipyard, vessel construction, vessel repair, or marine systems experience
- Multiple concurrent project experience
- Long-lead or engineered equipment/material procurement
- Defense, aerospace, heavy fabrication, industrial construction, or engineered-to-order manufacturing experience
- CPSM, CSCP, CPIM, or comparable certification
- Supplier quality and corrective-action experience
- Continuous improvement/process standardization background
- Experience working around regulatory or customer hold points
JOB ID: 180983
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Rob McDermott