Director, Supply Chain

Builds and leads Ezurio's end-to-end supply chain function, reporting to the COO and leading supply chain teams across the modules business and SOM and SBC Business. Turns execution into a documented, system-driven function spanning SIOP, systems and process, purchasing, inventory, and category management and sourcing, as measured by on-time delivery, clear-to-build performance, forecast accuracy, inventory and working capital targets, and cost savings. Works with global cross functional teams and executive leadership to build a lean organization that can scale. This is a remote position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US.

01RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) end to end, including inputs, forecast modeling, safety stock, and risk-buy decisions; a tiered cadence of demand review, supply review, and executive reconciliation; and reconciliation of the sales forecast against the statistical forecast and to the revenue and margin plan.
• Plan capacity and flag constraints 50+ weeks out.
• Document what the supply chain organization does, company-wide, hold the organization to the documented process, and run internal process audits that feed back into process and system updates.
• Act as the supply chain systems architect: define ERP input and output requirements and the interaction with PLM and CRM and drive the toolset to match the designed process.
• Define supply chain SOPs for release through the Quality Management System (QMS), in partnership with Quality.
• Own purchasing and vendor risk management, including the approved vendor list (AVL).
• Drive vendor consolidation and automate purchasing workflows through MRP in the ERP.
• Own working capital targets, inventory control, excess and obsolete (E&O) policy, clear-to-build, and risk-buy and spot-buy policy across the network, including where inventory is held and purchase price variance (PPV).
• Build system controls and on-demand dashboards that manage inventory KPIs and risk.
• Lead sourcing strategy and category management, supplier scorecards, on-time delivery and lead-time visibility, and contract and terms management (MSAs and SLAs).
• Build dedicated category management and sourcing engineering capability within a lean organization.
• Own supply chain risk strategy, including geopolitical and tariff exposure, dual-sourcing, and the make-to-stock, make-to-order, and procure-to-forecast framework.
• Establish and monitor core KPIs (on-time delivery, clear-to-build on-time performance, forecast accuracy, inventory turns, working capital, E&O dollars, stockout frequency, vendor scorecards, PPV, and cost savings.
• Define roles, responsibilities, and coverage across the function, lead and develop the team through coaching, performance management, and succession planning.

02REQUIREMENTS

• Electronics industry experience is required, in electronics, semiconductor, or closely adjacent high-complexity component manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience owning SIOP/S&OP end to end.
• Demonstrated experience defining ERP requirements and architecting supply chain processes in an ERP-driven environment; NetSuite experience is a plus.
• Strong background in inventory management, including working capital reduction, E&O control, safety stock, and risk-buy policy.
• Purchasing and procurement leadership experience, including vendor management, AVL governance, and sourcing strategy; experience building or scaling category management capability is a plus.
• Experience managing long lead-time, high component-risk supply chains.
• Experience operating at scale.
• Experience leading distributed, multi-site teams, including manager-level direct reports.
• Comfort operating in a lean, private-equity-owned environment, building scalable systems while controlling cost and headcount.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience presenting to executive leadership and the board.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as business needs require.

03EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, Operations, or a related field required.
• MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive supply chain leadership experience, including SIOP ownership, within electronics or high-complexity component manufacturing organizations.

Originally posted on Himalayas