Supply Chain Project Manager

$60,000 - $80,000/Yr

Lee Hecht Harrison - Albuquerque, NM

Full-time

Albuquerque, NM

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Supply Chain Project Manager is responsible for overseeing the entire purchasing process, from vendor research to procurement and onboarding. This role requires a strong background in supply chain management, procurement, and vendor management, ensuring timely and cost-effective acquisition of materials while developing sourcing strategies and managing supplier relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of sourcing strategies and facilitate negotiations related to new product, project, and value engineering initiatives.
• Manage the entire purchasing process prior to manufacturing, ensuring timely and cost-effective procurement of materials.
• Research and evaluate new vendors and suppliers, assessing their capabilities, tooling, part costs, and lead times.
• Conduct site visits, design guides, and sample evaluations to determine supplier capabilities.
• Negotiate purchase agreements and contracts, addressing price, delivery, quality, terms, inventory exposure, noncompliance penalties, continuous improvement incentives, and other associated considerations.
• Onboard new suppliers into the system, ensuring they meet the company's standards and requirements.
• Develop, prepare, and maintain reporting, tracking, and analysis tools for supply chain-related activities.
• Coordinate with suppliers and the supply chain team to set up MRP and POs, ensure timely completion of first articles and PPAPs, schedule pilot builds, and encourage advanced planning for creation of standard work, tooling, fixtures, gauges, layout plans, training, and capacity to meet SQDC targets associated with product implementation and ramp plans.
• Quantify and mitigate supplier risk through analysis of a supplier's financial health, customer base, raw material supply chain, industry analysis, and geopolitical and natural disaster exposure.
• Assess total cost of ownership and, combined with the supplier risk assessment, make recommendations for the supply strategy.
• Analyze and implement inventory strategies that achieve the optimal balance between operational flexibility, manufacturing flow, minimization of working capital requirements, and avoidance of write-offs due to obsolescence.
• Communicate directly with suppliers on behalf of the team to establish the best possible delivery and cost, while ensuring implementation schedules and specifications are met.
• Manage assigned supply chain cost reduction projects and champion product value engineering.
• Develop and maintain professional business relationships with suppliers and internal functions to ensure the company's goals and objectives are met.

Requirements

• 5+ years of supply chain experience, required.
• Previous MRP/ERP experience, required.
• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Management or Business, or equivalent experience required.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Lean supply chain tools, preferred.
• CPSM/CSM/CPM or APICS CPIM/CSCP certifications, preferred.