Director Supply Chain Management

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and own upstream supply planning frameworks to ensure equipment and materials are available to support business timelines
• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of upstream supply activities to meet business demand
• Translate demand signals into executable supply plans in partnership with capital equipment procurement
• Build scalable processes for long range supply planning, constrained supply scenarios, and risk mitigation
• Own vendor performance management, including compliance with contractual, operational, and quality requirements
• Establish vendor performance metrics, scorecards, and governance models to ensure reliability, responsiveness, and scalability
• Drive integration of vendor supply chain processes into internal planning, deployment, and inventory workflows
• Oversee equipment readiness, including modifications, maintenance, and remediation of damaged or non conforming equipment
• Establish SOPs, governance models, and planning cadences across upstream supply processes
• Define metrics, dashboards, and operating rhythms to ensure visibility into supply risks and commitments
• Drive continuous improvement across planning tools, workflows, and cross functional handoffs
• Build and lead a high performing upstream supply team and define roles, career paths, and organizational structure

Day to Day Responsibilities

• Partner with demand planning, engineering, program teams, finance, field customers, deployment, and capital procurement to align supply requirements and business priorities
• Convert program forecasts and deployment plans into actionable supply requirements
• Identify gaps between demand assumptions and supply realities and drive corrective actions with executive stakeholders
• Align on building schedules, equipment readiness, and capital planning assumptions
• Lead remediation workflows for damaged or non conforming equipment to avoid supply loss
• Partner with engineering, quality, and operations to prioritize recovery actions and minimize deployment risk
• Monitor vendor performance across delivery, quality, and compliance metrics
• Optimize lead times, buffers, and execution models across vendor supply chains
• Develop talent and establish best in class planning practices

Preferred Experience and Attributes

• 10 or more years of experience in supply chain planning, operations, or supply in complex, capital intensive environments
• Experience working with complex equipment, infrastructure, or hardware driven supply chains in manufacturing, telecom, energy, aerospace, or similar industries
• Proven ability to design and implement scalable supply planning processes in fast growth environments
• Vendor management experience, including performance governance, operational integration, and supply risk mitigation
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills
• Experience leading teams and building organizational capabilities
• Exposure to advanced planning tools such as APS, ERP, custom planning platforms, or analytics pipelines
• MBA or advanced technical degree in engineering, operations research, or supply chain