TB Supply Chain Lead

Supply Chain Lead provides leadership and oversight for purchasing and supply chain activities, ensuring effective execution across sourcing, supplier management, inventory, material planning, and purchasing functions. This role establishes priorities, drives supplier and operational performance, leads the resolution of critical supply chain issues, and identifies opportunities to reduce cost and risk while improving material availability. The Supply Chain Lead provides operational guidance to the Sourcing & Purchasing Manager and serves as a key cross-functional partner in developing and executing supply chain strategies that support operational and business objectives.

• Serve as the first point of escalation for purchasing, material availability, supplier delivery, and inventory issues that cannot be resolved through routine purchasing processes.
• Provide functional guidance, training, and problem-solving support to Buyers and Purchasing Coordinators and promote consistent purchasing practices across the department.
• Provide buyer coverage if needed.
• Monitor supplier commitments, lead times, and delivery schedules to ensure material availability.
• Work closely with Scheduling, Operations, Production, and Corporate teams to identify and resolve material shortages and supply risks.
• Manage day-to-day supplier performance and communications across assigned material categories, including service levels, quality, responsiveness, lead times, and on-time delivery.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions related to late deliveries, shortages, quality concerns, and supply disruptions.
• Work with suppliers to resolve quality issues, returns, claims, and replacement material requirements.
• Coordinate supplier invoice discrepancies, and purchasing-related issue resolution with internal stakeholders.
• Work with brokers, freight forwarders, and logistics providers to determine optimal transportation solutions for inbound materials.
• Partner with third-party testing and quality organizations to support supplier compliance initiatives.
• Analyze inventory trends, demand requirements, lead times, and usage patterns and recommend adjustments to minimum stock, reorder points, and safety stock levels to the Sourcing & Purchasing Manager.
• Develop and maintain reports that track supplier performance, inventory health, purchasing effectiveness, and supply chain metrics.
• Develop and maintain purchasing and supply chain KPIs, including supplier on-time delivery, shortages, lead-time performance, inventory health, purchase order exceptions, and supplier quality trends.
• Support supplier sourcing, quotation analysis, cost-reduction initiatives, and negotiations led by the Sourcing & Purchasing Manager.
• Serve as a resource to Buyers and Purchasing Coordinators by providing guidance and promoting standardized processes and best practices.
• Lead day-to-day cross-functional efforts to resolve material constraints, supplier issues, and supply chain bottlenecks, escalating significant commercial, capacity, or supply risks to the Sourcing & Purchasing Manager.
• Assist with quarterly and annual inventory activities.
• Present supplier, inventory, and supply chain performance updates to management.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Sourcing & Purchasing Manager or Director of Administration.

Heated and cooled typical office environment with regular interaction between office, warehouse, and manufacturing operations. Occasional travel may be required for supplier visits, training, audits, or business meetings.

RECEIVED Minimum

SUPERVISION

EXERCISED Medium

DIRECT REPORTS 0

three years of experience in purchasing, sourcing, supply chain, inventory management, or manufacturing operations.

Previous Experience In Furniture Manufacturing Is Preferred.

High school diploma or equivalent.

Bachelor’s Degree or 5+ years related experience.

• Must have strong collaboration and interpersonal communication skills, including speaking, presenting, writing, and focused listening.
• Must have leadership skills and the ability to influence and motivate others without direct authority.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Must have sound judgment and effective decision-making abilities.
• Must be an autonomous and independent worker.
• Must be able to perform root cause analysis and troubleshoot supply chain, inventory, supplier, and operational issues.
• Must be…