Director, Supply Chain

Director, Supply Chain

Reference #38659

Waterdown, Ontario

• Define, lead, and maintain enterprise-wide supply chain strategies aligned with business objectives, financial targets, and long-term growth plans.
• Direct and coordinate both day‑to‑day operations and long‑term strategic initiatives across Procurement, Inventory, Logistics, and Subcontract Management.
• Ensure all supply chain objectives, policies, and initiatives align with corporate strategy, compliance requirements, and budgetary commitments.
• Actively participate as a member of the Sector Leadership Team and Supply Chain Functional Leadership Team, contributing to enterprise strategy development and execution.

• Establish, communicate, and govern procurement policies, standards, and procedures in alignment with legal, regulatory, and internal compliance requirements.
• Lead strategic sourcing activities including tenders, bids, quotations, contract negotiations, and contract finalization.
• Own relationships with strategic, critical, and OEM suppliers to drive long‑term value creation and performance improvement.
• Lead or support complex commercial negotiations in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Oversee supplier performance, contract compliance, issue resolution, and supplier development initiatives.
• Identify, evaluate, onboard, and audit new suppliers, ensuring technical, quality, and commercial alignment.
• Promote consistency in subcontract management practices and define clear expectations across procurement and program management.

• Lead material management to ensure on‑time availability of parts, consumables, repairs, and tooling to support customer delivery commitments.
• Manage and optimize inventory across new materials and consumables.
• Balance customer service level requirements with working capital and inventory turns objectives.
• Proactively manage material shortages and expedite critical items to support Material on‑time to need.
• Oversee bonded stores, ensuring full parts traceability, certification, and regulatory compliance.
• Monitor, manage, and recover Excess & Obsolete (E&O) inventory.
• Ensure accurate cost roll‑up for materials and finished goods.

• Oversee domestic and international logistics and distribution operations, including shipment planning and execution.
• Ensure compliance with import/export regulations, trade compliance, customs requirements, and transportation standards.
• Manage material flow to ensure inventory levels support customer delivery performance while minimizing holding costs.
• Develop and execute logistics strategies that optimize cost, service, and reliability across all sites.

• Identify, assess, and mitigate supply chain risks, including supply disruptions, geopolitical risks, regulatory changes, and capacity constraints.
• Monitor market trends, raw material costs, regulatory developments, and global conditions to anticipate risks and opportunities.
• Ensure supplier compliance with safety, quality, regulatory, and contractual requirements.
• Lead audit readiness and compliance activities across procurement, logistics, inventory, and subcontract management.
• Establish and maintain effective business continuity and risk mitigation strategies across the supply chain.

• Establish, track, and manage KPIs across procurement, logistics, inventory, subcontract management, and supplier performance.
• Develop performance metrics including quality, cost, delivery, sustainability, compliance, buyer productivity, and material shortage elimination.
• Evaluate internal supply chain performance and drive continuous improvement across systems, processes, and outcomes.
• Analyze material cost trends and implement strategies to protect margins and improve profitability.
• Prepare executive‑level reporting on supplier performance, cost performance, productivity, and variance analysis.

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve…