Director, Supply Chain Medical OEM, of Success

• Full-Time
• Hybrid
• Mount Olive, NJ

The Director, Supply Chain is responsible for the strategy, performance, and continuous improvement of OEM North America’s manufacturing and end-to-end supply chain operations, including manufacturing, demand and supply planning, procurement, inventory management, warehousing, distribution, logistics, and supplier performance.

As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the Director ensures OEM has the products, materials, infrastructure, supplier partnerships, and operational capabilities required to support customers and achieve business objectives. This leader works in close partnership with Global Supply Chain & Manufacturing to align North American priorities, risks, capacity needs, and business requirements with global operations. The Director balances product availability, quality, customer service, inventory investment, cost, compliance, and business continuity while proactively identifying and mitigating operational risk.

The Director is expected to build a high-performing organization characterized by strong leadership, disciplined execution, proactive communication, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Develop and execute the North American supply chain and manufacturing strategy aligned with business objectives, customer requirements, financial targets, and global priorities.
• Translate commercial forecasts and growth plans into manufacturing, capacity, procurement, inventory, distribution, and infrastructure requirements.
• Establish functional priorities, budgets, KPIs, operating rhythms, and improvement plans.
• Identify capacity constraints, supply vulnerabilities, operational risks, and emerging requirements before they impact customers.
• Serve as the North American executive point of accountability for significant supply disruptions and operational risks.
• Provide data-driven recommendations to executive leadership and represent North American requirements with global manufacturing and supply chain teams.
• Partner closely with Global Supply Chain & Manufacturing on capacity planning, supply continuity, product availability, risk mitigation, and escalation of North American business needs.

• Oversee North American manufacturing operations, ensuring safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective production.
• Establish performance expectations for quality, output, productivity, cost, capacity, and schedule attainment.
• Ensure demand forecasts translate into effective supply, production, procurement, and inventory plans.
• Establish inventory strategies that balance customer service, working capital, shelf life, lead times, demand variability, and supply risk.
• Monitor forecast accuracy, inventory health, excess and obsolete inventory, expiration risk, shortages, and backorders and drive appropriate corrective actions.

• Lead procurement and strategic sourcing activities across applicable materials, products, equipment, services, and logistics.
• Develop sourcing strategies that optimize quality, cost, service, lead time, and supply continuity.
• Lead significant supplier negotiations and establish appropriate contracts, performance expectations, and governance.
• Monitor supplier quality, delivery, cost, responsiveness, capacity, and risk and develop corrective or recovery plans when necessary.
• Identify single-source dependencies and other supplier vulnerabilities and develop appropriate mitigation or alternative sourcing strategies.
• Drive measurable cost savings, cost avoidance, and supplier value creation without compromising quality or continuity of supply.