Supply Chain Manager

Overview

The Supply Chain Manager is an exempt, leadership-level role with full accountability for stabilizing, correcting, and sustaining supply chain performance in a subsea manufacturing environment. The position resolves material availability failures, enforces execution discipline, and ensures the business meets production schedules and customer delivery commitments. The manager exercises independent judgment, sets departmental strategy, and directs procurement, buying, and shipping/warehouse functions. Outcomes, not merely oversight, are expected, with decisive, proactive, cost‑effective actions to maintain supply performance, supplier reliability, and internal execution.

• Procurement Manager
• Senior Buyer
• Shipping, Warehouse and Distribution Personnel

• Exercise independent discretion in planning, prioritizing, and directing supply chain operations.
• Establish department objectives, performance standards, and corrective action plans aligned with business needs.
• Allocate resources, set priorities, and resolve escalated supply issues without day‑to‑day supervision.
• Lead, evaluate, and hold direct reports accountable for measurable performance outcomes.

• Own material availability and supply continuity across all programs.
• Identify and correct gaps contributing to missed production schedules or customer delivery failures.
• Serve as the single point of accountability for supply risk, shortages, and supplier non‑performance.
• Implement short‑term recovery actions and long‑term structural fixes.

• Direct procurement strategy, sourcing decisions, and supplier negotiations.
• Establish and enforce supplier performance standards for lead time, quality, delivery, and responsiveness.
• Actively manage high‑risk, long‑lead, and single‑source suppliers with mitigation and contingency plans.
• Replace, escalate, or renegotiate with suppliers that fail to meet business requirements.

• Oversee buying activities to ensure purchase orders support production demand and delivery commitments.
• Enforce inventory controls to prevent shortages, excess inventory, and obsolescence.
• Ensure ERP/MRP data accuracy and disciplined planning inputs.
• Drive inventory turns and working capital improvements without compromising production readiness.

• Ensure accurate, compliant, and timely receipt and shipment of materials and finished goods.
• Enforce operational discipline, safety, and organization in warehouse environments.
• Ensure on‑time customer shipments and adherence to export and regulatory requirements relevant to subsea manufacturing.

• Define, track, and report key supply chain KPIs.
• Implement corrective action plans when metrics fall below acceptable levels.
• Lead process improvements to strengthen planning, execution, and accountability across the supply chain.

• Partner with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Program Management to align supply execution with business priorities.
• Provide leadership input on make/buy decisions, capacity planning, and risk assessments.
• Support new product introductions and engineering changes with proactive supply readiness.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10–15+ years of progressive supply chain experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated leadership over procurement, buying, and logistics/warehouse functions.
• Proven ability to correct underperforming supply chains and stabilize material flow.
• Strong negotiation, supplier management, and decision‑making skills.
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems.
• Ability to lead with authority and accountability in high‑pressure environments.

• Experience in subsea, oil & gas, aerospace, defense, or other engineered/regulated manufacturing.
• Experience managing long‑lead, custom, or engineered components.
• Knowledge of export compliance…