Senior Manager, Supply Chain

Role Summary

Senior Manager, Supply Chain location: San Jose. Responsible for strategic planning and execution of supply, purchasing, and related policies; builds supplier relationships to support short and long-term supply chain strategies; collaborates with cross-functional partners to ensure buy-in and alignment; monitors supplier performance, mitigates risk, and drives cost optimization; maintains documentation and ERP systems; leads multiple projects and develops departmental metrics.

Responsibilities

• Participates in development, implementation, and monitoring of department policies, procedures, technical guidelines, and quality assurance standards, ensuring quality, customer satisfaction, and regulatory compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement projects to improve total supply costs, service level, and quality.
• Support continuous improvement in inventory management, warehousing, and materials management.
• Develop sourcing strategies for new and existing products; prepare RFQs, evaluate suppliers, and negotiate supply agreements as appropriate.
• Develop and lead a robust supplier management program to monitor supplier performance in quality, service, and total cost.
• Proactively manage the supply base to reduce risks and ensure continued supply of components to meet requirements.
• Assist NPI manager to ensure timely release, supplier establishment, and inventory systems to support New Product launches.
• Review metrics to measure procurement performance, resolve issues, and establish/monitor departmental budget.
• Provide effective leadership of direct reports, communicating a clear vision and aligning objectives with company strategy.
• Manage, coach, counsel, appraise, and set job expectations for direct reports; manage compensation and motivation.
• Ensure backups for all positions to maintain full coverage during business hours.
• Drive improvements to inventory, including slow-moving inventory, storage, and transactional activity.
• Execute non-conforming material processes (NCMR) driven by ECOs, expiry reports, and MRB, including related movements.
• Follow company policies, SOPs, and safety guidelines; maintain a safe warehouse environment.
• Other duties as required by Management.

Qualifications

• 7‚Äì10 years in Procurement/Purchasing with at least 3 years in a strategic leadership role; biotechnology experience preferred.
• Experience managing multiple sites, onsite or remote.
• Bachelor‚Äôs degree in supply chain, engineering, business, finance, or related field.
• Strong negotiation skills and knowledge of market dynamics, supplier bases, and cost drivers.
• Knowledge of purchasing practices, supply chain management, and contract law as applied to procurement.
• Detail-oriented with ability to influence suppliers and projects with minimal oversight, while collaborating in a team.
• Proven presentation and project management experience; experience establishing supplier management programs.
• LEAN and other Continuous Improvement experience preferred.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including warehouse, planning, production, sales, R&D, engineering, and finance.
• Willingness to travel 15‚Äì25%.
• Strong communication skills; proficiency in MS Office; experience with ERP/MRP systems.
• Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills.

Education

• Bachelor‚Äôs degree in supply chain, engineering, business, finance, or related field.

Additional Requirements

• None beyond travel requirement noted above.