Easter Seals Jobs

Description Join the team that is a leader in engineering, designing and manufacturing of leading-edge military expeditionary products and rugged industrial/commercial products since 1937. Essential Duties: Manages the SCM function for the project and BOM from Quote through FAI stage Accepts and scrutinizes supplier bids and proposals and ensures competitive cost Determines expected lead time and develops a schedule with critical milestones identified, providing regular report outs to ensure supplier meets the schedule Selects/develops sources based upon analysis ensuring the use of the current suppliers which are determined in the sourcing strategy by the commodity team Provides direction regarding print/design review/technical publication, interpretation, source selection, price and terms negotiation for new products Monitors short and long term material requirement needs, develops and implements effective plans to assure material availability and capacity at selected supplier Maintains product costs within established goals for each component and overall BOM Maintains an in-depth working knowledge of computerized manufacturing systems: SAP, ERP, Bill of Material structure, Kanban, JIT and Lean Manufacturing concepts Actively works to develop new qualified and cost effective sources of supply when a new service, process or component is identified. This also applies to new strategic low cost country initiatives gaining support and buy-in from the commodity managers Ensures each BOM is loaded correctly into SAP Manages approval process for new suppliers including Annual Reps & Certs Small Business Plan Development and Adherence Develops BOM tracking for each and every part (schedule), publishes monthly reports showing on or behind schedule and parts in risk (delivery and cost) Education/Experience/Other Skills & Abilities: Minimum of Bachelor's degree Business, Operation, Supply Chain or related field. Master's or MBA preferred 5-7 years SCM experience in a manufacturing environment. Aerospace or Defense preferred 3-4 years Global Business managing programmatic NPD Experience in effective implementation of all inventory planning, forecasting and replenishment activities, including the development of metrics to track and improve performance Ability to work in a cross-functional area to identify solutions to manufacturing and project issues Strong organizational, tactical/strategic thinking and effective communication skills Experience with ERP systems (SAP preferred, but not required) * Requires US Citizenship. The applicant must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance. An active Secret clearance is preferred by not required. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Equal Opportunity Employer of protected Veterans, disabled individuals or other individuals regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, age or sexual orientation.