What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supply Chain Manager position at Exalta Group?
- SUMMARY
Position Title: Supply Chain Manager
Department: Supply Chain
Reports To: General Site Manager
Role Summary: The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for end-to-end supply chain execution for the Naples site, including production planning, purchasing, inventory management, scheduling oversight, and supplier performance. This role ensures material availability, schedule feasibility, backlog stability, and on-time delivery in a regulated manufacturing environment.
The Supply Chain Manager partners closely with Operations, Quality, Engineering, and Customer Service to drive execution discipline, improve inventory performance, and strengthen supplier reliability. This role does not own corporate SIOP forecasting but is accountable for site-level execution performance
- DUTIES AND RESPONSABILITIES
Planning & Scheduling Oversight:
- Oversee Master Scheduling and production planning execution
- Ensure feasible production plans aligned to capacity and material constraints
- Drive schedule adherence and backlog health performance
Purchasing & Supplier Management
- Lead purchasing activities and supplier performance management
- Drive supplier OTD, lead time reliability, and escalation resolution
- Support supplier qualification and risk mitigation in partnership with Quality
Inventory & Materials Management
- Optimize inventory levels while maintaining service targets
- Reduce excess and obsolete inventory
- Ensure inventory accuracy and material flow stability
Execution & Performance Management
- Own site-level OTD and delivery performance
- Monitor KPIs including schedule adherence, backlog health, and expedite rate
- Lead root cause and corrective action for execution failures
Leadership & Continuous Improvement
- Coach and develop planning, scheduling, and purchasing team members
- Establish standard work and process discipline
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across supply chain functions
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- On-Time Delivery (OTD)
- Schedule Adherence (%)
- Backlog Health (% Past Due)
- Inventory Turns & DOH
- Supplier On-Time Delivery
- Expedite Rate
- All other duties as assigned.
- KEY SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND COMPETENCIES
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or related field
- 7–10 years progressive supply chain experience in manufacturing
- Experience leading planning, purchasing, and scheduling functions
- ERP/MRP system experience required
- Demonstrated leadership and cross-functional execution capability
- Experience in medical device or regulated manufacturing environment
- APICS certification (CPIM, CSCP) preferred
- Experience supporting site stabilization or transformation initiatives
- EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, AND/OR LICENSES REQUIREMENTS
- Required Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering or related field
- WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Open concept office environment.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
- PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit, stand or walk; use hands, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear.
- Ability to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
- Ability to sit for extended periods of time up to 10 hours per day.
- Ability to view computer screens for extended periods of up to 10 hours per day.