Director, Supply Chain - Indirect

What you'll do:

• Build and manage the indirect procurement organization in support of facility, software, consulting, and construction activities
• Manage the indirect purchasing process for goods and services from suppliers in support of internal customer requirements
• Develop and optimize purchasing business processes including credit card management, purchase order approvals, contract management, and others
• Lead sourcing and category based initiatives to identify and select best value suppliers and mitigate risk
• Prepare and execute negotiations for contracts and agreements, coordinating with legal counsel where necessary to finalize contracts and statements of work
• Adhere to all supply chain policies, procedures, guidelines and instructions including those regarding the procurement of materials, intellectual property, and export compliance
• Provide constant, clear, and timely updates to internal customers
• Manage organizational effectiveness through continuous improvement and functional transformation
• Relentlessly gather intelligence on the health of strategic suppliers’ business and informs Sr. Leadership of long-term risk and proposed countermeasures
• Conduct periodic supplier business reviews to communicate supplier performance to internal and supplier management teams
• Conduct site surveys and business evaluations of existing and potential suppliers
• Serve as a point of escalation and resolution of corrective actions with suppliers
• Contribute to the resolution of sourcing issues from CFS or their sub-tiers

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field
• 15+ years experience managing supply chains in raw materials, metals, machined components, welding and fabrication, and/or contracted assemblies
• High finance acumen to be able to understand a company's financial structure and strategize contract incentives
• Extensive technical knowledge of contracting for long lead time items based on project milestones
• Strong communication skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and projects
• Exceptional organizational and analytical skills, with a proven ability to drive complex projects
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our culture of inclusion
• Generate work plans, define milestones, and help define processes that impact direct work.
• Ability to map out and understand complex interconnected systems
• Maintain a high attention to detail across a multitude of systems, ensuring comprehensive analysis and the identification of any gaps in quality or detail
• Reliable and persistent work ethic, seeing tasks through to completion. Stays determined in the face of uncertainty and setbacks
• Ability to identify the right level of detail for a given task and the flexibility to adapt to modeling both rough, quick estimates for establishing development priorities
• Ability to adapt to a start-up environment, capability to take initiative, develop own tasks and timelines, and solve broad, ambiguous problems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to consistently produce high-quality materials suitable for a broad external audience
• Strong organizational abilities to manage various cases and scenarios
• Must be able to travel as needed to remote sites

Bonus points for:

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field

Must-have Requirements:

• Perform activities such as typing, standing, or sitting for extended periods of time
• Willingness to travel to suppliers     
• Work in a facility that contains industrial hazards including heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead (Pb), high voltage, high current, pressure systems, and cryogenics