Supply Chain & Logistics Manager

Description

Position Summary

The Supply Chain & Logistics Manager is responsible for leading and optimizing A1J Technologies' procurement, supplier management, material planning, inventory control, receiving, logistics, outside processing coordination, and shipping functions to support manufacturing operations and customer delivery commitments.

As A1J transitions from a traditional precision machining job shop into a scalable Tier 1 supplier supporting commercial aerospace and defense customers, this position is critical to establishing a disciplined, reliable, and cost-effective supply chain infrastructure.

The Supply Chain & Logistics Manager is accountable for ensuring that materials, tooling, components, and outsourced services are available at the required time, in the correct quantity, and in compliance with applicable customer, engineering, and quality requirements.

This position oversees material flow from supplier procurement and receipt through inventory storage, manufacturing support, outside processing, and final shipment, while maintaining accurate ERP transactions, material traceability, and inventory controls.

The successful candidate must demonstrate strong manufacturing supply chain leadership, supplier development capabilities, inventory management expertise, logistics coordination, and the ability to establish standardized processes that improve on-time delivery, operational efficiency, and cost performance.

Primary Responsibilities

1. Supply Chain Leadership & Organizational Development

• •Lead and manage purchasing, supplier management, receiving, inventory control, material handling, logistics, and shipping functions within the assigned organizational structure.
• •Establish departmental roles, responsibilities, accountability, and standardized operating procedures.
• •Develop a proactive supply chain organization focused on material availability, inventory accuracy, supplier performance, cost control, and manufacturing support.
• •Establish clear communication and escalation processes for material shortages, supplier delays, inventory discrepancies, and logistics issues.
• •Develop employee performance expectations, training requirements, cross-training plans, and departmental KPIs.
• •Ensure appropriate staffing, workload distribution, and operational coverage to support manufacturing requirements.
• •Promote continuous improvement, accountability, and collaboration across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Planning, and Sales.

2. Purchasing & Procurement Management

• •Direct procurement activities for raw materials, tooling, consumables, equipment-related supplies, and outside processing services.
• •Develop sourcing strategies that balance material availability, quality, supplier reliability, cost, and manufacturing lead-time requirements.
• •Establish purchasing procedures, approval requirements, and procurement controls.
• •Oversee supplier RFQs, purchase order issuance, supplier acknowledgments, and delivery commitments.
• •Negotiate supplier pricing, lead times, payment terms, and commercial agreements.
• •Ensure purchase orders accurately communicate material specifications, revisions, quantities, delivery requirements, and applicable quality clauses.
• •Establish processes to monitor open purchase orders, overdue supplier commitments, and material shortage risks.
• •Identify alternate suppliers and mitigate single-source dependencies and long-lead material risks.
• •Support purchasing requirements for new product introductions, engineering changes, and customer expedite requests.
• •Coordinate purchasing priorities with the Master Scheduler and Manufacturing leadership.

3. Supplier Performance & Development

• •Develop and maintain supplier performance monitoring processes covering on-time delivery, quality, cost, responsiveness, and lead-time reliability.
• •Establish supplier scorecards and conduct periodic supplier performance reviews.
• •Identify underperforming suppliers and coordinate corrective actions and recovery plans.
• •Develop strategic supplier relationships that support A1J's aerospace and defense manufacturing requirements.
• •Evaluate supplier capabilities, capacity limitations, and business continuity risks.
• •Coordinate with Quality on supplier qualification, approved supplier status, supplier audits, and supplier corrective actions.
• •Ensure alternate sourcing decisions comply with applicable customer and quality requirements.
• •Support long-term supplier development initiatives to improve supply reliability and reduce operational risk.

4. Material Planning & Manufacturing Support

• •Partner with the Master Scheduler to align material availability with planned manufacturing start dates and customer delivery commitments.
• •Monitor material requirements, inventory availability, open purchase orders, and supplier lead times.
• •Identify material shortages before they affect scheduled manufacturing operations.
• •Establish shortage reporting and escalation procedures to support proactive recovery.
• •Coordinate material availability for urgent jobs, engineering changes, and high-priority customer orders.
• •Support manufacturing readiness reviews to ensure required materials and purchased services are available before job release.
• •Coordinate with Engineering to validate material specifications, quantities, and purchasing requirements.
• •Provide Operations leadership with visibility into critical shortages, material lead-time constraints, and procurement risks.
• •Develop material planning practices that support production flow while minimizing unnecessary inventory.

5. Inventory Management & Material Control

• •Establish and maintain standardized inventory management procedures for raw materials, purchased components, consumables, and other controlled inventory.
• •Implement inventory identification, storage, location control, transaction accuracy, and material traceability requirements.
• •Establish receiving-to-inventory and inventory-to-production material issue procedures.
• •Maintain accurate inventory records within JobBoss and applicable supporting systems.
• •Develop cycle-count programs and inventory reconciliation processes to improve inventory accuracy.
• •Investigate inventory discrepancies and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• •Establish appropriate minimum and maximum inventory levels, reorder points, and stocking strategies where applicable.
• •Monitor excess, obsolete, slow-moving, and unallocated inventory.
• •Coordinate with Finance on inventory valuation, adjustments, and financial reporting requirements.
• •Ensure materials are properly identified, protected, and controlled throughout storage and internal movement.
• •Support inventory management practices that improve material availability while reducing unnecessary working capital.

6. Receiving & Material Traceability

• •Oversee receiving activities to ensure purchased materials and components are accurately received, identified, and recorded.
• •Establish receiving procedures that verify purchase order information, material quantities, identification, and required documentation.
• •Coordinate with Quality to ensure applicable material certifications, traceability records, and receiving inspection requirements are completed before material is released for use.
• •Maintain appropriate controls for material awaiting inspection, accepted material, and nonconforming or suspect material.
• •Ensure receiving transactions are accurately recorded in ERP system.
• •Establish designated storage locations and material identification requirements.
• •Prevent unauthorized use of materials pending required verification or acceptance.
• •Coordinate resolution of receiving discrepancies, missing documentation, damaged shipments, and supplier returns.

7. Logistics & Internal Material Flow

• •Establish and manage logistics processes that support efficient movement of materials and components throughout assigned supply chain activities.
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