Supply Chain Manager

This hands-on leadership role oversees the Rancho site’s Planning and Procurement functions and leads a four-person team. The manager translates demand into achievable production and material plans while ensuring supplier performance, inventory health, customer delivery, and strong SAP/MRP discipline.

Key priorities:

Lead and develop the Planning and Procurement team.

Own production planning, material planning, and purchasing execution.

Manage shortages, supplier performance, inventory, and supply risks.

Drive site-level SIOP, KPI performance, standard work, and continuous improvement.

Partner across Operations, Quality, R&D, Engineering, Finance, Customer Service, and Strategic Sourcing.

Ideal background: 5–7+ years of progressive supply chain or manufacturing experience, demonstrated people leadership, strong ERP/MRP capability, and excellent analytical and cross-functional communication skills.

Responsibilities:  

• Lead, coach, and develop the four-person Rancho Planning and Procurement team through clear priorities, accountability, cross-training, performance management, and succession planning. 

• Own production planning, material planning, scheduling, and procurement from demand review through execution, balancing demand, inventory, capacity, lead times, and supplier capability. 

• Partner with Operations to maintain a stable production schedule, controlled schedule changes, material availability, and recovery plans that protect customer commitments. 

• Partner with R&D and cross-functional teams to plan prototype and development builds, aligning materials, capacity, documentation, and schedules with production commitments. 

• Lead shortage and supplier reviews, including purchase-order confirmations, past-due orders, delivery performance, capacity, business continuity, and documented recovery actions. 

• Maintain SAP/MRP discipline through accurate transactions, master data, planning parameters, lead times, safety stocks, purchasing data, and timely action on exceptions. 

• Manage inventory health and safety-stock performance to support continuity of supply, working-capital goals, and reduction of excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory. 

• Support site-level SIOP by translating demand, capacity, inventory, and supply constraints into an achievable plan and escalating gaps and recommendations to Filtration Network leadership. 

• Identify and communicate material, supplier, capacity, inventory, schedule, customer-delivery, and revenue risks with data, options, owners, and recovery dates. 

• Attend and actively participate in daily tier-management meetings, provide clear supply chain updates, escalate issues promptly, and ensure assigned actions are completed. 

• Own supply chain KPIs, including OTIF, supplier delivery, shortages, past-due purchase orders, inventory health, safety stock, TRL, and data accuracy. 

• Lead and participate in RCCM and continuous improvement activities, using structured problem solving, corrective actions, standard work, visual management, and metrics to sustain improvements. 

• Build effective operating cadences and decisions with Operations, Quality, R&D, Engineering, Finance, Customer Service, Strategic Sourcing, and Filtration Network partners. 

• Coordinate intersite supply and lead strategic projects that improve service, lead time, cost, inventory, scalability, and business continuity. 

• Model hands-on leadership, sound judgment, urgency, accountability, customer focus, and effective change management. 

• Perform other responsibilities as needed to support the Rancho site, Supply Chain organization, and Filtration business line. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. 

• 5-7+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, planning, procurement, or manufacturing operations
• 3+ years of demonstrated people leadership experience

• Experience leading planning and procurement in a manufacturing environment; regulated life-sciences, biotechnology, or medical-device experience is preferred. 

• Strong knowledge of production and material planning, scheduling, capacity, suppliers, purchase-order execution, shortages, inventory, and cross-functional recovery planning. 

• Demonstrated ERP/MRP proficiency, including demand and supply signals, exceptions, planning parameters, lead times, safety stock, and master-data impacts; SAP experience is preferred. 

• Ability to analyze operational data, identify root causes, evaluate options, and translate findings into clear decisions and actions. 

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency with PowerPoint and Word; Power Query, Power BI, workflow automation, or similar tools are preferred. 

• Experience with Palantir or a similar enterprise data and analytics platform is preferred. 

• Experience establishing standard work, KPIs, operating cadences, change management, and sustainable process improvements. 

• Strong communication, collaboration, negotiation, prioritization, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to lead with urgency and accountability. 

• APICS CPIM or CSCP, ISM CPSM, or an equivalent professional certification is preferred. 

Our mission is to inspire advances in bioprocessing as a trusted partner in the production of biologic drugs that improve human health worldwide. Focused on cost and process efficiencies, we deliver innovative technologies and solutions that help set new standards in bioprocessing. The estimated salary range for this role, based in the United States of America is $120,000-$150,000. Compensation decisions are dependent on several factors including, but not limited to an individual's qualifications, location, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Additionally, employees are eligible to participate in one of our variable cash programs (bonus or commission) and eligible roles may receive equity as part of the compensation package. We offer a wide range of benefits such as paid time off, health/dental/vision, retirement benefits and flexible spending accounts. All compensation and benefits information will be confirmed in writing at the time of offer.