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Senior Supply Chain Manager

Harvard Bioscience
Posted a month ago, valid for 17 days
Location

New Brighton, Ramsey County 55112, MN

Salary

Competitive

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Senior Supply Chain Manager is responsible for leading site-level supply planning and procurement to ensure reliable customer delivery and optimized inventory.
  • This role requires a minimum of 7 years of experience in supply chain management and offers a competitive salary range of $100,000 to $130,000 per year.
  • Key responsibilities include building a high-performing team, managing supplier relationships, and driving improvements in supply chain KPIs.
  • The ideal candidate should possess strong organizational skills, excellent communication abilities, and experience with Oracle Agile PLM or similar systems.
  • This full-time position may require approximately 15% travel based on business needs.

Position Summary:

The Senior Supply Chain Manager leads site-level supply planning and procurement to ensure reliable customer delivery, optimized inventory, and strong supplier performance. This role partners cross-functionally with operations, quality, engineering, and global procurement to execute enterprise supply chain strategies, mitigate risk, and drive continuous improvement. The Senior Supply Chain Manager builds and develops a high-performing team while ensuring data integrity, process discipline, and operational excellence.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Serve as the senior supply chain leader at the site, partnering with production, quality, customer service, and engineering to deliver site operating objectives.
  • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing material planning and procurement organization, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Lead and support cross-functional projects aligned with annual operating objectives for the site and global operations.
  • Establish and drive improvement in key supply chain KPIs, including material quality, on-time delivery, inventory turns, and cost.
  • Develop, manage, and strengthen supplier performance to create a resilient and reliable supply base.
  • Build and maintain strategic supplier relationships; support enterprise-wide supplier selection, consolidation, and risk mitigation initiatives.
  • Assess and mitigate supply chain risks and collaborate with suppliers on corrective and preventive actions.
  • Maintain MRP master data, including approved supplier lists, raw material attributes, and safety stock targets.
  • Lead periodic supply planning reviews to balance customer service, cost, and working capital objectives.
  • Maintain finished and semi-finished goods inventory targets and supporting MRP parameters.

Required Skills and Abilities

  • Highly self-motivated leader with a strong commitment to teamwork, continuous learning, and enterprise-wide process improvement.
  • Strong organizational and attention-to-detail skills, with the ability to manage complex workflows accurately.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions.
  • Proven experience using Oracle Agile PLM or similar.
  • Working knowledge of Oracle JDE (JD Edwards) or similar ERP systems.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerBI.

Preferred Skills and Abilities

  • Ability to interpret and work with engineering drawings and redlines.
  • Experience working in or closely with quality assurance environments (i.e. ISO 9001).

Travel:

Approximately 15% depending on business needs.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position. Employees are provided with flexibility depending on the needs of the business.

 




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