Supply Chain Lead

Demand planning - lead demand planning in partnership with Sales, translating the sales forecast and pipeline into a material and component procurement plan.

Supplier onboarding & quality - qualify and onboard suppliers via a risk-classified Approved Supplier List (ASL) process; drive incoming quality control (IQC); and negotiate favorable delivery schedules, pricing, and payment / credit terms.

Audit documentation & CAPAs - own supplier management documentation for audits (supplier files, quality agreements, evaluation and re-evaluation records) and raise CAPAs against non-conformances, driving root-cause analysis and effectiveness checks to closure

Team management - lead, prioritize, and mentor the procurement team.

Budgets - prepare and track procurement budgets, monitoring budget vs. actuals and driving cost-savings initiatives.

Audits - participate in inventory audits and QMS audits, keeping procurement records audit-ready at all times.

Manufacturing partners - onboard and manage contract manufacturers / EMS partners end-to-end apart from inhouse manufacturing. Enforce quality control, and negotiate favorable delivery and payment terms in support of production.

Efficiency & output - track manufacturing efficiency and output against plan, resolving bottlenecks between suppliers and the production line.

Stock visibility - build dashboards and reports giving the Sales team real-time visibility into stock levels and availability.

COGS - track COGS for each production cycle and surface variances against standard cost.

Team management - manage the manufacturing team

Audits - participate in inventory audits and QMS audits.

Engineering feedback loop - review field tickets and failure reports, translating recurring issues into structured inputs for the Engineering team to drive design / process improvements.

Distribution, imports & exports - lead the logistics team covering domestic distribution, imports, and exports.

3PL & warehousing - onboard and manage 3PL partners, evaluate zone-wise utilization, and stand up local / regional warehousing where the network requires it.

Cost - own logistics cost (freight, customs, warehousing) and drive it down against KPIs.

ERP tracking - set up ERP modules for shipment tracking and end-to-end visibility.

TATs - define and maintain shipment turnaround times (TATs) and hold the network accountable to them.

ERP & dashboards - set up and administer ERP workflows (IQC gating, NC / CAPA tracking, supplier status, inventory, shipment modules) and build management dashboards for spend, COGS, inventory turns, on-time delivery, and supplier performance.

Consolidated budget - own the consolidated supply chain budget

Regulatory audits - serve as a supply chain point-of-contact in ISO 13485, CE (MDR), and FDA audits, partnering closely with QARA.