Supply Chain Manager II

Company: ICON Technology
Location: Austin
Posted on: October 19, 2024

Job Description:

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Supply Chain Manager II
ICON is seeking an experienced and highly-motivated Supply Chain Manager II that wants to be on the ground floor of breakthrough construction technology and building a world-class supply chain. As a Supply Chain Manager II, you will help develop and manage our Hardware Supply Chain as well as work closely with Engineering, Operations, and Finance to develop our product and project strategy. Supply Chain Managers are responsible for meeting product demand, delivery, and quality standards, and at the lowest possible total cost to ICON. This role will report to the Senior Manager, Supply Chain out of our Austin, TX office.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

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• Develop category sourcing strategies ensuring suppliers are capable of meeting ICON's current and future technical and business needs
  
• Benchmark the industry to monitor commodity trends and ensure best practices are incorporated into ICON's supply chain
  
• Establish supplier selection criteria, evaluate alternative suppliers, manage Request-For-Quote process, and drive final supplier selection in partnership with Engineering and Operations teams
  
• Proactively provide manufacturability and cost input to inform product decisions
  
• Drive Early Supplier Involvement to ensure supplier input is incorporated into product decisions
  
• Negotiate key agreements with suppliers to establish best-in-class pricing, flexibility, quality, delivery, payment, warranty, and service terms
  
• Develop and analyze detailed cost and supply models
  
• Lead Total Cost Reduction program to ensure the lowest possible total cost, including finished goods, capacity, inventory, transportation, and yield costs
  
• Formulate contingency plans to de-risk technical, long lead time, single source, and other supply risks
  
• Institute programs to optimize schedule flexibility while minimizing excess inventory exposure
  
• Work with cross-functional team and our supply chain partners to resolve shortages and quality issues affecting production schedules
  
• Own supplier qualification and readiness including long-lead kickoffs, production plan and forecasts for all designated suppliers to meet project schedule
  
  
  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
  
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  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or other technical discipline
    
  • Experience developing and leading multiple operational aspects within a high-growth hardware startup supply chain
    
  • 5 years or more of supply chain management experience in aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics, or other fast-paced industry
    
  • Strong problem-solving, project management, communication, collaboration, and negotiation skills
    
  • Strong organization skills - must be able to effectively manage large scopes of work on multiple projects
    
  • Excellent attention to detail
    
  • Robust quantitative and analytical skills including firm command of Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets
    
  • Accustomed to working on high-pressure projects with tight schedules
    
  • Must be a self-starter that is able to fully own their scope of work and work autonomously and able to regularly report out status and escalate when necessary
    
  • Ability to travel frequently (up to 25% time)
    
    
    PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
    
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    • Masters degree in Business, Engineering, or other technical discipline
      
      
      ICON is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an innovative, inclusive, diverse and discrimination-free work environment. Employment with ICON is based on merit, competence, and qualifications. It is our policy to administer all personnel actions, including recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. Consistent with the obligations of these laws, ICON will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
      
      Furthermore, as a federal government contractor, the Company maintains an affirmative action program which furthers its commitment and complies with recordkeeping and reporting requirements under certain federal civil rights laws and regulations, including Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended) and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (as amended).
      Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit candidates through this application. ICON does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency submissions for candidates and will not pay fees to any third-party agency without a prior agreement with ICON.
      
      
      
      As part of our compliance with these obligations, the Company invites you to voluntarily self-identify as set forth below. Provision of such information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your employment or subject you to any adverse treatment. Any and all information provided will be considered confidential, will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file, and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders and regulations, including those that require the information to be summarized and reported to the federal government for civil rights enforcement purposes.
      
      
      
      

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