# Supplier Development & Supply Chain Performance Manager

For over 65 years, Columbia Helicopters has been a trusted provider of heavy-lift helicopter services. We create new aircraft, fly heavy-lift helicopters around the world, and provide maintenance support to ensure you are mission-ready for critical operations. If you are passionate about aviation, join our Columbia Family! TheSupplier Development & Supply Chain Performance Manager is responsible for improving supplier performance, strengthening supply chain reliability, and ensuring material availability across Columbia Helicopters' global operations and MRO activities. This role serves as the primary liaison with key suppliers, driving improvements in quality, delivery, capacity, responsiveness, and overall supplier capability while mitigating supply chain risks that impact fleet readiness and operational continuity. Working cross-functionally with Supply Chain, MRO Operations, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Flight Operations, the manager leads supplier development initiatives, strategic sourcing activities, performance management programs, and recovery plans for critical supply challenges. The role also develops sourcing strategies for obsolete, long lead-time, and difficult-

- **Id**: 709792
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/colheli-supplier-development-supply-chain-performance-manager>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Aurora, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-09T19:40:50Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T05:30:02Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 61
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8441
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Continuous learning, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Supply Chain, General Aviation

## Company

- **Id**: 673485
- **Name**: Columbia Helicopters
- **Domain**: colheli.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/colheli>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Rippling

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 78000
- **Max usd**: 154000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 3801

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 61

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-11T04:27:07Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 36
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.809
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 61
- **Expected fill days**: 56
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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