Supply Chain Lead

We're hiring a Supply Chain Lead to own our supply chain end-to-end "Procurement, Manufacturing, and Logistics" - in a regulated medical device environment. This is a hands-on role: you will lead the teams, own processes, budgets and track spends, drive demand planning, and keep every process audit-ready.

Key Responsibilities

Procurement

• 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

• 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.

Logistics (Domestic & International)

• 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.

Cross-Functional & Systems

• 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.

Requirements

• 8+ years in supply chain / operations across procurement, manufacturing, and logistics

• Proven experience managing teams and managing spends / budgets

• Strong supplier onboarding and negotiation track record (delivery terms, payment / credit terms, quality).

• Hands-on ERP experience - setting up or administering procurement, inventory, and logistics modules.

• Strong analytical skills; comfortable building dashboards and reporting on COGS, inventory, and KPIs.