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As a global team, our culture is rooted in five (5) core values that begin with the words “We are” and include: service-first, respectful, amplifiers, open-minded and accountable.\nWe Are Looking For\nThe Vice President, Supply Chain is responsible for the end-to-end supply chain strategy and performance of FDH Electronics, including strategic sourcing and procurement, demand and supply planning, inventory optimization, supplier performance, logistics, and supply chain systems and analytics.\nThis leader will build an integrated and scalable supply chain operating model that improves customer service, strengthens supply continuity, expands margins, and optimizes working capital. The VP will partner closely with leaders across Operations, Sales, Quality, Finance, IT, and the sites to translate business priorities into disciplined execution. The role will also provide supply chain leadership for acquisition diligence and integration.\nWhat You’ll Do \nAs a Vice President, Supply Chain, you’ll be responsible for:\nSupply Chain Strategy & Value Creation\nDevelop and execute a multi-year supply chain strategy aligned with FDH Electronics’ growth priorities, customer commitments, financial objectives, and acquisition agenda. \nEstablish a common supply chain operating model, governance structure, and performance cadence across distribution and manufacturing locations. \nTranslate business strategy into actionable plans for sourcing, capacity, inventory, network design, systems, and organizational capability. \nAdvise the President and executive leadership team on supply constraints, investment priorities, risks, and opportunities to improve service, margin, cash flow, and enterprise value. \nEstablish clear supply chain KPIs and accountability across the organization. \nIntegrated Business Planning, Demand & Supply Planning\nLead a disciplined Sales and Operations Planning/Integrated Business Planning process connecting demand, supply, capacity, inventory, and financial plans.\nImprove forecast accuracy, material availability, schedule attainment, backlog visibility, and customer delivery performance. \nStandardize planning policies and processes across distribution and manufacturing operations, including replenishment, production planning, material planning, and allocation during constrained supply. \nPartner with Sales, Operations, and Finance to identify gaps early, evaluate scenarios, and align customer commitments with available capacity and supply. \nEstablish escalation and decision-making processes for significant shortages, capacity constraints, and competing customer priorities. \nStrategic Sourcing & Procurement\nDevelop enterprise sourcing and procurement strategies using spend analytics, category management, supplier segmentation, and market intelligence. \nLead major supplier negotiations and commercial agreements to improve cost, availability, lead times, payment terms, quality, and contractual protections. \nDeliver sustainable savings through supplier consolidation, competitive sourcing, demand aggregation, specification alignment, and should-cost analysis. \nDevelop strategic supplier relationships that provide FDH Electronics with improved access, responsiveness, and long-term commercial value. \nStrengthen procurement governance, approval authority, contract discipline, and ethical purchasing practices across the division. \nSupplier Performance, Quality & Risk\nEstablish supplier scorecards and executive review routines covering delivery, quality, lead time, responsiveness, cost, capacity, and risk. \nPartner with Quality and Operations on supplier qualification, development, corrective action, traceability, and counterfeit-parts prevention. \nBuild a proactive supply risk-management program addressing sole-source exposure, capacity constraints, supplier financial health, geopolitical disruption, obsolescence, and business continuity. \nDevelop dual-source, alternate-material, buffer-stock, and recovery strategies where appropriate, balancing resilience with cost and working-capital impact. \nLead executive-level supplier interventions and recovery plans when supplier performance places customer commitments at risk. \nInventory & Working Capital\nOwn the division’s inventory strategy and performance, balancing product availability and customer service with turns, cash conversion, carrying cost, and risk. \nImplement segmentation-based inventory policies, safety-stock logic, reorder parameters, and lifecycle controls appropriate to customer demand and supplier lead times. \nLead governance for excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory, including prevention, reserves, redeployment, supplier returns, and disposition. \nPartner with Finance and site leaders to improve inventory accuracy, planning discipline, accountability, and working-capital forecasting. \nEstablish clear ownership and performance expectations for inventory across sites, product categories, and business units. \nLogistics, Distribution & Trade Execution\nProvide strategic oversight of inbound and outbound logistics, transportation, freight, third-party providers, and distribution network performance. \nImprove delivery reliability and cost through carrier strategy, contract negotiation, shipment consolidation, routing standards, and reduced premium freight. \nEvaluate the supply chain network and recommend changes to optimize customer service, capacity, cost, and scalability. \nEnsure supply chain practices support applicable customs, import/export, sanctions, recordkeeping, and customer requirements in partnership with the appropriate compliance functions. \nM&A Diligence & Integration\nLead supply chain diligence for potential acquisitions, including supplier concentration, contracts, inventory quality, systems, capacity, risk, and synergy opportunities. \nDevelop and execute integration plans that protect day-one business continuity while capturing sourcing, inventory, logistics, systems, and organizational synergies. \nIntegrate acquired businesses into the FDH Electronics supply chain operating model at a pace appropriate to customer, operational, and value-creation priorities. \nEstablish repeatable supply chain integration playbooks to support continued growth through acquisition. \nOrganizational Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnership\nBuild, lead, and develop a high-performing supply chain organization with clear roles, decision rights, performance expectations, and succession plans. \nAssess organizational capability and ensure the structure and talent are appropriate to support the business’s growth and complexity. \nCreate a culture of accountability, urgency, collaboration, continuous improvement, and fact-based decision-making. \nServe as an enterprise leader who works across functions and sites to resolve competing priorities and deliver the best outcome for FDH Electronics and its customers. \nRepresent Supply Chain in executive operating reviews and communicate risks, decisions, and results with clarity and candor.\nWhat You Bring\nEducation and Experience:\nBachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations, engineering, business, finance, or a related field required; MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred.\nTypically 15+ years of progressive supply chain, procurement, planning, or operations experience, including significant leadership of multi-site teams and senior leaders.\nDemonstrated success leading an end-to-end supply chain in a complex distribution and/or manufacturing environment.\nMil-Aero distribution experience, aerospace and defense, electronics, or highly regulated industry experience strongly preferred.\nExperience supporting a geographically dispersed organization with domestic and international suppliers and operations.\nExperience with acquisitions, integration, and value-creation initiatives in a growth-oriented or private-equity-backed environment preferred.\nKey Competencies:\nEnterprise-level strategic thinking with the ability to translate business priorities into actionable supply chain plans.\nDeep expertise in strategic sourcing, supplier management, planning, inventory optimization, logistics, and S&OP/IBP.\nStrong financial and commercial acumen, including understanding of cost, margin, cash flow, working capital, and risk.\nData-driven decision-making with strong analytical, ERP, and MRP capabilities.\nExceptional executive communication, negotiation, influence, and cross-functional partnership skills.\nDemonstrated ability to lead organizational change, standardize processes, and build scalable capabilities.\nStrong people leadership, talent development, accountability, integrity, and sound judgment.\nSpecial Requirements:\n U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or asylee/refugee status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) required. \nITAR Requirement \n120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements. \nThis position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants will be asked to provide specific documentation to verify U.S. person status under the ITAR and the EAR. A “U.S. person” according to their definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee, or asylee. 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