JOB SUMMARYThe Director, Supply Chain, leads all supply chain and planning activities at Marki Microwave, delivering a reliable, high-quality, and cost-optimized flow of materials and products in support of Marki's portfolio of best-in-class RF products.
This is a hands-on leadership role: you will set strategic direction and drive continuous improvement across the organization while staying close enough to the business to step directly into tactical issues when they arise. You will drive alignment with Engineering, Operations, Sales and Marketing, Finance, and HR to meet near-term goals while building toward a long-term vision.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES- Own and lead Marki's supply chain organization - sourcing and procurement, inventory, shipping and logistics, and supply planning - ensuring a reliable, high-quality, and cost-optimized flow of materials and products that supports Marki's growth.
- Establish the long-term vision and near-term goals for the organization; evaluate performance against those goals and course correct as needed.
- Proactively identify and mitigate enterprise-level supply chain risks, including single-source exposure, geopolitical and tariff exposure, and capacity constraints. Build resilience through dual-sourcing, strategic inventory build, and contingency planning across the organization.
- Oversee Supply Chain activities, including capacity planning, inventory positioning, make/buy decisions and vertical-integration strategy, to ensure Marki's RF product lines are supported through every stage of their lifecycle, whether built internally or through external partners. Be hands-on enough to step into tactical issues and escalations when needed.
- Own Key Performance Indicators and operational metrics across supply chain and planning; provide regular updates to the VP, Operations and executive leadership.
- Drive continuous improvement in supply chain and planning processes, procedures, and systems - including ERP, APS, P2P, and MES - and champion the use of data analytics and AI-enabled tools to strengthen forecasting, planning, and risk visibility.
- Manage key relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including senior leaders, functional peers, suppliers, and customers. Focus on building lasting partnerships with key suppliers and drive supplier pricing and quality improvements through regular business reviews and personal influence.
- Develop and manage budgets for the supply chain organization, including staffing, training, equipment, and material purchases.
- Lead talent acquisition and organizational design as the team scales. Partner with HR to identify staffing needs, source and interview candidates, and make hiring recommendations that build a qualified, high-performing team.
- Set clear goals and priorities for the team, delegate effectively, and hold direct reports accountable for quality, productivity, and deadlines.
- Conduct regular check-ins and formal reviews. Manage performance and workplace issues promptly and fairly in accordance with company policy.
- Build capability through training and mentoring. Coach and mentor direct reports, identify growth opportunities and training needs, and support career development to build bench strength and retain talent.
- Promote an ethics-based, collaborative culture across the organization.
REQUIREMENTS- Bachelor's degree in operations engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years in an RF/electronics manufacturing supply chain role spanning purchasing, sourcing, inventory management, logistics, and supply planning.
- 5+ years leading or managing supply chain or planning teams in a fast-moving, low-volume/high-mix manufacturing environment.
- Proven ability to flex between setting strategic direction and driving hands-on tactical execution, with demonstrated leadership motivating and managing teams through other managers and outstanding people- and budget-management skills. Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills required.
- This role will require access to access information controlled under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR, 15 CFR §§ 730-780), and likely the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR, 22 CFR §§ 120-130), and so applicants for this position must be one of a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or other Protected Individual (as defined under 8 USC § 1324b(a)(3)).
- Travel required up to 20% per year; no relocation support provided.
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES- Expert in supply chain and planning enterprise systems, including ERP, APS, P2P, and MES; Sage ERP experience is highly preferred. Comfortable leveraging data analytics and AI-enabled tools to strengthen forecasting, planning, and risk visibility.
- Expert in dual/multi-sourcing, supplier qualification, make/buy analysis, and electronic component obsolescence/end-of-life management to ensure continuity of supply for long-lifecycle RF product lines.
- Deep experience with supply chain and S&OP practices for electronic components, RF, or semiconductor industries; APICS (CPIM/CSCP) or similar accreditation preferred.
- Fully familiar with ISO 9001 quality system; AS9001 is a plus. Comfortable operating supply chain processes within a quality-controlled, audit-ready manufacturing environment.
- Knowledgeable in ITAR/EAR export control regulations, DFARS specialty metals and domestic sourcing requirements, and counterfeit electronic parts avoidance (AS5553/AS6081).
CORE COMPETENCIES- Business Acumen: Awareness and knowledge of and insight into the organization's vision, structure, culture, philosophy, operating principles, values, and code of ethics; ability to apply this understanding appropriately to diverse situations. Knowledge, insight, and understanding of business concepts, tools, and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
- Change: Knowledge of and ability to align the organization's people and culture with changes in business strategy, organizational structure, technology and business processes.
- Communication: Successful communication involves five components. Verbal communication refers to your ability to speak clearly and concisely. Nonverbal communication includes the capacity to project positive body language and facial expressions. Written communication refers to your skillfulness in composing text messages, reports, and other types of documents. Visual communication involves your ability to relay information using pictures and other visual aids. Active listening should also be considered a key communication soft skill because it helps you listen to and actually hear what others say. You need to be able to listen to understand how to best communicate with someone.
- Strategic Thinking: Understands business issues and opportunities and translates or aligns them to a vision, strategy and plans to chart a course of action.
- Teamwork: Collaborate with others to achieve common goals. Build strong, positive working relationships with supervisor and team members/coworkers. Exercise the ability to compromise and be adaptable.
- Problem-Solving / Critical Thinking: Ability to balance the needs of different people in a solution to a problem. Able to meet the needs of different constituents in the solution of a problem. Able to solve problems with multiple criteria that need to be met. Identifies and assesses all potential responses to a problem.
- Integrity / Work Ethic: Deal with Conflict Properly. Report Unethical Behavior. Be upfront about your short comings. Be willing to do hard work. Take accountability for your actions. Be a team player. Respect others. Don't abuse your power. Keep morale up.
- Interpersonal Skills: Interpersonal competencies help you interact, communicate, and collaborate with others effectively. Typical examples of interpersonal skills include empathy, active listening, and emotional intelligence
- Coaching and Mentoring: Coaching and mentoring both exist for the same purpose: helping others grow, develop and reach their full potential. Both coaching and mentoring give the opportunity for individuals to take responsibility for their own personal and career development.
- Managing Up: Managing up is about using the traits of a good manager to help bring out the best in you as an employee. When done effectively, managing up makes your manager's job easier, as well as your day-to-day job. Understanding the best way to communicate with your boss, demonstrating that you care, meeting performance goals and more, won't go unnoticed.
- Conflict Management: Conflict management is the use of techniques to resolve disagreements or control the level of discord. Conflict resolution techniques include facilitating meetings for the conflicting parties to identify the problem, discuss resolutions and create superordinate goals that require cooperation from conflicting parties.
- Delegation: Delegation involves assigning tasks you have responsibility for to your coworkers or team members. When you delegate tasks, you reduce your workload while retaining responsibility. Learning more about delegation can help you improve delegation practices in your organization. Delegation is a basic managment technique that involves assigning responsibility to another person and granting the appropriate level of authority required to complete the assignment.
- Emotional Intelligence: Emotional intelligence in the workplace begins from the inside out with each individual. It involves recognizing various aspects of your feelings and emotions and taking the time to work on the elements of self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills.
