VDS is recruiting a director to grow the industrial base behind a fast-scaling defense-technology company. You will find where suppliers need to add capacity and send the market signal before demand arrives.
What you'll do
Own the process for identifying industrial-capacity gaps across product lines.
Partner with business development, engineering, manufacturing and supply chain leaders.
Build a supplier strategy that relies on competitive commercial markets.
What you bring
8+ years in engineering, manufacturing, technical procurement or supply chain management.
A record of making supply chains more efficient at scale.
VDS is recruiting a supply chain director to lead sourcing, planning and supplier performance for defense hardware programs scaling to high-rate production.
What you'll do
Set supply chain strategy for continuity, quality, cost and scale.
Lead buyers, planners and sourcing engineers.
Define and report supply chain KPIs to leadership.
Identify and reduce supply risk.
What you bring
[confirm years] years of supply chain leadership in manufacturing.
ERP and supplier-portal implementation experience.
