Director of Supply Chain

Job Summary: The Director of Supply Chain will own end to end supply continuity, inventory investment, procurement strategy, vendor performance, and warehouse execution across the Columbus and Denver locations. Balance uninterrupted production with disciplined purchasing, inventory accuracy, quality requirements, and cost control, while ensuring all supply chain activities comply with cGMP and STAQ’s quality management system. Responsibilities: Inventory Strategy and Availability Manage inventory levels closely while balancing service levels and sufficient stock on hand against working capital targets. Prevent both material stockouts and excess purchases that could lead to expiration or avoidable waste. Evaluate safety stock levels using historical consumption, months on hand, production forecasts, and expected growth or changes in usage. Communicate inventory risks and mitigation plans closely with the President and Operations. Coordinate with Operations to consume short-dated materials before expiration whenever feasible. Manage stock rotation on a first-expired, first-out (FEFO) basis across both sites. Review critical, high value, and long lead time purchase orders to protect supply at both Columbus and Denver without creating excess inventory. Demand Planning and Supplier Forecasting Develop and maintain forecasts for hundreds of critical items by regularly analyzing the sales and operations planning tools. Represent Supply Chain in the monthly sales and operations planning (S&OP) process, bringing supply constraints, risks, and inventory recommendations to leadership. Balance historical demand patterns against production forecasts, scale up plans, customer growth, FDA shortage list changes, and other drivers that can rapidly increase or decrease material usage. Translate production and growth expectations into purchasing plans, safety stock, delivery schedules, and supplier capacity requirements. Vendor Management and Strategic Sourcing Lead regular meetings - typically monthly - with critical vendor partners. Maintain frequent communication with suppliers about changing STAQ material and regulatory requirements, open purchase orders, delivery dates, constraints, and expedite needs. Negotiate vendor contracts, pricing, volume discounts, lead time commitments, and rebate structures; partner with Finance on financial terms and economic impact. Establish supplier performance scorecards (on-time-in-full delivery, quality, lead time, responsiveness) and drive corrective action with underperforming vendors. Identify and qualify backup sources for single point of failure items or maintain an actionable contingency plan when an alternate source is not immediately available. Material Qualification and Cross-Functional Change Control Serve as the subject matter expert for inventory requirements established by internal specifications and quality standards. Determine technically viable alternatives for critical materials. Obtain approval from all affected departments before implementing new or alternate items. Partner with Quality Assurance on supplier qualification, maintenance of the approved supplier list, supplier audits, and quality agreements. Regulatory Compliance and Quality Ensure purchasing, receiving, storage, and material handling complies with cGMP and good distribution practices. Author, own, and train staff on supply chain and warehouse SOPs; keep documentation inspection ready. Support FDA and state board of pharmacy inspections, customer audits, and product recalls. Multi-Site Operations and People Leadership Lead supply chain, material handling, receiving, and warehouse functions across Columbus and Denver. Manage supply chain and warehouse teams to establish clear priorities, accountability, and communication across locations. Optimize warehouse layout and material flow to improve the efficiency of kitting and related processes. Reduce freight and shipping costs where possible without compromising service or…

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