Manager Supply Chain (ARC) PDC

Brief Description: The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for leading procurement, supplier management, material planning, forecasting, and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) activities to ensure the timely and cost-effective availability of materials, parts, and outside services required to support our operations. This role will lead the Purchasing team and oversee the effective use of SAP (or the current ERP system) and related planning processes to support material availability, supplier performance, and business demand. The Supply Chain Manager will work closely with Production and other functional groups to translate current and forecasted demand into effective procurement and material plans while maintaining a qualified, competitive, and reliable supplier base. The successful candidate will possess strong leadership, planning, analytical, negotiation, supplier-management, and business skills and be capable of making fact-based decisions in a fast-paced manufacturing and service environment. This role performs under the general direction of the Sr Technical Services Manager with a dotted line to the Director of Asset Performance Management. Detailed Description: Lead and manage the facility Purchasing team, including workload, priorities, performance, professional development, supplier follow-up, and compliance with established purchasing policies and procedures. Own material and supply planning activities, including MRP, forecasting, material requirements, shortage management, inventory-planning parameters, and procurement execution to support current and forecasted operational demand. Serve as the primary Supply Chain owner for material availability and ensure purchasing and planning activities effectively support Production, Field Service, Parts Support, maintenance, and other business requirements. Maintain effective use of the Company's ERP and planning systems to support purchasing, material planning, supplier management, inventory visibility, reporting, and data-driven decision-making. Monitor material requirements, shortages, supplier commitments, excess supply, critical stocking needs, and other planning exceptions and ensure appropriate actions are identified and completed. Provide leadership and oversight for third-party planning or MRP resources when utilized and develop the internal knowledge and capability necessary to manage these activities within the Supply Chain organization. Develop and maintain a qualified, competitive, and reliable supplier base through new and alternate supplier development, supplier qualification and approval, supplier evaluations and audits, performance management, negotiations, strategic sourcing, and cost-reduction initiatives. Manage supplier relationships and hold suppliers accountable for quality, cost, delivery, responsiveness, lead time, capacity, documentation, and overall performance. Work closely with Quality to ensure supplier qualification, approval, monitoring, re-evaluation, audits, and corrective-action activities comply with the Company's Quality Management System, applicable API Q1, ISO 9001, and other applicable requirements. Lead supplier negotiations, competitive sourcing, and cost-reduction initiatives involving materials, components, outside services, repairs, freight, commercial terms, and other significant areas of spend. Maintain visibility of critical material shortages and supply risks and coordinate recovery actions with buyers, suppliers, Operations, and other applicable functional groups. Monitor inventory requirements, excess and obsolete material, and critical stocking needs while partnering with Warehouse & Inventory to support inventory accuracy and effective material planning. Work cross-functionally with Operations, Production, Technical Services, Warehouse & Inventory, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and other stakeholders to communicate material availability, forecast requirements, supplier risks, sourcing opportunities, and Supply Chain prio…

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