Supply Chain Manager

ICON is seeking an experienced and highly-motivated Supply Chain Manager that wants to be on the ground floor of breakthrough construction technology and building a world-class supply chain. As a Supply Chain Manager, you will develop and manage our Lavacrete Supply Chain as well as work closely with Business Development, Engineering, and Operations to develop our product and project strategy. Supply Chain Managers are responsible for meeting product demand, delivery, and quality standards, and at the lowest possible total cost to ICON. This role is based in our Austin, TX campus and reports to the Director of Supply Chain. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop category sourcing strategy ensuring suppliers are capable of meeting ICON’s current and future technical and business needs.
• Benchmark the industry to monitor commodity trends and ensure best practices are incorporated into ICON’s supply chain.
• Establish supplier selection criteria, evaluate alternative suppliers, manage request-for-quote process, and drive final supplier selection in partnership with engineering and operations teams.
• Proactively provide manufacturability and cost input to inform product decisions.
• Drive early supplier involvement to ensure supplier input is incorporated into product decisions.
• Negotiate key agreements with suppliers to establish best-in-class pricing, flexibility, quality, delivery, payment, warranty, and service terms.
• Develop and analyze detailed cost and supply models.
• Lead total cost reduction program to ensure the lowest possible total cost, including finished goods, capacity, inventory, transportation, and yield costs.
• Formulate contingency plans to de-risk technical, long lead time, single source, and other supply risks.
• Institute programs to optimize schedule flexibility while minimizing excess inventory exposure.
• Work with cross-functional team and our supply chain partners to resolve shortages and quality issues affecting production schedules.
• Own supplier qualification and readiness including long-lead kickoffs, production plan and forecasts for all designated suppliers to meet project schedule.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of supply chain management experience in aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics, or other fast-paced industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or other technical discipline.
• Strong problem-solving, project management, communication, collaboration, and negotiation skills.
• Strong organization skills - must be able to effectively manage large scopes of work on multiple projects. 
• Robust quantitative and analytical skills including firm command of Microsoft excel.
• Ability to travel frequently (up to 25% time).

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Masters degree in Business, Engineering, or other technical discipline.
• 5+ years of supply chain management experience in aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics, or other fast-paced industry.
• Must be a self-starter that is able to fully own their scope of work and work autonomously and able to regularly report out status and escalate when necessary.
• Accustomed to working on high-pressure projects with tight schedules.