Job Description

Director of Supply Chain

Reports to: VP of Operations

Lead the company’s global supply chain operations and manage a small professional team, with end-to-end responsibility for planning, production, inventory, subcontractors, and customer delivery commitments.

The role focuses on ensuring product availability and on-time delivery while balancing inventory levels, operational risks, and costs across global sites and logistics centers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the global supply chain planning process, translating sales forecasts and customer orders into production, purchasing, and inventory plans.
• Manage subcontractors and manufacturers in Israel and abroad, including production plans, material availability, capacity, priorities, and delivery performance.
• Ensure customer delivery commitments are met through ongoing monitoring of orders, supply gaps, shortages, and operational risks.
• Manage global inventory levels, replenishment plans, and inventory policies across company sites and logistics centers.
• Drive initiatives to reduce excess, slow-moving, and obsolete inventory.
• Identify supply chain bottlenecks and proactively manage shortages to ensure continuity of supply.
• Monitor subcontractor performance through KPIs, targets, and improvement plans.
• Collaborate closely with Purchasing, Logistics, Quality, Engineering, Sales, Finance, Customer Service, Product Management, and Information Systems.
• Build, track, and present key supply chain performance indicators.
• Manage and develop a small professional team.

Requirements

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering & Management, Logistics, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in supply chain, planning, purchasing, manufacturing, or supply management in a global company.
• At least 2 years of experience managing a professional team.
• Proven experience working with international subcontractors and manufacturers – must
• Hands-on experience in production planning, material planning, forecasting, purchasing, and global inventory management.
• Experience managing customer delivery commitments and order fulfillment processes.
• Strong understanding of demand forecasting and supply planning.
• Experience working in a complex global environment with multiple products, suppliers, sites, and stakeholders.
• High proficiency in ERP systems and Microsoft Office.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Willingness to work with suppliers and stakeholders across different time zones and travel abroad as needed.

Key Skills

• Strong business and systems perspective with attention to detail.
• Excellent planning, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
• Strong analytical capabilities and ability to translate data into operational decisions.
• Strong negotiation and supplier management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proactive, solution-oriented, and results-driven approach.
• Ability to perform effectively in a dynamic environment with changing priorities and operational constraints.