Noctrixhealth
Director, Supply Chain & Operations
Pleasanton, CA. Posted a month ago
The role
The Director, Supply Chain & Operations will lead and scale the supply chain and operations function. This person will own supply planning, supplier relationships, inventory strategy, logistics, and distribution for a Class II medical device business.
What you will do
- Own end-to-end supply chain and operations execution for a Class II medical device business
- Lead supply planning, production planning, inventory management, logistics, warehousing, fulfillment, and reverse-logistics
- Serve as the primary operational leader for key suppliers, contract manufacturers, and logistics providers
- Establish operating plans, supplier scorecards, and key performance indicators
- Translate commercial forecasts into actionable supply, inventory, capacity, and production plans
- Lead, coach, and develop the supply chain and operations team
- Lead supplier and contract manufacturer negotiations
- Support NPI and product changes from development through commercial production
- Develop and manage supply chain budgets, forecasts, and inventory strategies
- Provide supply chain and operations updates to executive leadership
Required qualifications
- 12+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, manufacturing operations, logistics, or related operational leadership roles
- 5+ years of direct people-management experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or a related technical discipline
- Demonstrated success managing global or international supply chain partners
- Hands-on operating experience within a high-growth environment
- Experience establishing or materially improving logistics, distribution, warehousing, fulfillment, and inventory-management networks
- Strong supplier-management and negotiation experience
- Experience developing demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and production plans
- Experience supporting NPI, design transfer, product changes, and sustaining activities
- Strong cross-functional experience partnering with Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Product, Commercial, and Finance teams
- Working knowledge of FDA requirements and ISO 13485 expectations within a medical device or similarly regulated product environment
- Experience establishing and managing supply chain and operations KPIs, supplier scorecards, business reviews, and performance dashboards
Nice to have
- Medical device industry experience, particularly with Class II products
- Advanced degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or a related discipline
- Experience supporting the commercialization and scaling of prescription medical devices or other regulated healthcare products
- Experience managing geographically distributed suppliers, contract manufacturers, logistics providers, and distribution partners
- Experience building or scaling supply chain and operations functions within a startup, growth-stage, or rapidly evolving organization
- Experience improving Sales and Operations Planning, demand planning, supply planning, or similar cross-functional planning processes
- Experience developing global supplier strategies, dual-sourcing plans, and business-continuity programs
- Experience managing inventory optimization, cost-reduction, working-capital, and operational-efficiency initiatives
- Experience implementing or improving ERP, planning, inventory-management, or supply chain reporting systems
About the company
Noctrix Health is redefining the treatment of chronic neurological disorders with clinically validated therapeutic wearables. The team is dedicated to delivering prescription-grade therapy with an outstanding user experience.