Director, Supply Chain Management

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary : The Director of Supply Chain Management provides leadership and strategic direction for all supply chain functions at Defense Maritime Solutions (DMS), including Logistics, Purchasing, and Parts Coordination. This role ensures that supply chain strategies support DMS’s business objectives, U.S. Government customer requirements, and compliance with all regulatory obligations (FAR / DFARS, ITAR / EAR). The Director drives supplier performance, develops resilient supply chain processes, and leads high-performing teams to enable customer value, operational excellence, and sustainable growth. Accountabilities :

• Provide strategic leadership for the Supply Chain function (Logistics, Purchasing, Parts Coordination), ensuring alignment with DMS strategy, customer requirements, and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and execute strategic supply chain and sourcing initiatives—such as long-term agreements, price lists, and subcontract arrangements—to improve efficiency, mitigate vendor risk, and enhance supplier performance.
• Optimize cost, schedule, and quality performance across the supply chain while ensuring adherence to FAR / DFARS, ITAR, and EAR requirements.
• Build organizational capability by mentoring Team Leads, promoting accountability, and driving cross-functional alignment with key stakeholders, such as Program Management, Engineering, Finance, and Business Development.
• Partner with parent company (Wärtsilä) corporate supply chain stakeholders to align vendor qualification, evaluation, and management processes.

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American With Disabilities Specifications – General Requirements of Employment

The physical demands and environmental characteristics described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform basic functions.

Physical Demands : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities may be required by the job to include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Environment : While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.