Supply Chain Intern Jobs in Puerto Rico (NOW HIRING)

We’re a company of agile, customer-oriented individuals with a shared commitment to integrity, servant leadership, and teamwork. Our associates take pride and ownership in their work, and innovate to provide the highest quality, life-enhancing medical technology in the world. Together, We’re in It for Life.

We’re looking for a Supply Chain Manager who will oversee planning, purchasing, customer service, and warehouse management for a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This role combines operational excellence with customer relationship management, driving continuous improvement and cost optimization. You’ll manage a team of direct and indirect reports, coach and develop talent, and collaborate with global stakeholders to ensure seamless execution of SOP and SIOP processes. If you thrive on balancing technical expertise with leadership and communication, this is your opportunity to shape the future of our supply chain.

The Supply Chain Manager coordinates, organizes, and oversees all activities involved in the identification, acquisition, production, and distribution of the company’s goods.

• Location: Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
• Work Model: Onsite

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with other departments and stakeholders to identify and maintain resources needed to establish and provide an effective supply chain.
• Establishes performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of factors affecting the supply chain.
• Develops and maintains detailed inventories of materials and supplies located in the company, at sites, and in the factory.   
• Maintains required quantity of supplies and materials to optimize production.
• Analyzes current inventories and procedures; suggests improvements to increase efficiency of supply chain and profitability for the company.
• Develops policies to increase efficiency throughout the supply chain while ensuring quality and safety; implements subsequent changes to processes.
• Identifies optimal shipment and transportation routes with attention to consolidation of warehousing and distribution.
• Assesses the need for material-handling equipment and staffing; makes recommendations to ensure efficient loading, unloading, movement, and storage of materials.
• Negotiates prices for raw material and delivery with suppliers, vendors, and/or shipping companies.
• Participates as an advisory member of the product development team, providing information and guidance on availability and cost of supplies and materials. 
• Acts as part of the team coordinating engineering changes, product line extension, or new product launches to ensure timely and orderly material and production flow transitions.
• Monitors the performance of suppliers, assessing their ability to meet quality and delivery requirements; identifies and qualifies new suppliers in collaboration with other departments
• Collaborates with other appropriate management staff to prepare and implement budget.
• Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business procedures.
• Implements policies and procedures that will improve day-to-day operations.   
• Ensures work environments are adequate and safe. 
• Plans, directs, controls, implements, evaluates, monitors, area spending aligned with budget.
• Projects a positive image of the department and facility to employees, customers, industry, and community.
• Manage customer’s forums, visits and new business requisites.
• Ensures a healthy and safe working environment, and compliance with federal and state regulations, through collaboration with environmental, health, and safety staff.
• Identifies and shares training opportunities for team to build and improve skills.
• Organizes site team structure for optimal, efficient operations.
• Works with finance to on assigned area budget projections and ensure alignment to EBITDA.
• Delivers site progress reports (KPIS) to management team members as requested.
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar field required; experience or Master's degree in Business Administration is highly desired.
• Proven track record in Supply Chain Management, with 10+ years in a leadership role overseeing planning, purchasing, customer service, and warehouse operations.
• Experience in medical device manufacturing is strongly preferred due to regulatory and quality compliance requirements. Other regulared industries experience such as electronics, food production, pharmaceutical. 
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams and drive process improvements in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with ERP systems (IQMS preferred) and strong understanding of SOP & SIOP processes.
• Solid understanding of production flow and manufacturing processes, including planning, purchasing, and inventory management.
• Proven ability to support and manage NPI launches, including coordination of materials, planning, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure successful product introduction.

Additional Requirements: 

• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills with a proven ability to create and maintain positive working relationships with vendors, suppliers, shippers, and customers.
• Thorough understanding of applicable regulations as they pertain to plant operation.
• Ability to understand and operate the systems and equipment used at the facility.
• Ability to perform and analyze various system checks.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.