Supply Chain Manager

Job Description

Supply Chain Manager | Confidential Employer

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Xona, located in Montreal. Xona is a navigational intelligence company focused on bringing real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device, anywhere on Earth. With Pulsar – the world’s most advanced PNT satellite infrastructure in Low Earth Orbit – Xona will offer a global positioning system optimized for absolute precision, superior power, and robust protection. This role is critical as the first dedicated supply chain leader at the Montreal facility, tasked with establishing and leading the supply chain function to support R&D and subsystem component manufacturing, ensuring a seamless production flow with the California head office.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Montreal, Montreal

• Team: Reports to supply chain leadership, part of an established team of eight people.
• Mission: Establish and lead the full scope of supply chain activities at the Montreal facility, ensuring seamless production flow and strategic sourcing of critical components.
• Tech Stack: ERP systems, PLM/PDM, configuration management, QMS, MES

What You’ll Actually Do
• Strategy Alignment: Align and implement a cohesive supply chain strategy, structure, policies, processes, and performance measures with the California team.
• Process Development: Create standard operating procedures for purchasing, planning, inventory, receiving, warehousing, shipping, and supplier management.
• Operational Management: Manage purchasing, inventory, planning, warehousing, logistics, and supplier activities, including conducting supplier audits.
• Collaboration & Support: Collaborate regularly with engineering and manufacturing to support R&D, prototyping activities, and production readiness.
• Function Ownership: Establish priorities, build structure, and take ownership of a broad operational mandate for the Montreal supply chain.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, operations management, business administration, industrial engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: At least 7 years of progressive experience in supply chain, procurement, materials management, logistics, or operations, preferably in a manufacturing, distribution, or industrial environment. Experience developing or improving supply chain processes, systems, reporting, and controls.
• Skills: Fluency in English and French (spoken and written). Strong knowledge of purchasing, inventory management, planning, warehousing, logistics, and supplier management. Strong analytical, organizational, negotiation, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Bonus: Being a US Person is an asset. Experience with MES.