Job Description

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.

With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.

At US Valve Corp., we specialize in manufacturing a diverse range of high-quality industrial check valves, including elastomer-hinge, wafer-style dual disc, single disc, axial flow wafer, silent check valves, as well as medical ball and check valves. Our products serve medical, industrial, and commercial applications and are marketed under the trusted brands US Valve, Champion Valve, and Technocheck.

As a growing company supported by a respected S&P 500-traded parent, we offer the agility and innovation of a smaller business while benefiting from the financial stability and corporate backing of an industry leader. We are seeking a results-driven, hands-on Supply Chain Manager to lead our purchasing and import logistics functions — ensuring timely material availability and continuous improvement in supply chain processes.

This role is ideal for a supply chain professional who thrives in a fast-paced, multi-brand manufacturing environment — where analytical thinking, proactive problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration are critical to meeting customer commitments and supporting production efficiency. If you excel at using advanced supply chain tools like SIOP and PFEP, and you’re energized by building reliable, agile supply networks, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact while growing your career.

Job Summary

The Supply Chain Manager will lead the purchasing and import logistics functions for US Valve & Champion Valve and work closely with the Performance Pneumatics sourcing & supply chain teams. Working cross-functionally with Production and Finance, the Supply Chain Manager ensures on-time delivery, accurate inventory accounting, and continuous process improvements. This role reports directly to the Operations Manager.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead overall purchasing, scheduling and related logistics functions.
• Evaluate raw materials requirements with planner, management, and MRP systems.
• Manage logistics to ensure timely product deliveries to customers.
• Monitor and analyze supply chain performance metrics to identify and implement improvements.
• Collaborate with the Logistics Manager to optimize inventory management, order fulfillment, and shipping operations.
• Partner with the commercial team to set inventory levels aligned with sales forecasts.
• Identify supply chain risks and implement countermeasures to improve part availability, prevent stockouts, and accelerate backlog execution.
• Deepen 80/20 principles within the organization through Plan for Every Part (PFEP) analysis.
• Lead the SIOP (Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning) process.
• Own and maintain supplier data masters in JD Edwards, ensuring data accuracy.
• Track and expedite deliveries; resolve discrepancies by comparing purchase orders and receipts.
• Participate in periodic physical inventories.
• Address defective goods issues in collaboration with Quality, vendors, and users to identify root causes and implement solutions.
• Ensure import compliance, including adherence to applicable trade regulations.

Measures of Success

• Achieves or exceeds target inventory turns through optimized planning and procurement.
• Increases supplier on-time delivery and quality performance (≥95% OTD, <1% defects).
• Reduces supply chain complexity through 80/20 initiatives.
• Delivers annual material cost productivity of ≥2% through negotiations, sourcing, or process improvements in collaboration with sourcing.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Manages a buyer/planner.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Strong interpersonal communication skills: ability to manage effective relationships
• Bias for action; drive to achieve results and goals in the short and long term.
• Organized, strong time and project management skills.
• A drive to discover and meet the needs of customers (both internal and external).
• Possesses computer skills required to be proficient in job requirements including strong Excel and prior MRP/ERP experience, JD Edwards a plus
• Understanding of data analysis and performance/operation metrics
• Experienced change agent

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or other relevant degree
• 10+ years’ experience in Purchasing, Strategic Sourcing, or Materials Management roles
• History of supply chain performance improvement in a low-volume, high-mix, manufacturing business
• Experience in international sourcing and logistics, experience with Asian suppliers is a plus.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing duties of the job, employee is required to move around and be still; use hands to handle objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear.
• Employee will occasionally lift average of 25 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• International/Domestic travel required 10% of time.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Shop floor and office working environments.
• Noise level is minimal with intervals of spikes.
• Required to wear safety glasses and utilize other safety equipment as required while present on the shop floor.

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

Total Rewards

The compensation range for this position is $107,100.00 - $160,700.00, depending on experience. This position may be eligible for performance based bonus plan.

Benefits Package

Our comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings include: Health benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more. More information on our benefits and rewards can be found on our career page: https://www.idexcorp.com/careers/our-benefit-and-rewards/

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.

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