Supply Chain Manager at Crown Castle in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Company overview

Crown Castle works around the country to build and maintain the infrastructure behind the world’s most revolutionary technologies. Crown Castle owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers and over 80,000 route miles of fiber supporting small cells and fiber solutions across every major US market. This nationwide portfolio of communications infrastructure connects cities and communities to essential data, technology and wireless service – bringing information, ideas and innovations to the people and businesses that need them. Crown Castle is an S&P 500 company and one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in the United States with an enterprise value of more than $110 billion. 

Position Title:  Supply Chain Manager ( 7E)

Position Summary

The Area Supply Chain Manager (ASCM) will be responsible for leading the area supply chain transformation to improve project and service delivery execution. The ASCM will lead a transformation that will relieve the construction and service delivery execution organization from the burden of manually executing supply chain transactions and ad hoc determination of area material management optimization. The ASCM will support the development and implementation of supply chain processes and procedures in the areas of planning, strategic sourcing, purchasing, warehousing, transportation and material flow optimization to drive significant improvement in project execution, material and services cost, quality, reliability and responsiveness in a manner consistent with Crown Castle values.

 

Essential Job Functions

• Collaborate with Area team and functional organizations to drive great project execution


• Lead Area Supply Chain teams


• Develop, coach and mentor team members


• Establish quantitative performance management routines with team members
  
  
  
  • Performance metrics include:
    
    
    
    • Contractor services cost reduction performance to target
    
    
    • Purchasing compliance performance
    
    
    • Material on time delivery
    
    
    • Material availability at site / GC
    
    
    • Contractor/Material price leakage prevention
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Engage and educate Crown Castle key stakeholders about the Area SCM process
  
  
  • Be aware of and support resolution of all area supply chain related issues, escalating when appropriate
  
  
  • Attend program / project kickoff meetings
  
  
  • Rationalizing Crown Castle supply base
  
  
  • Establish effective organizational engagement routines and communications to ensure intake of the best ideas and most effective implementation strategies.
  
  
  • Develop methods to track and analyze and drive improvement in cost, quality, delivery, reliability and responsiveness performance KPI’s
  
  
  • Establish business continuity and supplier risk management protocols and plans
  
  
  • Meet annual budget and cost savings targets
  
  
  • Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships both within and outside of the Supply Chain Team to drive accomplishment of overall Supply Chain goals and objectives
  
  
  • Assist with the implementation and training of systems, tools, processes, and procedures for the lines of business to ensure effective deployment.
  
  
  
  

Education/Certifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Experience/Minimum Requirements

• Five (5) years purchasing, supply chain and/or related experience


• Knowledge of Fiber, Tower and Small Cell construction and service delivery business


• Knowledge of supply chain material processes and systems

Other Skills/Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts


• Good financial acumen


• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to build and maintain trusting relationships


• Understanding of the data sets that can be pulled from the system for reporting purposes


• Ability to meet project deadlines and manage resources accordingly


• Proficient in Microsoft Office


• Strong organization and prioritization skills


• Strong customer service skills

Reports To:  Director, Area Supply Chain

Title(s) of direct reports:  Contractor Manager(s), Purchasing Specialist(s), Material Specialist(s)

Working Conditions: Works in a normal office setting with no exposure to adverse environmental conditions.   We offer a hybrid working model with 3 days in local office and up to 2 days working remotely each week.   

Additional Information:   Crown Castle is a federal contractor and the COVID-19 vaccination is a requirement of employment by your start date to comply with Executive Order 14042.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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