
Supply Chain Manager, Ground Station, ISR
ICEYE
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Espoo • Finland
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About the role
- Lead and develop a supply chain team for Ground Station and ISR customer programs.
- Set execution priorities based on sales orders, customer schedules, and delivery commitments.
- Maintain workflows for hardware/software procurement, service sourcing, and provider coordination.
- Coach the team on disciplined execution, supplier follow-through, and effective escalation.
- Support hiring, onboarding, and performance management in line with ICEYE expectations.
- Serve as the supply chain interface for customer configurations, interfaces, and delivery requirements.
- Collaborate with engineering to translate customer changes into practical sourcing actions.
- Read technical documentation to ensure accurate procurement and service alignment.
- Keep sourcing plans, supplier approvals, and schedules updated with engineering changes.
- Contribute to build and deployment readiness reviews for Ground Station and ISR systems.
- Own end-to-end supply chain execution for customer sales orders, covering: Electronic components and subsystems for Ground Station and ISR platforms
- Mechanical assemblies, enclosures, racks, cabling, and installation hardware
- Ground station services, capacity reservations, and operational support
- Align procurement and service activation with customer timelines and commitments.
- Guide priorities when demand conflicts arise, escalating critical tradeoffs.
- Ensure accurate execution and tracking in ERP and related systems, including costs and status.
- Manage operational and commercial relationships with hardware suppliers and ground station providers.
- Negotiate commercial terms with ground station partners, including: Data packages, throughput, and capacity commitments
- Service availability, pricing, and SLAs
- Defined escalation mechanisms
- Track supplier and provider performance against delivery, quality, and service targets.
- Drive expediting, schedule recovery, and service changes to protect customer deliveries.
- Partner with Sales, Sales Operations, Program Management, Engineering, and Operations to align requirements and timelines.
- Communicate material status, service readiness, risks, and mitigation plans.
- Join order reviews, delivery tracking, and customer readiness forums.
- Present supply chain execution status in internal and customer meetings when needed.
- Identify and manage risks in component availability, long-lead items, service capacity, export controls, and customer specifics.
- Pursue alternate suppliers, service providers, or delivery approaches to protect commitments.
- Ensure compliance with contractual, regulatory, and customer requirements.
- Continuously improve execution processes for better reliability, responsiveness, and cost control.
Requirements
- **Must haves:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
- 6–9 years of experience in supply chain, sourcing, or operations roles supporting technically complex products or services, including people management experience.
- Demonstrated ability to work with technically complex systems, including interpretation of BOMs, specifications, interfaces, and configuration-controlled hardware and services.
- Experience executing customer orders that combine physical hardware with externally provided services, capacity, or infrastructure.
- Experience operating in regulated or compliance-sensitive environments (e.g., export controls, customer-specific regulatory requirements, or government-related programs)
- Strong commercial and negotiation skills, particularly with service and infrastructure partners.
- Ability to work across engineering, sales, and operations in customer-driven technical environments.
- Strong communication, prioritization, and decision-making skills.**
- **Nice to haves**
- Experience with satellite ground stations (hardware and/or services), ISR systems, RF technologies, telecommunications infrastructure, or data services.
- Familiarity with contracting for capacity-based services, data packages, or usage-based pricing models.
- Experience working with international suppliers and service providers across multiple regions and regulatory environments..
- ERP and order management system experience.
- Professional certifications (APICS, PMP, Six Sigma) a plus.
Benefits
- Our benefits are designed to support your health and wellbeing—at work and beyond. We keep improving them based on employee feedback, and offerings vary by location.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
supply chain managementsourcingoperationsBOM interpretationnegotiationprocurementservice activationcapacity managementcompliance managementrisk management
Soft Skills
communicationprioritizationdecision-makingcoachingcollaborationleadershipproblem-solvingperformance managementcustomer focusadaptability
Certifications
APICSPMPSix Sigma