Supplier Fulfillment Leader - Hardware Delivery Support

Quest Defense is seeking a Supplier Fulfillment Leader to support and help lead supplier fulfillment execution.  This role will own assigned supplier rhythms, maintain hardware delivery visibility, support recovery planning for high-risk parts, and provide reliable reporting inputs for Product Operations and leadership cadence.

The  role requires greater autonomy, stronger supplier-facing maturity, better issue escalation judgment, and the ability to support less experienced team members with execution discipline, tracker quality, and cadence readiness.

This role is Hybrid based out of Cincinnati, OH/Evendale, OH. Due to the nature of these roles, applicants must be US Citizen or Green Card Holder/ Permanent Resident.

Key Responsibilities

• Own assigned supplier fulfillment rhythms for hardware on purchase order.


• Lead or support weekly/monthly supplier status meetings and document commitments.


• Maintain accurate hardware delivery status, supplier commit dates, and forecasted on-dock dates.


• Coordinate new part kickoff calls with suppliers and Client stakeholders.


• Work with Product Operations, Engineering, Sourcing, and other functional teams to align hardware status, design-change impacts, and recovery actions.


• Support MLOB / Line of Balance data integrity by ensuring forecast tracker updates are complete, timely, and aligned with customer expectations.


• Identify delivery risks, data gaps, schedule clashes, and escalation needs.


• Develop and maintain recovery action plans for high-risk hardware, including owners, due dates, dependencies, and escalation status.


• Support daily management, bowler updates, and FLIGHTDECK cadence participation.


• Prepare weekly hardware risk summaries and leadership-ready status inputs.


• Help establish standard work, tracker discipline, and communication norms for the supplier fulfillment support team.


• Provide peer guidance to 1D-level resources as needed.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in supply chain, sourcing, supplier fulfillment, manufacturing program support, project management, hardware delivery, materials planning, or related work.


• Strong Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and structured tracker management skills.


• Experience coordinating across suppliers and cross-functional internal teams.


• Ability to lead supplier/status meetings and drive actions to closure.


• Strong written communication and concise status reporting capability.


• Ability to identify delivery risks and escalate issues with clear facts, impacts, and required decisions.


• Ability to work onsite in the Cincinnati / Evendale area Tuesday through Thursday.


• US. Citizen or U.S. Green Card holder.

Preferred Qualifications

• Aerospace, NPI, manufacturing programs, product operations, materials, sourcing, or supplier management experience.


• Experience supporting hardware delivery, line-of-balance tracking, recovery planning, or purchase order / supplier commit management.


• Familiarity with FLIGHTDECK, daily management, bowler reviews, visual management, SQDC, or Lean operating systems.


• Experience with Smartsheet, ERP exports, MLOB / LOB tools, BOX, SharePoint, or advanced Excel-based tracking systems.


• Ability to mentor junior execution resources and stabilize operating cadence.