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Manager, Supply Chain Systems Engineering

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n Job ID: 32985

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nn Date Posted: Jun 17, 2026n

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Job Description

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Key Responsibilities

The Manager, Supply Chain Engineering is responsible for leading technology and engineering teams that support supply chain platforms, warehouse operations, integrations, automation, and related business capabilities.

This role manages daily team execution, performance, scheduling, and talent development while also participating directly in architecture, solution design, modernization planning, platform consolidation, and responsible AI adoption. The Manager has a proven track record as a people leader and technical partner, with demonstrated potential to grow into a Sr Manager role.

Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to the following:

• Lead, coach, and develop supply chain engineering team members, supervisors, and technical leads.
• Oversee daily schedules, capacity planning, time off requests, on-call coverage, and work prioritization.
• Conduct regular 1 on 1 meetings, performance reviews, goal setting, and development planning using SMART methodology.
• Partner with Directors, VPs, business leaders, and enterprise architecture to align team priorities to business outcomes.
• Participate in architecture and design reviews for supply chain systems, integrations, data flows, automation, and vendor solutions.
• Translate business needs into scalable, secure, supportable technical designs and implementation plans.
• Drive consolidation of overlapping systems, tools, integrations, reports, licenses, and support processes to reduce complexity and cost.
• Champion responsible AI utilization for engineering productivity, documentation, analysis, testing, monitoring, support, and operational insight.
• Ensure AI-enabled solutions follow company standards for security, data privacy, governance, auditability, and human oversight.
• Work with staff to ensure BAU support, incident response, problem management, and project deliverables are completed on time.
• Handle or guide resolution of complex technical issues where staff require leadership, escalation support, or design direction.
• Establish and monitor KPIs for delivery, system reliability, incident trends, capacity, utilization, support quality, and vendor performance.
• Ensure technical documentation, architecture notes, operational runbooks, roles and responsibilities, and SOPs are accurate and current.
• Actively communicate with business partners, escalation teams, security, infrastructure, data, and operations teams to resolve issues efficiently.
• Maintain strong knowledge of supported supply chain platforms, automation technologies, integrations, APIs, data services, and cloud/SaaS tools.
• Generate and implement operational improvement ideas that improve stability, scalability, cost, delivery speed, and team effectiveness.
• Oversee department technology budgets, licensing, vendor support, OpEx/CapEx reporting, and accurate time tracking.
• Maintain vendor relationships and hold partners accountable for service quality, roadmap alignment, pricing, delivery, and support commitments.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Professional Experience and Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor''s Degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• 8+ years of relevant technology, engineering, operations, or supply chain systems experience.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience, including coaching, performance management, prioritization, and team development.
• Supply Chain Technology: Working knowledge of WMS, WES, WCS, OMS, TMS, inventory, fulfillment, warehouse automation, EDI, APIs, integrations, and data platforms.
• Architecture & Design: Able to participate in solution architecture, design reviews, technical tradeoff discussions, implementation planning, testing strategy, change impact assessment, and rollback planning.
• AI Enablement: Practical understanding of AI-assisted engineering, documentation, knowledge management, analytics, automation, and support use cases, with sound judgment around responsible and secure AI adoption.
• Consolidation & Optimization: Able to identify duplicate systems, tools, reports, processes, licenses, and vendor services, then build rationalization plans that improve utilization and lower total cost.
• Analytical Skills: Explores information, data, reports, and metrics to extract meaningful insights that improve business performance, system health, resource utilization, and decision quality.
• Business Acumen: Understands key business drivers, company strategies, operational constraints, vendor economics, and financial data impacting the department and organization.
• Collaboration: Able to work effectively with internal and external partners, enterprise architecture, security, infrastructure, operations, and business stakeholders to accomplish shared goals.
• Customer Focus: Understands and improves the internal customer experience when designing services, support processes, technology roadmaps, and operational capabilities.
• Interpersonal Communication: Communicates with diverse audiences in a clear, concise, and courteous manner through verbal, written, presentation, and technical design artifacts.
• Initiative: Identifies opportunities and issues, proactively follows through, thinks critically, and drives continuous improvement with a positive, accountable attitude.
• Organizational Skills: Manages time, resources, priorities, and multiple workstreams while maintaining strong attention to detail and timely follow-through.
• Performance Management: Proven ability to provide constructive feedback, motivate team performance, develop talent, delegate appropriately, and improve team capability.
• Project Management: Able to develop and execute project plans, coordinate cross-functional groups, manage risks, track progress, and ensure timely completion.
• Technology Skills: Comfortable with modern engineering practices, SDLC, DevOps concepts, monitoring, incident/problem management, security practices, cloud/SaaS platforms, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Training: Able to create and deliver training, documentation, and knowledge-sharing practices that improve team capability, capacity, productivity, and performance.

Why Guitar Center Company?

• Great People & Leadership: Work with a supportive, knowledgeable team dedicated to operational excellence.
• Professional Growth: Tangible career advancement opportunities, consistent recognition, and a team invested in individual and organizational success.
• Impact & Purpose: Play a crucial role in improving technology support services, minimizing business disruptions, and supporting the broader mission of creating more musicians and bringing music to the world.
• Steep Employee Discounts: Enjoy significant discounts on musical products and gear sold at The Guitar Center.
• Collaborative & Motivated Team Environment: Join a team that values documentation, prioritization, and problem-solving, all while fostering a culture of accountability and enjoyment.

Join Us and Be a Part of a Team That Supports the Music Industry from the Inside Out!

Pay Rate: Base range of $120,000 - $153,367 per year, depending on background and experience.

This position is eligible to participate in the Guitar Center Company bonus program based on Company performance. The job posting does not necessarily reflect actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any particular employee, which is always dependent on actual experience, education, and other factors. The pay range(s) listed are provided in compliance with state specific laws.

Pay ranges may be different in other locations.

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Send your resume and cover letter today along with salary expectations!

Guitar Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides fair and equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status prohibited under Federal, State, or local laws. All employment decisions are based on valid job‐related requirements.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our website, you may request a reasonable accommodation to express interest in a specific opening. You can request a reasonable accommodation by sending an email tou202f[email protected].

About the Guitar Center Company

The Guitar Center Company embodies the world of creativity and music by encouraging our teammates to find their own individual sound. Our mission is to develop and nurture lifelong musicians and make a difference in the world by enabling musicians and non-musicians alike to experience the joy that comes from creating music.

We believe in putting our customers first, engaging with respect and integrity and fulfilling our mission with passion.

The Guitar Center Company operates through several business divisions.

Guitar Center is the world's largest retailer of guitars, amplifiers, drums, keyboards, recording, live sound, DJ, and lighting equipment, with more than 290+ stores across the United States.u202f 2014 marked the milestone 50th anniversary of the Guitar Center Company as the organization continues to help people make music from coast to coast.u202f u202f

E-Commerce brands Guitar Center, Musician's Friend and WWBW offer online sales of a broad selection of music products.u202fThe Music & Arts division operates more than 220+ stores specializing in band & orchestral instruments for sale and rental, serving teachers, band directors, college professors, and students since 1952. AVDG and GCPro headline the enterprise audio-visual integration business, delivering a best-in-class commercial and residential customer experience.

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Analysis Skills, Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Audiovisual, Automation, Budget Management, Business Skills, Business Strategy, Call Centers, Capacity Utilization, Capital Expenditure (CAPEX), Cloud Computing, Coaching, Continuous Improvement, Cost Control, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Customer Relations, Customer Support/Service, Design Services, Detail Oriented, DevOps, Distribution Services, Documentation, Economics, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Protection, Establish Priorities, Federal Laws and Regulations, Follow Through, GNU C Compiler, High School Diploma, Identify Issues, Incident Management, Incident Response, Information Technology & Information Systems, Interpersonal Skills, Keyboards, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Metrics, Music, Operational Expenditure (OPEX), Operational Improvement, Operational Strategy, Operational Support, Order/Customer Fulfillment, Organizational Skills, Performance Goal Setting, Performance Management, Performance Metrics, Performance Reviews, Power Amplifier, Pricing, Privacy Controls, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Productivity Management, Project Planning, Project Tracking, Project/Program Coordination, Project/Program Management, Regulatory Compliance, Rentals, Resource Management, Resource Utilization, Retail, Risk Management, Sales, Security Architecture, Security Infrastructure, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Software as a Service (SaaS), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), State Laws and Regulations, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Operations, System Integration (SI), Systems Engineering, Systems Reliability, Talent Management, Team Building, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Technical Leadership, Technical Presentation, Technical Support, Technical Writing, Technical/Engineering Design, Test Strategy, Testing, Time Management, Time Tracking, Training/Teaching, Use Cases, Vendor/Supplier Evaluation, Vendor/Supplier Licensing, Vendor/Supplier Relations, Warehousing, Workplace Issues, eCommerce, eCommerce Sales

About the Company

Guitar Center Inc

Guitar Center is a leading retailer of musical instruments, lessons, repairs and rentals in the U.S. With more than 290 stores across the U.S. and one of the top direct sales websites in the industry, Guitar Center has helped people make music for more than 50 years.

Guitar Center also provides customers with various musician-based services, including Guitar Center Lessons, where musicians of all ages and skill levels can learn to play a variety of instruments in many music genres; GC Repairs, an on-site maintenance and repairs service; and GC Rentals, a program offering easy rentals of instruments and other sound reinforcement gear.

Additionally, Guitar Center’s sister brands include Music & Arts, which operates more than 150 stores specializing in band & orchestral instruments for sale and rental, serving teachers, band directors, college professors and students, and Musician’s Friend, a leading direct marketer of musical instruments in the United States.

Company Size

10,000 employees or more

Industry

Retail

Founded

1964

Website

https://www.guitarcenter.com/pages/careers