Job Title:  Director of Operations and Supply Chain

Amptek is seeking a highly skilful individual to serve as our Director of Operations and Supply Chain at our Finland and US business units.

You as our new Director of Operations and Supply Chain will play a crucial role in executing supply chain excellence, operational process improvements, strategic planning and business growth in both of our business units. You will lead the efforts of over 50 people through a team of professionals including Materials Manager, US Operations Manager, and Finland Operations Manager. This is an onsite role based at our Espoo location with the readiness to travel around 25% to US manufacturing location and internal suppliers. You will have a team around you to support your success, and you will collaborate internationally including cross-culture communication with teams in Finland, US and China. This position reports directly to the Vice President/ Business Manager.

This is a fast-paced, hands-on, dynamic environment, where we expect you to support both corporate and local teams. Surroundings are a mix of office, clean room and manufacturing requiring adaptability.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of supply chain management, including materials procurement, inventory control, supplier relationships, and logistics across global sites.
• Optimize the flow of goods from suppliers through production to customers.
• Establish and monitor key supply chain KPIs for quality, cost, delivery, and safety.
• Coordinate manufacturing and supply chain activities with other business functions and suppliers to maximize resource utilization and ensure timely fulfillment.
• Interface with key vendors and suppliers on all supply chain related activities, executing strategies to reduce cost or negotiate supplier contracts as needed.
• Drive operational improvements in Clean Room, Detector Manufacturing, and X-Ray Source Manufacturing with extensive deployment of six sigma methodologies to improve yields, lower inventory, and reduce cost.
• Lead initiatives to reduce working capital, focusing on inventory and scrap reduction.
• Implement best practices in demand forecasting, inventory management, and production planning within ERP system, ensuring accurate data integration and process alignment across regions.
• Lead operation activities with a quality and continuous improvement mindset, maintaining and implementing a QMS via ISO 9001.
• Develop and execute long-term operational and supply chain strategies to support global business objectives such as shipment goals, quality levels, and growth targets.
• Lead capital expansion initiatives, including site expansions, equipment investments, and capacity planning to ensure supply chain scalability and resilience.
• Implement key change initiatives, manage cross-functional teams, and drive adoption of new processes, continuous improvement initiatives and technologies.
• Identify and mitigate operational risks, including supply chain disruptions and business continuity threats.
• Provide guidance to the development of manufacturing process plans, including personnel requirements, material needs, subcontract requirements, facility needs, tooling needs, or equipment needs as business grows.
• Determine responsibilities of assigned organization and staff positions to accomplish business objectives and review functional and individual performance.
• Mentor and develop a diverse, high-performing global operations and supply chain team.
• Train and ensure all assigned employees are aware of and comply with company, government and customer policies, procedures and regulations.
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, and innovation.
• Additional Operations responsibilities as required.

We Require

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations management, physics, materials science, or engineering, MBA preferred.
• Minimum 10 years supply chain leadership experience including at least five of those years in an operations management role.
• Experience managing global teams and navigating multicultural environments.
• Strong knowledge of ERP systems, Lean Six Sigma, and ISO 9001 standards.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Fluent language skills in Finnish and English, both written and oral.

In our workplace, we require our team members to undergo a substance test and pass a background check as part of our safety protocols. Ensuring everyone’s well-being is our top priority, and we maintain zero tolerance policy for any misconduct. Your safety matters most to us.

We are offering you an essential role in our innovative environment with cutting-edge technologies, an opportunity to lead global operations and shape strategic initiatives.

• Amptek is a leading provider of X-ray and gamma-ray detection solutions and is a part of Advanced Measurement Technology (AMT), a group of high-performance scientific instrumentation businesses with the Materials Analysis Division of AMETEK, Inc. A great opportunity to work with products that are used in solving complex scientific problems in physics, material research and various other areas.
• Amptek manufactures state-of-the-art nuclear instrumentation and associated components used for X-ray and gamma ray detection. It offers SDD and Si-PIN X-ray detectors for XRF analysis. CdTe and scintillation-based gamma-ray detectors for XRF analysis and radiation measurement, cutting-edge digital pulse processors, and charge sensitive preamplifiers and front-end electronics for satellite and other instrumentation. Customers include both major and emerging OEM instrumentation manufacturers who produce handheld, portable and benchtop analyzers, government research laboratories and universities, private industry, and numerous space agencies around the world. AMETEK Finland is a provider of radiation detector components, including ultra-thin radiation windows, silicon drift detectors and X-ray filters is a complementary business of Amptek. AMETEK Finland has extensive expertise around Si-PIN and silicon drift detection (SDD) manufacturing.

In this position, you will be employed directly to AMETEK Finland Oy.

Sounds like you? Please submit your application letter and CV by the latest 23.12.2025 via our application system. If possible, we will proceed with potential applicants already during the recruiting process. Please mention your salary request and possible starting date or resignation period in your application documents.

You can familiarize yourself with Amptek here: https://www.amptek.com. For more information about the recruitment process contact Sr. HR Specialist Helena Leskelä via email helena.leskela(at)ametek.com.