Key Responsibilities

Leadership & People Management

• Lead, develop, and coach a multifunctional supply chain organization across planning, production, and distribution.
• Build succession plans and strengthen organizational capabilities across critical roles.
• Foster a highperformance, collaborative, and continuousimprovement culture.
• Define clear objectives, KPIs, and accountability across teams.

Supply Chain Planning & Operations

• Own RPM planning, ensuring material availability, cost optimization, and risk mitigation.
• Lead production planning and scheduling to meet service, cost, and quality targets.
• Oversee distribution and logistics operations, ensuring optimal service levels and network efficiency.
• Drive strong endtoend alignment between demand planning, supply planning, and execution.

Transformation & Automation

• Lead supply chain planning transformation initiatives, including standardization, digitization, and process redesign.
• Drive automation and system improvements (e.g., ERP, APS, planning and analytics tools).
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and enhance planning accuracy and responsiveness.
• Champion datadriven decisionmaking and advanced planning capabilities.

Performance & Continuous Improvement

• Define, monitor, and improve KPIs related to service level, inventory, cost, productivity, and forecast accuracy.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
• Proactively identify supply chain risks and develop mitigation and contingency plans.

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as a key partner to senior leadership and crossfunctional teams including manufacturing, procurement, finance, and commercial.
• Build strong relationships with suppliers and logistics partners to drive performance and collaboration.
• Communicate strategy, progress, risks, and transformation roadmaps clearly and effectively.

Key Requirements

• Minimum 8+ years of progressive experience in supply chain management, planning, or operations.
• Strong people management experience, leading managers and professional teams.
• Demonstrated expertise in RPM planning, production planning, and distribution/logistics.
• Proven track record of leading supply chain automation and transformation initiatives.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong leadership, coaching, and stakeholdermanagement skills.
• Endtoend understanding of integrated supply chain planning processes.
• Analytical, structured problemsolver with a resultsoriented mindset.
• Ability to lead change and influence across multiple functions.
• Excellent communication skills, including executivelevel engagement.

Education

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Masters degree and/or professional certifications (e.g., APICS CSCP/CPIM, Lean Six Sigma) are an advantage.