AI Manager - Supply Chain

Job Description:

Information Technology: AI Manager
- Supply Chain

TTI Techtronic Industries is a fast-growing world leader in Power Tools, Accessories, Hand Tools, Outdoor Power Equipment, and Floor Care for Do-It-Yourself (DIY), professional and industrial users in the home improvement, repair, maintenance, construction, and infrastructure industries. The Company is committed to accelerating the transformation of these industries through superior environmentally friendly cordless technology. At TTI Anderson, our brands RYOBI and Ridgid are recognized worldwide for their deep heritage and cordless product platforms of superior quality, outstanding performance, safety, productivity, and compelling innovation.

The IT AI Manager
- Supply Chain identifies, develops, prioritizes, and executes AI initiatives across Supply Chain sub-functions (demand planning, supply planning and customer fulfillment) to create measurable business value. This role partners directly with Supply Chain leadership and functional stakeholders to understand opportunities, define requirements, maintain a supply chain AI roadmap, and deliver practical solutions such as AI agents, AI chatbots, predictive AI analytics, reporting, automation, and decision-support capabilities.

The position combines supply chain domain expertise, analytical problem solving, technical curiosity, and strong communication skills to translate business needs into scalable AI-enabled solutions that improve forecasting, inventory management, replenishment, logistics, distribution operations, service levels, productivity, and overall operational performance.

Partners directly with Supply Chain leaders and functional stakeholders to identify, evaluate, prioritize, and execute AI opportunities that align to functional goals and measurable business outcomes. Please note – this is a business facing role. Develops, maintains, and manages the supply chain AI roadmap, including opportunity intake, prioritization criteria, delivery milestones, value assumptions, dependencies, and execution status. Designs, prototypes, tests, and deploys AI-enabled solutions such as AI agents, AI chatbots, forecasting tools, inventory analytics, automation workflows, reporting, and decision-support capabilities.

Translates business problems into clear technical requirements by gathering stakeholder input, documenting use cases, defining success criteria, and clarifying expected business value. Uses SQL and related data tools to access, transform, validate, and prepare functional data needed for AI, analytics, reporting, forecasting, and predictive solutions. Collaborates with IT, data engineering, business optimization, security, governance, and functional stakeholders to ensure AI solutions are scalable, supportable, secure, and aligned to enterprise standards.

Manages intake, qualification, prioritization, and execution tracking of AI opportunities within the assigned business function. Communicates project status, risks, requirements, demos, adoption expectations, and business impact clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, including leadership when needed. Tracks adoption, usage, outcomes, and value realization for delivered AI solutions and recommends enhancements to improve business impact over time. Creates documentation, training materials, quick reference guides, and support materials to help users understand and adopt AI-enabled tools and processes.

Works both independently and as part of cross-functional teams to move AI initiatives from idea generation through execution while balancing multiple priorities. Continuously learns new AI tools, forecasting techniques, inventory optimization concepts, analytics capabilities, and development practices; tests emerging technologies and recommends practical applications for Supply Chain. Performs other related duties as assigned. This job description is intended to be illustrative of the position's duties and should not be construed to be an exhaustive statement of the essential functions of the job.

Project Intake/Requirements/Design: 10% AI Innovation Discovery: 10% AI Development & Execution: 40%

Collaboration:

30% Project & Portfolio/Roadmap Management: 10%

• Supply Chain Expertise - ability to understand forecasting, inventory management, replenishment, supply planning, order management, logistics, distribution operations, service levels, and related supply chain processes.
• Ability to work day-to-day, in-person with supply chain resources is required.
• Problem Solving and Decision Making - under general guidance, ability to break down ambiguous supply chain problems and make effective decisions by evaluating business priorities, technical feasibility, stakeholder needs, and expected value.
• Stakeholder Partnership - ability to build credibility with supply chain partners, understand functional needs, manage expectations,…