VP of Supply Chain

Job Description

Job Description

Scope of Job: The primary objective of this critical role is to lead Supply Chain and Procurement functions within Baxters North America. The role will deliver the S&OP process development, strategic supply chain planning, procurement/strategic sourcing with supplier management and overall supply chain operations within the BNA organization.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

• Lead the Supply Chain structure, processes & the development of systems to establish a new heightened level of efficiency and quality of delivery across all Supply Chain functions.
• Ensure that the Supply Chain plays an integral leadership role in engaging with customer/sales needs, which are synergistically reflected in effective production plans, inventory builds & purchasing strategies delivering lowest cost and optimized service level
• Provide robust leadership across the full Supply Chain, including but not limited to:
  Inventory Management, Purchasing, Customer Service, consolidated Forecasting/Demand Planning.
• Provide support and leadership on all business-related procurement contracting requirements, including logistics, MRO, consumables, and capex.
• Provide site-based teams support and governance on Warehousing, Distribution & Logistics requirements in line with S&OP outputs
• Provide leadership and co-piloting design and implementation of S&OP+ signature process within North America. Represent Supply operational, forward planning and technical inputs into the business S&OP process, specifically for new product introductions, supply response to demand requests within capacity utilization and help to shape activity management lead-times for project execution.
• Ensure an effective Supply Planning and Procurement management evaluation of the portfolio choices
• Lead the Procurement function and implement Strategic Sourcing Category management system to drive the supply chain bottom line (prime savings through scale and contract management).
• Integrate business capital asset additions and acquisitions as needed. Ensure procurement systems clearly highlight variances enabling business recovery via financial execution.
• Incorporate/develop a "best-in-class" purchasing strategy, with developing robust supplier relationships at its core, along with establishing an "early warning system" to monitor cost reduction opportunities obsolescence and vendor performance
• Develop the supply chain organization structure and lead development of Supply centralized demand planning, supporting site-based factory scheduling functional processes, including implementation of formalized rate input system for the planning process.
• Develop the supply chain metrics and dashboards. Set standards for a central planning operating system, taking into account factory metrics and performance as rate inputs into planning systems to ensure excellence in customer service, materials obsolescence and inventory management

• Work with the IT team to develop needed ERP, tools and planning systems to ensure productivity improvements in the processes to drive efficiency in execution and mfg. overheads.
• Identify and evaluate financial opportunities and recommend solutions that will drive overall supply chain effectiveness and continuous improvement encompassing any areas of the segment P&L
• Drive timely implementation of identified opportunities for efficiency improvement, establish priority projects and other initiatives at plants and establish best practices across factories for performance improvement
• Develop supply chain financial targets, standards and tracking for the network (inventory plans, COGS delivery, cash delivery, logistics costs/tonne)
• Develop segment KPI roadmaps and maintain supply chain KPI’s in conjunction with Planning, Procurement, Inventory and Logistics managers.
• Own the Procurement PPV strategy and implement annual cost reduction strategies to deliver across all aspects of materials sourcing. Performs other duties as assigned.
• Primary interface is with Commercial, R&D, Operations, Finance, Legal and other functional area management team members.
• Work with other Baxter business units and supply chain teams to develop supply chain policies and sourcing practices where applicable.
• The Procurement and Planning functions are accountable to ensure operations can execute plans and schedules to standard cost, delivering customer service on time in full.
• Maintain relationships ensure timely communication with exceptional leadership style
• Develop and coach Supply Chain team members, including coaching direct reports, implementing development plans and train