Vice President, Global Supply Chain

Vice President, Global Supply Chain

Department: Logistics / Supply Chain / Distribution / Transportation

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: US - Indiana - Fort Wayne

Reporting To: Brent Spikes

Join Franklin Electric on our mission to empower communities with sustainable water management solutions, where your expertise will play a vital role in shaping a better future for generations to come.

The Vice President of Global Supply Chain is a senior enterprise leader responsible for end-to-end global supply chain performance, including global sourcing and procurement, advanced sourcing and supplier excellence, global logistics and trade compliance, and the enterprise Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) process. This role owns the integration of demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and financial planning to align commercial strategy with operational execution, serving as a key enterprise integrator who enables profitable growth, disciplined execution, working-capital improvement, and supply resilience across a global manufacturing footprint.

Franklin Electric is a diverse team of innovators making a positive global impact since 1944. We offer innovative water solutions, ensuring access, treatment, and efficient management of this vital resource. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in our innovative products, industry leading quality products, exceptional customer service, employee development, and passion for social responsibility.

Your Responsibilities & Impact:

Global Sourcing & Procurement

• Define and execute the global sourcing and procurement strategy across direct materials, outsourced manufacturing, and strategic services, leveraging global category management, enterprise scale, and should-cost/TCO methodologies.
• Establish supplier segmentation, preferred supplier frameworks, and long-term strategic agreements to deliver material productivity, cost-out, margin expansion, and working-capital commitments.
• Deploy digital procurement tools and analytics to improve transparency, speed, compliance, and decision quality across the enterprise.

Advanced Sourcing & Supplier Excellence

• Ensure supplier quality performance meets global manufacturing, customer, and regulatory requirements through robust audit, corrective-action, and continuous-improvement programs.
• Lead sourcing strategy for new product introductions (NPI), VAVE, and value-creation initiatives in partnership with Engineering and Operations, enabling design-to-cost and scalable supply.
• Drive supplier development and resilience through structured programs that improve cost, quality, delivery, capacity, and risk, including localization and dual-sourcing strategies.

Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP)

• Own and lead the enterprise SIOP process as the single, integrated operating plan aligning demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and financial commitments.
• Chair executive SIOP reviews and establish governance, cadence, KPIs, and decision rights to enable fact-based trade-off decisions across service, cost, margin, cash, and risk.
• Drive scenario planning and what-if analysis to support growth initiatives, product launches, capacity investments, and risk mitigation.

Global Logistics & Trade Compliance

• Own global logistics strategy across inbound, outbound, intercompany, and aftermarket flows, optimizing transportation networks, lead times, and inventory positioning.
• Lead global trade compliance, ensuring adherence to U.S. and international regulations, tariffs, and sanctions, with strong internal controls and audit readiness.
• Develop mitigation strategies for tariff exposure, geopolitical risk, and supply disruption across the global network.

Risk Management & Supply Chain Resilience

• Identify and mitigate supply, geopolitical, financial, and operational risks across the global supply chain.
• Develop and execute supply-continuity, contingency, and alternate sourcing/capacity strategies to ensure business resilience.
• Partner cross-functionally on business-continuity planning, crisis management, and recovery execution.

Leadership Expectations

• Act as an enterprise integrator across strategy, planning, and execution, enforcing operating discipline, cadence, and decision rights.
• Lead effectively in a complex, matrixed global environment while building and sustaining a strong supply chain leadership team with clear accountability.
• Drive stability, clarity, and confidence through periods of transformation and change.

Who we want: If you are a self-motivated and collaborative individual who is passionate about making a positive impact, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

• Hard-working winners - Confident, competitive, and results-oriented professionals who create a track record of success.
• Dedicated achievers - People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.
• Effective communicators - People who can interpret information clearly and…