Supply Chain Manager - Elastomers Americas

Job Overview

Regional Supply Chain Manager – Elastomer PU America

Huntsman is seeking a Regional Supply Chain Manager supporting the America’s Elastomer Polyurethanes Division located in Ringwood (Illinois). The role reports to the Global Supply Chain Director/Manager – Elastomer and will have three to four direct reports.

In summary, as the Supply Chain Manager, you will:

• Lead and develop the Material Management departments across the region (TPU) and align with PU/other regional manufacturing sites to ensure efficient and reliable material availability.
• Ensure full compliance with safety regulations in all areas of warehousing, material handling, transportation, and cargo securing.
• Ensure full compliance with internal audit guidelines and SOX compliance.
• Collaborate closely with Site Management as an integral part of the local leadership teams.
• Align external customer demand with site capabilities, balancing business needs and operational constraints.
• Act as a key driver and supporter of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes and initiatives at the regional level, including coordination of TPU/PES/films operations and fulfillment of PU materials.
• Oversee production planning and scheduling, ensuring smooth coordination and timely execution for the entire business portfolio, including external manufacturers.
• Manage and optimize regional inventory, ensuring alignment with corporate inventory targets and supply chain goals.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for teams such as Commercial, finance/performance, Customer Service, supply chain excellence, Supply Network Planning, external manufacturing and Quality.
• Ensure high levels of warehouse performance, organization, and process efficiency.
• Coordinate planning and handling of raw materials, intermediates, and finished goods.
• Provide seamless logistics support for production, ensuring timely material availability.
• Maintain direct communication and alignment with the Distribution and Transport teams to ensure delivery performance.
• Identify and implement opportunities for network and process optimization across the supply chain.
• Align, establish, and maintain a structured S&OE process, ensuring alignment between sales, operations, and finance, and lead the monthly regional S&OP meetings.
• Develop short- and medium-term supply fulfillment strategies across all product lines and regions, and align long-term strategies with the Global S&OP Manager.
• Work with other regional Supply Chain teams to align integrated business planning and execution.
• Guide and interact with the regional demand planning team for smooth business fulfillment.
• Guide and interact with the regional customer service team for adhering to OTIF and managing business revenue.
• Focus on improving the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and responsiveness of the supply chain, including inventory management, inter-regional stock movements, stock allocation, and manufacturing decisions.
• Identify, track, and report on key metrics related to supply chain performance such as inventory, value turnover, order fulfillment rates, forecast accuracy, capacity utilization, on-time delivery, RM availability, warehousing and transport utilization and cost.
• Perform gap analysis between plans and outcomes; scenario modeling with risk mitigation strategies.
• Identify and implement process improvements to reduce costs and improve efficiency across all activities.
• Guide and mentor a team, fostering a collaborative, result-driven, accountable, and high-performing work environment.
• Lead change management.
• Maintain effective communication with all stakeholders, including sales, manufacturing, operations, finance, shared services, and senior management.
• Collaborate with other regions and divisions to review and optimize all KPIs and processes.
• Drive process standardization and best practices across sites.
• Support operational improvements in cost, working capital, and service levels.
• Identify and assess supply chain risks, develop mitigation strategies, and implement solutions to minimize disruptions.
• Identify opportunities to deploy digital tools to drive efficiency and use analytics to improve performance, ensuring…