Director, Global SIOP

Position Summary

The Director of Global Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP/S&OP) leads the end‑to‑end planning and supply alignment process across Valmont’s Agriculture division. This role is accountable for translating demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and financial inputs into a single, aligned operating plan that enables scalable growth, strong customer service, and optimized financial performance. Positioned at the intersection of Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Finance, the leader balances trade‑offs across service, cost, inventory, and capacity while ensuring disciplined execution of forecasting, supply planning, and scheduling processes.

The role serves as both a strategic advisor to senior leadership and an operational leader driving planning rigor, performance accountability, and continuous improvement. In addition to owning the SIOP/IBP process, this role leads supply strategy alignment, ensuring supplier capability, capacity, and cost structures effectively support business objectives and long‑term growth.

• Lead the end‑to‑end SIOP/IBP process, delivering a single, consensus operating plan aligned across demand, supply, inventory, and financial objectives
• Facilitate structured monthly SIOP cycles and executive reviews, highlighting risks, opportunities, and key trade‑off decisions
• Ensure alignment between operational plans and financial forecasts in partnership with Finance/FP&A
• Establish governance, cadence, and cross‑functional engagement models to ensure planning discipline and accountability
• Advance SIOP maturity through standardization, capability building, and adoption of best practices
• Oversee development of short-, mid-, and long‑range demand and supply plans across global and regional operations
• Align commercial forecasts with production capabilities and inventory strategies
• Lead scenario planning, capacity modeling, and resource planning to support operational and capital investment decisions
• Drive schedule attainment and site‑level execution performance, ensuring alignment to the agreed operating plan
• Balance customer service, operational efficiency, and resource utilization across the network
• Own inventory strategy, policies, and performance targets aligned with service levels and financial objectives
• Drive improvements in inventory turns, days on hand (DOH), and obsolescence reduction
• Ensure strong inventory visibility through monthly reporting, gap analysis, and performance reviews
• Align inventory plans with production and supplier capabilities to optimize working capital
• Lead supply strategy to ensure supplier capacity, capability, and performance align with SIOP plans
• Partner with Global Commodity Management (GCM) and Procurement to support sourcing decisions, material availability, and risk mitigation
• Drive cost competitiveness through data‑driven insights, supplier collaboration, and alignment to demand plans
• Support supplier segmentation, dual sourcing, and risk management strategies to enhance resilience
• Define and manage key supply chain and SIOP performance metrics, including:
  • Forecast accuracy and demand bias
  • On‑time delivery / OTIF
  • Inventory turns and working capital
  • Schedule attainment and capacity utilization
  • Supplier performance
• Deliver actionable insights to leadership, including variance analysis and corrective actions
• Lead development and enhancement of SIOP analytics, dashboards, and reporting capabilities
• Ensure data integrity across planning systems and functions
• Partner with IT to improve ERP and planning tools (IFS, QAD, SAP, BI platforms)
• Advance digital planning capabilities, including automation and advanced analytics
• Lead, develop, and mentor a team of planners, analysts, and supply chain professionals
• Drive alignment across Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Finance
• Influence senior leaders and facilitate decision‑making in a complex, matrixed organization
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Lead initiatives to improve forecast accuracy, planning effectiveness, and supply chain efficiency
• Support network optimization, regionalization, and long‑term supply…