Senior Supply Chain Planner

Company Overview Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Supply Chain & Procurement

The Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) team member is responsible for business operations execution and enterprise support for both OTR and AG. This position champions the S&OE process across the business units, working cross‑functionally with teammates at all levels of the organization to drive continuous improvement and organizational capabilities and competencies within the process.

• Weekly Sales & Operations Execution process, aligned with Bridgestone's overall strategy; determine priorities and goals.
• Analyzing Supply & Demand data to identify candidates for the Demand Control process.
• Creating Inventory targets by DC and working with deployment to maintain.
• Lead the relevant departments through the Demand Control process in support of strategic and operational decision‑making.
• Monitor and align Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) relevant to S/OE; inform common understanding across business functions of current state of business, relative to targets and objectives.
• Identify and quantify relevant risks and opportunities to the operating plan by business unit.
• Actively engage senior leadership in decision‑making process, especially across high‑stake areas within their business units.
• Demonstrated ability to influence others to achieve results.
• Effective communication throughout the organization and ability to articulate difficult ideas and concepts through concise verbal and/or written communication.
• Results oriented, strategic thinking, problem solving, decision making, and ability to identify key findings and implications.
• Build and maintain a collaborative relationship with the Demand Planning, Sales, Supply Planning, Logistics and Customer Service teams.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree required, concentration in Supply Chain Management, Business or Operations is preferred.
• Strong problem solving, analytical thinking, and time management skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills.
• Strong work ethic and the ability to work in a fast‑paced environment with little supervision.
• Must be well organized, self‑motivated and able to meet deadlines.

• A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
• The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
• Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
• A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
• Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long‑term well‑being.
• A diverse and inclusive team.

Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.