Director, Strategic Supply Chain Management

Req

Remote Position:
Yes

Region:
Americas

Country: USA

Functional Area: Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Career Stream: Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Role: Director 2 (DR2)

Job Title: Director, Strategic Supply Chain Management 2

Job Code: DR2-SCM-SSCM

Job Level: Level 13

Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Provides direct and indirect supervision to all subordinate managers and employees at a site performing highly specialized roles in several major functions or departments. This includes long‑term planning, objective setting, policy formation, interpretation and management while providing latitude and discretion to subordinates. Accountable for projects or programs on a multi‑national or global basis. Has overall P & L responsibility for site operations or operational accountability for global business units.

Work requires investigating and resolving a wide variety of highly unusual conditions that carry long‑term implications. Requires developing new strategies, policies, practices, methods, programs or techniques and utilizing them to analyze and interpret difficult problems or situations and/or establishing new strategic direction that is site or multi‑site specific. Participates with other senior managers to establish strategic plans and objectives. Has overall responsibility for planning, budgeting, implementing and maintaining costs, methods and employees in a functional area.

Makes final decisions on administrative and operational matters in area of responsibility to ensure achievement of objectives. Erroneous decisions will have a serious impact on the overall success of business unit operations. Directs and controls the activities of a broad functional area through several department managers. Assigns objectives, reviews performance and approves employee compensation, coaches for improved performance. Regularly interacts with executives and/or major customers.

Interactions normally involve controversial situations, customer negotiations, or influencing and persuading other senior level managers. May represent the organization in public speaking venues and/or community events.

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Maintains responsibility for a large site SCM activities or multi‑customer activities but may have involvement in other site process and application implementations.

• Provides leadership and direction to multiple departments on structuring processes, layouts, and resources.

• Maintains external contacts to understand best of breed processes to improve costs and logistics offerings. Implements structure to meet future customer and process requirements.

• Maintains involvement in day‑to‑day issues related to the warehouse, transportation, internal parts flow, security and controls, inventory management, direction on purchasing contracts and non‑production activities, applications and process changes.

• Provides direction on major projects, such as warehouse software upgrade, Advanced Planning System tool or enhancements.

• Provides direction to managers on objective setting, measurements, Human resource activities and company procedures.

• Regular interaction, coaching and feedback with direct reports and also, their employees in some situations.

• Plays leadership role for the broader SCM team including hiring, promotions, and HR practices.

• Has involvement in many cross‑functional activities such as formal benchmarking studies; interface with external auditors, and driving actions/ improvement across the organization.

• Reviews ISO compliance and SCM business controls. Identify and implement cost reduction activities.

• Has regular communication with the customers related to, demand, commitments, non‑performing inventory and future process changes /improvements.

• Extensive knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, materials and processes.

• In‑depth knowledge and understanding of supply chain management, distribution methods, and global transportation services and inventory management.

• Ability to understand the complete supply chain and resolve issues in any area.

• Good understanding of IT concepts and integrated…