Director Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management Director About Midea America

Midea America Corp. is a U.S. subsidiary within Midea Group, the Fortune 500 giant known for making life easier for millions around the globe. As the world’s top maker of home appliances, Midea is proud of its 166,000+ employees and presence in 200+ countries, including here in the U.S.

Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., with an innovation hub in Louisville, Kentucky, Midea America provides practical innovations that surprise and delight, creating moments to cherish at home.

Midea's lineup of appliances — from refrigerators to air conditioners, laundry solutions and floor care — are high quality, reliable, and affordable. By thoughtfully engineering performance, convenience, and design into every product, Midea delivers on the promise of every appliance — to make your life a little easier.

SCM Director manages multiple supply chain teams, encompassing Midea’s product categories in the United States. This role focuses on optimizing the supply chain and fulfillment process, including order processing, inventory management, supply planning and demand planning.

Additionally, SCM director oversees supply chain process improvement projects collaborating with cross functional teams to ensure seamless integration and efficient decision‑making.

Understand organization’s current process and seek opportunities to optimize system, process, and overall SCM structure to better manage overall supply chain process. Lead continuous improvement projects and develop talents to take existing SCM team to next level.

The SCM Director will communicate opportunities, build consensus, and drive operational programs focused on innovation and growth. The role will ensure systems, processes, and resources are developed to improve our service levels for better customer experience.

• Overseeing the entire supply chain operations, including Supply Planning, Demand Planning (CPFR), and Order Fulfillment.
• Provide overall leadership to the supply chain group, setting operational strategies, establishing business focused goals and objectives, and continued talent development.
• Define, develop, and implement supply chain strategies aligned with company goals and customer/market demands ensuring on‑time and cost‑effective delivery of goods and services.
• Oversee inventory levels and ensure optimal stock levels at all stages of supply chain to meet demand fluctuations while minimizing carrying costs.
• Lead S&OP meeting to align monthly forecast through reviewing CPFR and aligning on decisions across Finance, PM, and Sales.
• Assess current supply chain and identify opportunities for improvements. Propose potential projects and lead implementation of system/process changes to better serve customers while meeting organizational needs.
• Work closely with Logistics Team to understand Transportation Market Situations (Overseas/Domestic) and build process to closely monitor and assess risk and develop recovery plans.
• Closely monitor and manage Lead Time (Production, Factory to Vessel, Port to Destination, etc.) ensuring that production schedule is aligned with lead time changes to meet customer MABD.
• Develop, monitor, and analyze supply chain metrics to manage inventory levels, cost, and on‑time delivery.
• Oversee risk management operations, identifying potential risks and implementing effective mitigation strategies/contingency plans to minimize disruptions and protect organization’s financial, operational, and reputational interests.
• Review and optimize order release process to reduce overall lead time. Understand bottlenecks/root causes for delay and develop process/internal alignment to speed up order release.
• Prioritize departmental activities and set effective (SMART) goals and objectives in line with overall corporate strategy.
• Recruit, train, and mentor a team of professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and operational excellence. Manage employees, guiding technically, evaluating performance, and furthering the team’s ability to establish the best organizational climate.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal/external…