Senior Director, Supply Chain Systems

Overview

Location:

US Pacific or Mountain Time Zones

As Senior Director of IT – Supply Chain Systems, you will act as the strategic technology partner to the Chief Supply Chain Officer, and the Global Supply Chain leadership team. You will own the end-to-end systems architecture, platform selection, implementation, and continuous improvement of all systems that enable capital planning, supply planning, procurement, risk management, order management, logistics, fulfillment, and inventory optimization.

This is a high-impact, highly visible role that directly influences COGS and OpEx reduction, supply continuity & agility, customer delivery performance, and inventory turns.

• Partner with the CSCO and Supply Chain leadership team to translate business strategy into a 3 year supply-chain digital roadmap that delivers measurable financial outcomes.
• Lead architecture discussions for all supply-chain-related systems (Advanced Planning Systems, S&OP/IBP, Supply Chain Risk, Fulfillment, Logistics, Transportation, Supplier Collaboration,...)
• Drive selection, configuration, and deployment of modern supply-chain planning and risk platforms (e.g., Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, Resilinc, Riskmethods, Everstream, etc.).
• Ruthlessly automate manual “drudgery” across planning, procurement, logistics and fulfillment and supplier management (RPA, low-code, AI/ML-driven exception management, predictive analytics).
• Deliver proven, quantified results in: – Improving service levels, inventory turns, COGS, supplier collaboration, risk-based decisions, planning cycle time, and key customer-facing metrics.
• Build and lead a high-performing team of architects, analysts, and engineers focused exclusively on supply chain outcomes.
• Manage a multi-million-dollar portfolio of projects and operational budget with clear ROI and payback metrics.
• Act as the bridge between Supply Chain and the broader CIO organization.

• 12+ years of progressive IT leadership experience, with at least 5 years focused exclusively on vertically integrated supply chain systems in complex, build-to-order or high-mix manufacturing environments.
• Proven track record of selecting and implementing modern Advanced Planning, Integrated Business Planning, Supply Chain Risk, Logistics, Transportation, and Supplier Collaboration platforms that delivered material inventory turns, and COGS improvements (must be able to show specific, quantified results).
• Deep expertise in supply chain processes: PLM, MRP, S&OP/IBP, demand planning, capital planning, supply planning, sourcing, inventory optimization, multi-echelon inventory planning (MEIO), constraint-based planning.
• Demonstrated success eliminating manual spreadsheets and “swivel-chair” processes through automation, workflow, and AI/ML.
• Strong enterprise architecture experience (TOGAF or similar); ability to design resilient, scalable, scalable, cloud-first architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Hands-on experience with best-of-breed planning and risk tools.
• Experience in vertically-integrated manufacturing of complex, high-value, long-lead-time products (semiconductor, analytical instruments, medical devices, etc.).
• Strong financial acumen; comfortable building business cases and presenting to C-level.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Computer Science, or related field;
  Master’s/MBA strongly preferred.

• Certifications:
  
  APICS CPIM/CSCP, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, or similar
• Experience with GenAI/LLM use cases in supply chain (scenario simulation, risk narrative generation, automated supplier communications)
• Prior success in companies undergoing rapid transformation

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