Supply Chain Manager

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 is dedicated to providing 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.

The Supply Chain Manager (Seasonal) is responsible for leading end-to-end supply planning and execution for seasonal product categories, including Fans, Heaters, and Air Conditioners. This role develops and executes supply strategies that ensure product availability, optimize inventory investment, support customer demand, and achieve service level and delivery objectives. The position serves as a key cross-functional partner to Sales, Product Management, Logistics, and Operations teams to proactively manage supply risks and drive operational excellence throughout seasonal planning cycles.

• Develop and maintain supply flow plans that align inventory, procurement, production, and logistics activities with seasonal demand requirements.
• Lead weekly and monthly supply review/PSI meetings to ensure alignment between demand forecasts, inventory targets, production capacity, and customer commitments.
• Create and manage end-to-end supply flow plans and trackers, providing visibility to procurement status, production schedules, inbound shipments and inventory positions.
• Monitor supply performance and proactively identify risks related to capacity constraints, material shortages, transportation delays, forecast volatility, and seasonal demand fluctuations.
• Act as the central point of coordination between sales, demand planners, production, and logistics to ensure seamless operations. Communicate regularly with leadership on PSI related risks, challenges, and strategic recommendations.
• Lead aged and excess inventory reduction initiatives through demand shaping, inventory redeployment, promotional support, and lifecycle management strategies.
• Work closely with overseas logistics team to ensure efficient vessel space management and minimize shipping delays. Monitor and track on time shipping performance, ensuring on time delivery for both Domestic inventory and direct deliveries to customers.
• 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 delivery dates.
• Participate in S&OP meeting to align monthly forecast through reviewing CPFR and aligning on decisions across Finance, Product Marketing, and Sales.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal/external stakeholders, negotiating favorable terms to support operational objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on planning accuracy, supply visibility, inventory optimization, process standardization, and operational efficiency.

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Operations, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in supply planning, inventory management, production planning, or supply chain operations.
• Experience managing seasonal or highly variable demand product categories preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess complex supply situations and develop actionable solutions.
• Proficiency in ERP, MRP, and supply planning systems
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; experience with Power BI or other analytics tools is a plus.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

• Advanced proficiency in supply chain software and platforms, including ERP systems and demand forecasting tools.
• APICS Certification
• 6 Sigma Green or Black Belt
• Managed large/complex supply chain projects with project management experience with global partners.
• High level of understanding of WMS, YMS, TMS
• Strong data analytical skills, high level skills in MS Excel.
• Strong collaborative problem-solver, effective communicator, strong presentational skills.
• Ability to forecast, analyze and prepare statistical data and metrics
• Ability to handle/mine data from multiple sources to create vital reports and databases
• Organized, responsible, ability to work independently and as a part of a team.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, industrial…