Director, NA Supply Chain

The Director, Supply Chain Planning – North America is responsible for leading the North America Supply Chain Planning organization, including Supply Planning, Inventory Planning, and Purchasing.

This role will own the end-to-end planning process for the North America business, ensuring strong alignment between commercial demand, supply capabilities, purchasing requirements, inventory strategy, and customer needs.

The Director will establish a disciplined planning and S&OP cadence, drive cross-functional alignment, and provide clear visibility into supply, capacity, inventory, and purchasing requirements. The role will work closely with North America Commercial, Service, Finance, Operations, Logistics, Global Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and other regional teams.

As the North America Supply Chain organization evolves, the scope of this role is expected to expand over time to include broader regional Supply Chain responsibilities, as the organization and operating model mature.

• Act as the key Supply Chain counterpart to Commercial for demand planning for capital equipment, consumables, and other relevant product categories.
• Provide Supply Chain inputs on demand trends, historical performance, inventory, capacity, and supply constraints.

• Lead the North America supply planning and master planning process.
• Translate the consensus demand plan into supply requirements by product, location, and time period.
• Identify supply constraints, capacity gaps, material risks, and potential customer-service impacts.
• Develop supply scenarios and mitigation plans in collaboration with Manufacturing, Global Supply Chain, and Procurement.
• Partner closely with Manufacturing plants and other global supply organizations to align production capacity, supply allocation, and replenishment requirements.
• Establish clear planning parameters and decision-making processes for constrained supply situations.

• Lead the North America Purchasing function and ensure purchasing activities are aligned with the approved supply and inventory plans.
• Establish appropriate purchasing strategies, planning parameters, and supplier replenishment requirements.
• Ensure timely release and management of purchase orders based on MRP, demand, supply, and inventory requirements.
• Monitor supplier delivery performance and proactively address material availability risks.
• Partner with suppliers and internal stakeholders to manage lead times, shortages, expedite requirements, and purchase order changes.
• Establish clear ownership between Supply Planning and Purchasing while ensuring seamless execution from planning through material availability.
• Drive purchasing process improvements, standardization, and appropriate use of SAP/MRP tools.

• Develop and maintain inventory strategies aligned with customer service, business growth, and working-capital objectives.
• Establish appropriate safety stock, buffer stock, and inventory target policies.
• Monitor inventory levels, excess and obsolete inventory, slow-moving inventory, and inventory risks.
• Drive inventory optimization initiatives while maintaining appropriate customer service levels.
• Develop inventory projections and provide visibility into future inventory requirements and working-capital implications.
• Establish clear governance for excess inventory and inventory disposition decisions.

• Support North America regional S&OP process implementation by leading the monthly S&OP meeting.
• Establish a disciplined planning cadence across relevant functions.
• Drive cross-functional alignment on supply, capacity, inventory, and business risks.
• Facilitate decision-making on key demand/supply gaps and required mitigation actions.
• Provide executive-level visibility into the North America demand and supply outlook.
• Ensure S&OP decisions are translated into executable planning and purchasing actions.

• Establish standardized planning processes, tools, KPIs, and governance across North America.
• Improve planning accuracy, visibility, responsiveness, and data quality.
• Partner with the Global Supply Chain organization to standardize planning processes and operating cadence across regions.
• Drive continuous improvement and automation of planning and purchasing processes.
• Leverage SAP/MRP and other planning tools to improve visibility, efficiency, and…