Sr. Director, Supply Chain

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• Lead the company’s supply chain and vendor management strategies in support of improving lead time, reducing costs and promoting continued company growth.
• Strategic planning and execution to enhance profitability, productivity and efficiency throughout the company’s operations
• In-depth knowledge of international supply chain strategy, practices, and procedures
• Manage and ensure accuracy of master data for planning
• Demand and cost analysis, Supply risk assessment, Manufacturing, Fulfillment and Logistics
• Participate in/identify continuous improvement projects to further the Company’s Lean execution.
• Lead, grow, and inspire multiple teams and staff worldwide
• Global experience managing extensive networks in Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas
• Managing forecasting in current MRP system with continue improvement
  

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or related area, and a minimum of 12 years of Material Management experience.
• Critical thinking, decision making and problem solving skills
• Demonstrated success driving change in Materials and/or Supply Chain
• A solid understanding of marketing and/or business management is also essential in this position. Solid knowledge and understanding of the interfaces and interrelationships between Customers, Supplier, Program Management, Product Management, Procurement, Shipping/Warehouse, and engineering.
• Solid project management skills, including the ability to multi-task.
• Familiarity with industry and market best practices.
• Be able to demonstrate computer literacy with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook)
• Business communication skills, particularly facilitation, negotiation and presentation skills.
  

• Leadership skills
• Inventory and Financial risk management
• Overall knowledge of production and detailed knowledge of scheduling processes.
• Strong knowledge of scheduling applications and systems.
• Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Product availability
• Grounded with a solid foundation in sales, the individual in this position will need to perform a quick assessment, gather information and be able to deliver results within a very short timeframe.
• Communication with executive management is key to achieving goals.
• The ability to adhere to and maintain a flexible, working schedule while keeping focused on tight deadlines.
• A wide degree of creativity is expected.