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Director, Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP)

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El Segundo, CA (Onsite)

Travel 20-30%

OVERVIEW

The Director, Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) is a critical leadership role reporting functionally to the Chief Operations Officer. This position has responsibility for working with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure the right end to end Supply Chain Planning strategies, processes, and SIOP are in place to support business and customer needs. These cross functional stakeholders include the Manufacturing Operations Leaders, Finance Leaders, Marketing and Sales Leaders, R&D Leaders, and the Supply Chain Leaders. This position is also accountable to drive comprehensive Supply Chain business metrics and ensures alignment of Supply Chain strategies with business strategies. The Director is accountable for end-to-end supply chain excellence (Inventory and Service levels and setting priorities & direction for Operations).

A successful candidate in this role will need to establish foundational analytics and metrics to help implement planning and forecasting excellence to help drive growth and the execution of company-wide strategies. This role works closely with key stakeholders to resolve issues and strategize how to remove obstacles to success. Building and driving operational excellence and focusing on continuous improvement across the enterprise is also a key aspect of this role.

TASKS, DUTIES, & GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Direct and coordinate Supply Chain (SC) strategies on supply chain planning and systems
Drive harmonization of the processes and the organization of the teams
Ensure the supply chain network operates to meet the needs for assigned customers on a consistent basis. Key performance measures of this include Back Order, OTIF, Inventory, E&O & Forecast Accuracy
Represent Supply Chain / ISC in the weekly and monthly performance review forums
Responsible for monitoring Inventory Strategy Process, ensuring the establishment of target inventory levels and mix to achieve management objectives for service levels, backorder incidence / duration and inventory
In partnership with the Manufacturing Operations Leaders, responsible to develop and update Operations strategies that are aligned to the business strategies
Drive volume requirements for manufacturing network
Sustain the long-term planning strategy to ensure the right capital investments are done on time to meet business needs
Drive the overall Operations / Supply Chain process optimization by identifying and implementing best practices to improve both internal and external Supply Chain service and efficiency metrics
Lead the SIOP process for the respective portfolio, ensuring robust measurable short- and long-term processes are utilized driving consensus amongst Sales / marketing, Value Stream Teams, Finance and Operations which is utilized to project and monitor business financial performance and operating plans. This includes budgeting, financial forecast processes are utilized driving consensus amongst Sales / marketing, Value Stream Teams, Finance and Operations which is utilized to project and monitor business financial performance and operating plans. This includes budgeting, financial forecasting, inventory management, capacity planning and sourcing
Ensure strong process improvement across SIOP and Demand / Supply Management
Stay appraised and aware of future SC trends & adopt best SC practices; Support & Ensure best SC practice sharing mechanisms are in place
Ensure business continuity for the projects that require planning preparation (e.g seasonal build ups, contingencies associated to demand volatility and unforeseen conditions, etc)
Setup proper S&OP design that can be scaled as the portfolio grows and lead the roadmap and deployment of the initiative
Partner with Manufacturing, Process Development and Co-manufacturing to align on demand assumptions and capacity needs at internal manufacturing sites
Support key strategic linkages and partnerships domestically from a Supply Chain perspective
Resolve routine conflicts efficiently with peers and superiors and escalates issues when necessary
Identify the root cause of chronic issues, propose improvements to solve issues, reach consensus on plan, and align implementation and execution
Partner with sourcing to ensure supply plans align with strategic sourcing initiatives
Participate, actively drive, and champion adoption of newly implemented systems, procedures and tools

Supervisory Duties

Lead, manage, and supervise the S&OP team, accountable for the performance and results of team members

Lead the planning associates by setting the team vision, engaging, and aligning the team around achievement of the business and functional goals

Provide mentorship and training to functional team members

Accountable for developing talent through on-going performance feedback and career management coaching

Conduct performance reviews of direct reports

QUALIFICATIONS

Education, Technical Skills, and / or Previous Experience :

Bachelor's degree with 15 years of relevant experience required, Master's degree preferred

Minimum of 15 years of direct management experience in Supply Chain or Operations Management / Integrated Supply Chain

10 years of experience in production planning in a rapidly growing company with emerging tools and processes preferred

Demonstrated success in Supply, Demand, and Inventory Planning as well as Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is required

Strong knowledge of ERP inventory, planning, purchasing & cost systems and implementation.

Advanced verbal, presentation, and report writing experience required

Pivot table experience and data graphing required

High tolerance of ambiguity and comfortable working to weekly deliverables in a highly complex and collaborative environment

Knowledge and experience with managing transportation and logistics, domestically and internationally; Intermodal cold chain experience is a plus

Strong demonstrated history of problem solving using analytical techniques

Lean Six Sigma exposure is a plus

Other qualifications :

Strong Change Management skills

Strong financial acumen / management, organizational, planning, and execution skills

Ability to develop and successfully execute a strategy

Effective stakeholder management skills. The ability to work closely with senior leadership and direct reports by communicating ongoing progress updates.

Able to communicate effectively at all levels of the company

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