What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Manager, Working Capital position at Union Park Capital?
Overview
Union Park Capital is a private equity firm based on Boston, MA. The firm has a highly refined buy-and-build strategy focused solely on lower middle-market Industrial Technology and Electronics companies.The investment strategy focuses on bringing together under-managed businesses in fragmented markets where we can partner with management teams to build highly scalable, efficient and profitable businesses through organic growth and thoughtful tack-on acquisitions.
Critical to our strategy are sound operations that integrate businesses in Europe and North America and are powered by modern and professionalized supply teams. We create value through developing people, data-driven analysis, expert knowledge in working capital principles and a tenacity to get stuff done collaboratively. We are always on the look out for partners who can work cross-functionally to make our portfolio businesses more scalable through Pareto 80/20 principles and through coaching talented global teams.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to drive the success of the supply team by providing front line support to global managers from across the business and helping them improve their working capital with process and expertise.
Responsibilities
- Accelerates progress on Pareto 80/20 working capital initiatives
- Leads programs to achieve5x turns on "A" inventory
- Collaborates with engineering to identify BoM simplification or consolidation opportunities of "B" inventory
- Takes personal ownership of acceptance, implementation and execution of working capital initiatives
- Leverages expertise to proactively identify and resolve issues, objections and knowledge gaps
- Implements world class SIOP
- Contributes to mechanics and cadence of new SIOP combining multiple acquired businesses' supply chain
- Persuades cross-functional team to participate
- Educates team members on benefit, purpose and process
Qualifications
- 5-10 years of experience in demand planning, integrated business planning, procurement, materials management, or SIOP
- Excellent project management and communication skills
- Successful track record improving inventory turns and working capital in technology or electronics businesses
- Strong knowledge of Pareto 80/20 principles applied to supply chain with practical experience implementing strategy
- Contributed meaningfully to implementation or re-engineering of multi-site SIOP
This position is available throughout North America and selectively in Europe.
Consideration for remote work will be given for the right candidates
This position is a recurring role throughout the portfolio
