Director of Global Supply Chain

Ingersoll Rand•Monroe, LA

2d•Remote

About The Position

The Global Supply Chain Leader sets and executes the supply chain strategy for the Flow Control Solutions business to achieve customer product availability, service-level performance, working-capital targets, and operational cost objectives. The role provides direct and indirect senior leadership across demand planning, inventory management, product portfolio alignment, supply planning, procurement, and supply chain risk management. The Director partners with commercial, operations, finance, quality, and site leadership teams to convert business strategy into practical priorities, operating standards, and measurable results. The role directly leads a multi-layered global supply chain team and influences cross-functional teams, site leaders, and business stakeholders. It is responsible for building organizational depth and a high-performance culture across planning, scheduling, purchasing, inventory, and supplier execution; developing talent and succession capability; strengthening stakeholder relationships; and leading continuous improvement in service, inventory, cost, and business performance. The position is remote and requires availability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business Management, Engineering, or a similar technical field; a further business-related qualification is considered ideal.
At least 15 years of combined operations experience, including significant supply-chain leadership experience in planning, purchasing, procurement, customer service, or materials management in a manufacturing environment.
At least 7 years of people-management experience, including leadership of multi-level teams.
Experience building high-performing teams, developing functional capability, and growing leadership and individual-contributor talent.
Experience partnering with a broad range of cross-functional stakeholders at multiple levels in a complex, multi-region business.
Demonstrated success driving continuous improvement and change, with measurable results in service, inventory, working capital, cost, and operational performance.
Experience leading strategic supply-chain initiatives across functions, sites, suppliers, and business stakeholders.
Elevated level of experience with ERP/MRP/APO systems.
Strong communication skills, business acumen, and organizational awareness to engage effectively with employees, peers, executives, customers, and suppliers.
Ability to balance customer service, inventory, cost, supplier risk, and operational constraints while maintaining a broad business perspective.
Extensive end-to-end supply-chain knowledge, including warehousing, logistics, materials management, supply planning, procurement, customer service, supplier performance, and inventory management.
Knowledge and understanding of production capability and commercial demand.
Strong understanding of business demand, customer commitments, working capital, operating cost, and the financial impact of supply-chain decisions.
Ability to define and communicate supply-chain strategy and translate strategic priorities into operating plans, governance, and measurable results.
Ability to coach managers, develop future leaders, and improve workforce performance and capability.
Understanding of plant, operational, and financial planning, including the effects of supply-chain decisions on revenue, absorption, inventory, working capital, and customer service.
Availability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

Partner with the SIOP leader and Commercial team to translate market requirements into accurate, actionable demand forecasts that support production planning, intercompany transactions, direct-material purchasing, inventory strategy, and executive decisions.
Lead cross-functional reviews of demand, backlog, service risks, and customer commitment gaps; ensure clear escalation, recovery actions, and accountability.
Define, improve, and sustain supply-planning processes that maximize delivery performance, inventory utilization, and working-capital efficiency.
Establish and govern make-to-order, assemble-to-order, and make-to-stock strategies as required by product, customer, and business needs.
Synchronize supply across multiple sites, intercompany flows, and third-party suppliers, addressing demand and supply imbalances while considering lead times, demand variability, capacity, supplier capability, and customer priorities.
Oversee planning for items used in finished-goods manufacturing, distributed products, subcontracting, and outsourcing across the FCS division.
Optimize product planning by aligning supply priorities with revenue, absorption, inventory, and service targets.
Lead cross-functional teams to address root causes of supply-chain inefficiencies, material constraints, excess inventory, and stockouts, and establish sustainable corrective actions and governance.
Establish and govern performance measures, benchmarks, operating reviews, and continuous-improvement initiatives for service, inventory, cost, supplier performance, and process quality.
Identify supply-chain risks affecting supply, manufacturing, delivery, quality, and customer demand; develop mitigation plans, escalation paths, and preventive actions.
Develop direct reports and broader supply-chain talent through clear expectations, coaching, succession planning, and communication of how individual work contributes to business results.
Sponsor and lead strategic supply-chain projects that improve the global organization, strengthen cross-site synchronization, standardize processes, and deliver measurable business impact.