Director Supply Chain Operations Strategy

La-Z-Boy•Monroe, MI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a key member of the Supply Chain Strategy team, this role will develop program and resource plans based on strategic priorities, including projects to drive improvements in cost, quality and delivery, act as the central focus for project management coordination, including centralized tracking and reporting, and course-correct project teams as needed to maintain on-time deliverables. This position will have authority to make overall Project Management assignments across members of the organization. The role will have a significant direct and indirect impact for the entire Supply Chain organization, including operations, distribution, procurement, S&OP and logistics. Overall financial impact to an over $2.5B dollar business.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field with 10+ years experience, or equivalent
5+ years of experience in supply chain leadership
Experience working in a heavily matrixed organization
Direct experience leading strategic change initiatives in a corporate environment; e.g., merger integration, supply chain transformation, business process engineering, etc.
Broad business acumen to interact with senior-level general management.
Ability to travel up to 30%

Nice To Haves

Six Sigma Black Belt certification / Lean Manufacturing Practices / CI background
Experience in a multi-site Supply Chain organization, ideally for a major corporation in a process related industry such as furniture production.
STRONG analytical capability/understanding of end-to-end supply chain.
Deep understanding of supply chain technology/tools.

Responsibilities

Leads execution of strategic projects, setting program management routines and bringing focus to the team on the activities required to deliver on planned benefits.
Directs program activities to ensure high quality results within defined time, meeting operation standards and budget schedules. Collaborates with business leaders and executive team to develop the end-to-end approach and evaluation of strategic initiatives.
Drive optimization of end-to-end processes: operations, order management, demand planning, S&OP, inventory planning, warehouse operations, carrier management and service level improvement by improving cross-functional collaboration and coordination.
Prioritize and deploy internal resources to support the supply chain organization vision and deliver desired business outcomes.
Champion the ‘Key Performance Indicator” processes and accountability. Support cross-functional areas by assisting in the establishment of definitions, measurements and tracking for key strategic and operational initiatives from the point of adoption to completion. Support departmental leaders to align strategic objectives across the organization.
Develop, maintain and grow organization KPI dashboard that manages risk and identifies/tracks quantifiable opportunities. Identify and implement KPI’s to measure supply chain performance against, and/or develop, critical value drivers.
Refine, implement, and execute standardized processes across the end-to-end Supply Chain.
Oversee balancing of supply and demand to optimize customer experience, costs, and inventory.
Continually look for ways to transform our business using talent, data, processes, and technology as vehicles for value creation.