Executive Director S&OE / Materials / Logistics

Bosch-HomeComfort • Dallas, TX

10d

About The Position

The Executive Director of Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)/Materials will lead the end-to-end S&OP and materials strategy for HVAC operations across the Americas. This role is responsible for translating demand into actionable supply and logistics strategies, optimizing material flow, and ensuring alignment across commercial, manufacturing, and distribution functions. The position requires strategic vision, operational excellence, and strong leadership to drive performance across a complex, multi-country supply chain.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field
• 5+ years of progressive leadership in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), supply chain, logistics, or materials management within industrial or HVAC/R
• Experience with advanced planning systems (APS), ERP (SAP), TMS, WMS platforms, and supply chain analytics

Nice To Haves

• MBA or advanced degree
• Proven success in managing regional or global supply chain operations in complex, matrixed environments
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and stakeholder management skills
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, with a proven ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
• Fluency in English required, proficiency in Spanish highly desirable
• Ability to travel

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive S&OP strategy aligned with regional and global business objectives.
• Provide strategic leadership across demand planning, supply planning, logistics, and materials management.
• Champion continuous improvement, digitalization, and innovation across the Americas supply chain.
• Translate demand forecasts into actionable capacity requirements across manufacturing and distribution.
• Drive forecast accuracy improvements through advanced analytics, collaboration, and governance.
• Lead mid-to-long-term planning processes to ensure supply chain agility and responsiveness.
• Establish robust governance for Supply Chain Network Design (SCND), ensuring alignment with global directives.
• Own and lead the "Intralogistics to Demand" (I2D) process across the Americas.
• Ensure cross-functional alignment across commercial, operations, and logistics teams.
• Oversee logistics cost analysis, lead logistics service provider (LSP) tenders and implementations.
• Define and implement logistics quality standards and KPIs across the region.
• Manage regional claims and drive cost and service performance initiatives.
• Design and optimize inbound, inter-facility, and outbound transportation networks across all modes.
• Drive high utilization and benchmark transportation cost performance.
• Lead strategic design and management of warehousing and distribution centers across the Americas.
• Implement operational improvements and digitalization strategies in warehousing and distribution.
• Develop and execute a holistic materials flow strategy from supplier to customer.
• Optimize inventory, replenishment, and material availability across the network.
• Lead packaging optimization initiatives focused on cost, protection, and sustainability.
• Act as key contact for foreign trade topics within logistics.
• Collaborate closely with C/TX and regional ECO functions to bundle activities related to duty/tariff optimization.
• Mitigate global trade risks and ensure compliance.

Benefits

• We offer a competitive compensation and a benefits package designed to empower you in every area of your life.
• This includes premium health coverage, a 401(k) with generous matching, resources for financial planning and goal setting, ample paid time off, parental leave, and comprehensive life and disability protection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive