IT Manager - Supply Chain Operations & Planning

Valvoline Global

17d • Hybrid

About The Position

At Valvoline Global Operations, we are seeking an IT Manager for Supply Chain Operations & Planning. This role is responsible for leading the strategy, delivery, support, and continuous improvement of technology capabilities that support procurement, manufacturing, production planning, inventory optimization, supply chain planning, and network design. The ideal candidate will serve as the primary IT relationship partner for senior Supply Chain stakeholders across Procurement, Manufacturing, Operations, and Planning. This role requires a collaborative leader who can build trusted relationships and constructively challenge requests not aligned with business priorities or enterprise standards. The successful candidate may have an IT background with strong business capabilities or a Supply Chain business background with demonstrated success leading technical resources. The individual must understand business needs, evaluate solution recommendations, guide technical teams, and ensure technology investments deliver measurable business outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field.
• Ten to Fifteen or more years of experience in SAP-enabled procurement, manufacturing, Supply Chain planning, or operations.
• Significant experience with SAP MM, PP-PI, and MRP.
• Strong understanding of purchasing processes, including outline agreements, purchasing information records, source lists, source determination, purchase requisitions, purchase orders.
• Strong understanding of process manufacturing, including MRP, master recipes, production versions, bill of materials, process orders, activity rates, etc.
• Experience with OMP or a comparable advanced planning platform, including S&OP, demand planning, inventory optimization, DRP, deployment, supply planning, and detailed scheduling. Direct OMP experience is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of supply chain network design principles and their impact on sourcing, manufacturing, distribution, inventory, capacity, cost, and customer service.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA or a significant SAP transformation, implementation, or support organization.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end Supply Chain processes and their integration with Quality, Warehousing, Logistics, and Finance.
• Experience leading direct reports as well as consultants, vendors, and matrixed technical resources.
• Demonstrated ability to lead SAP functional consultants, developers, integration resources, and other technical specialists.
• Strong business relationship management, stakeholder engagement, facilitation, negotiation, prioritization, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to translate between business and technical audiences and explain complex topics in practical business terms.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities within a global or multi-site operating environment.
• Experience developing technology roadmaps, managing application portfolios, and aligning technology investments with business priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a global process manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Experience managing system integrators, managed-service providers, and globally distributed teams is preferred.
• Relevant SAP, OMP, ASCM/APICS, BRM, PMP, or ITIL certification is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary IT partner for Supply Chain stakeholders and build strong relationships across Procurement, Manufacturing, Operations, and Planning.
• Understand business strategies, operational challenges, and priorities and translate them into technology roadmaps, programs, enhancements, and support priorities.
• Provide functional and strategic leadership across SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, OMP, and related Supply Chain applications.
• Provide leadership across SAP MM Purchasing including outline agreements, purchasing information records, source lists, source determination, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, etc.
• Provide leadership across SAP PP-PI (process industry), including MRP, master recipes, production versions, bill of materials, process orders, activity rates, etc.
• Provide leadership for OMP or comparable advanced planning capabilities, including: Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), Demand planning, Inventory optimization, Distribution requirements planning (DRP), Deployment, Supply planning, Detailed scheduling.
• Provide oversight for supply chain network design capabilities, including evaluation of sourcing, manufacturing, distribution, inventory, capacity, cost, and service-level alternatives.
• Ensure solutions support end-to-end Supply Chain processes and appropriate integration with Quality, Warehousing, Logistics, Finance, and other enterprise functions.
• Promote standard, scalable, and supportable solutions while minimizing unnecessary customization.
• Lead the portfolio of projects, enhancements, and technical debt remediation within the Supply Chain Operations & Planning domain.
• Guide initiatives from business discovery and solution design through testing, deployment, stabilization, and transition to support.
• Balance strategic project delivery with production stability, budgetary requirements, and day-to-day business needs.
• Lead direct reports and provide direction to consultants, managed-service providers, software vendors, and other technical resources.
• Establish clear priorities, ownership, delivery expectations, and accountability across internal and external teams.
• Evaluate business and technical proposals for value, supportability, integration impact, risk, and alignment with enterprise architecture.
• Provide constructive pushback when requests are overly customized, duplicative, inconsistent with enterprise direction, or unlikely to produce sufficient business value.
• Communicate decisions, risks, trade-offs, delivery commitments, and priorities clearly to both business and IT stakeholders.
• Promote a partnership model with business stakeholders in which IT is a partner and does not act solely as an order-taking or support organization.

Benefits

• Valvoline Global is an equal opportunity employer.
• We are dedicated to fostering an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives and skills.
• We strictly prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind, regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic.
• We are committed to ensuring accessibility throughout our recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any stage of the recruitment or selection process, please contact us at: Email: [email protected]

What This Job Offers

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