Program Manager, Regionalization Strategy & Business Case Development

Bot Verification•Franklin, TN

About The Position

The Program Manager will lead the development of comprehensive business cases supporting the regionalization of electrical products and supply chains. The role evaluates and recommends supply chain localization and regionalization opportunities by assessing supplier networks, manufacturing footprint options, distribution strategies, inventory positioning, logistics flows, and ERP impacts. The position works across global and regional stakeholders to develop data-driven recommendations supporting cost optimization, tariff mitigation, resilience, lead-time reduction, customer service improvement, and risk reduction while maintaining alignment with enterprise systems and processes. The Program Manager assesses current supply chain footprints, develops regionalization scenarios, and builds financial and operational business cases that cover investment and operating costs, total landed cost, working capital, inventory, logistics, tariffs and duties, cost to serve, manufacturing costs, service levels, resilience, ROI, NPV, and payback. The role also evaluates the ERP, master data, planning, and governance implications of regionalization, coordinating with relevant teams to incorporate systems requirements and implementation costs. The position leads cross-functional program coordination and decision-making across global and regional stakeholders, prepares executive presentations and steering committee materials, and establishes program governance and reporting. Deliverables include current-state assessments, future-state scenarios, integrated financial models, business case packages, risk and sensitivity analyses, implementation roadmaps, and executive recommendations. Success is measured by timely, leadership-approved business cases; validated financial benefits; thorough assessment of ERP impacts; cross-functional alignment; high-quality analysis enabling executive decisions; and prioritization of regionalization opportunities with an approved roadmap.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in supply chain, operations, industrialization, or strategic program management.
Proven experience building complex business cases and executive-level recommendations.
Experience leading multinational, cross-functional programs.
Demonstrated success in supply chain transformation and localization or regionalization initiatives.
Experience in electrical equipment, industrial manufacturing, electronics, power distribution, or related industries.
Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain management, strategic sourcing and procurement, manufacturing operations, distribution and logistics, inventory optimization, supply chain finance, network design and modeling, regionalization/localization strategies, trade compliance and tariffs, and ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Kinaxis.
Strong program management capabilities and ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
Experience with steering committees and executive governance.
Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to influence without authority.
Advanced financial modeling, business case development, scenario planning, cost modeling, data analytics, and decision support skills.
Strong executive presentation skills and experience working across different cultures and geographies.
Excellent facilitation and stakeholder engagement capabilities.

Responsibilities

Assess end-to-end supply chain footprints for targeted product families, including supplier networks, manufacturing and assembly, distribution, warehousing, and customer delivery.
Evaluate supplier localization, regional sourcing, manufacturing footprint, and regional distribution opportunities.
Identify supply chain risks, dependencies, and mitigation opportunities; develop regionalization scenarios and strategic recommendations.
Develop financial and operational business cases, including CAPEX and OPEX, total landed cost, working capital, inventory, logistics, tariffs and duties, cost to serve, manufacturing costs, service levels, resilience benefits, ROI, NPV, and payback.
Evaluate ERP impacts, master data requirements, and governance implications associated with regionalization initiatives.
Assess impacts to material masters, bills of material, routing structures, source lists, planning parameters, and distribution networks.
Coordinate with ERP, planning, procurement, logistics, and manufacturing teams, incorporating system implementation costs and requirements into business case assumptions.
Lead cross-functional coordination across supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, industrialization, finance, product management, commercial teams, ERP/IT, regional operations, and global category management.
Facilitate alignment and decision-making with global and regional leadership teams.
Develop executive-level presentations and recommendations, prepare steering committee materials, and present findings and alternatives to senior leadership.
Drive decisions through data-based scenario analysis and establish program governance and reporting mechanisms.
Deliver current-state assessments, future-state scenarios, integrated financial models, executive business case packages, sensitivity and risk analyses, implementation roadmaps, and executive recommendations.