Senior Director of Supply Chain

Hirsh Industries•Des Moines, IA

21d•Hybrid

About The Position

Hirsh Industries is hiring a Senior Director of Supply Chain to bring purchasing, production planning, forecasting, and freight together under one leader. The company manufactures steel office furniture and storage products at its plants in Dover, Delaware, and Mexicali, Mexico, and supplements its own production with products sourced from Asia. The role has a small team consisting of a Director of Purchasing, buyers at both plants, and a planning manager; the Senior Director personally owns freight strategy and is expected to do hands-on analytical, modeling, and negotiation work. Two priorities for the first year are rebuilding the finished-goods safety stock model and transforming the monthly cross-functional meeting into a sales, inventory, and operations planning process. The role reports to the Senior Vice President of Product & Operations and works closely with sales, plant leadership, product management, engineering, and finance. This is a hybrid role based at the company's West Des Moines, Iowa headquarters, with at least three days per week on-site. Regular travel to both plants and periodic supplier and customer visits are expected.

Requirements

10+ years of supply chain experience at a manufacturer.
Hands-on ownership of at least two of purchasing, demand and production planning, or logistics.
Experience across more than one plant.
Demonstrated willingness to perform the work personally, including building models, running bids, and writing analysis.
Strong analytical skills.
Working depth in an ERP; the company uses SAP.
Ability to own results that depend on people who do not report directly to the role.
Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, business, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

Steel or metals buying experience, including index-based pricing and Section 232 tariff exposure.
Sheet metal fabrication or similar discrete, high-volume manufacturing experience, such as stamping, forming, welding, or powder coat.
U.S./Mexico cross-border experience, including USMCA and customs.
Experience with a dedicated demand planning platform such as Relex, Optimity, Blue Yonder, o9, Kinaxis, or SAP IBP.
Knowledge of LTL pricing mechanics, including FAK agreements, class exceptions, and accessorials.
Experience managing customer-routed (collect) freight.
Retail vendor compliance experience, including routing guides, OTIF scorecards, and chargebacks.
Conversational Spanish.
WMS evaluation or implementation experience.
ASCM/APICS certification (CPIM, CSCP) or equivalent.
Comfort using AI tools to speed up analysis, research, and problem-solving.

Responsibilities

Own the demand plan and master production scheduling across both plants.
Lead purchasing, including steel procurement, through the Director of Purchasing and buyers at each site.
Rebuild finished-goods inventory policy using demand variability, minimum economic run lengths, material lead times, and supplier capacity.
Own freight strategy and carrier relationships; run quarterly bids and monitor carrier pickup and transit performance.
Connect material availability to the production plan so commitments reflect available supply and issues surface early.
Chair the monthly planning cycle and make service, inventory, and cost trade-offs explicit, including their dollar impact.
Own supply chain systems, including Relex for planning, the TMS, and SAP configuration for purchasing and inventory.
Build and develop the team, including functional depth and succession planning.
Personally build models, perform analysis, and negotiate contracts.