Senior Supply Chain Manager

Lincoln Electric•Mason, OH

2d•$141,872 - $177,340•Onsite

About The Position

The Supply Chain Manager owns the end-to-end supply chain for Lincoln Electric - Harris Products: ensuring that people, processes, data, and technology work together to deliver superior customer service, optimized inventory, efficient operations, and sustainable business growth. The role provides governance and leadership across planning and inventory and eventually will own the Harris S&OP cycle. This role ensures that products are manufactured on time, while continuously improving processes to enhance efficiency, optimize resource utilization and reduce costs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Supply Chain Management, finance Operations, or related field
8+ years of experience in supply chain
Deep understanding of manufacturing processes, supply chain dynamics, and production systems.
Experience with SAP
Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Ability to influence across functions and drive sustainable change
Proven track record of leading large-scale transformation in a manufacturing setting.
Strategic thinker with a hands-on, data-driven approach
Passion for innovation, technology, and operational excellence
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions and percentages. Ability to calculate conversions of standard and metric measurements.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Pleasant, self-motivated, high energy, and reliable with an eye for detail. Ability to work under pressure. Strong organizational skills. Able to prioritize tasks and work independently. Ability to occasionally work alternate shifts if need arises.
A pleasant, self-motivated, high energy, reliable focused person with an eye for detail. Ability to work under pressure and deliver results in a timely manner and professionally
Maintain a professional appearance that reflects positively on HPG while dealing with outside contacts and other HPG personnel

Nice To Haves

Master's or MBA Preferred
APICS CPIM
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain detailed production plan aligned with demand forecasts and inventory levels (including WIPS)
Develop mid-term/long-term production plan in line with service level target
Lead cross-functional meeting to ensure the tradeoff of decisions are well understood
Analyses and maintains appropriate planning parameters in collaboration with manufacturing operations.
Ensure timely availability of materials, equipment, and labor by coordinating with procurement and logistics teams.
Monitor inventory levels, conduct audits, and manage material requirements planning (MRP).
Analyzes and maintains planning parameters in line with business unit strategy within the guidelines defined by the supply chain center of excellence
Enforce the usage of enterprise defined digital tools.
Owns the Harris demand planning cycle
Improve forecast accuracy and bias through advanced analytics, segmentation, and statistical modeling
Partner with Commercial, Finance, and Product Management to align demand assumptions and drive one set of numbers
Coordinate with other demand planning functions to ensure global alignment
Foster a culture of continuous improvement and operational discipline.
Develop training programs to build internal capabilities.
Collaborate with IT, Digital and other business units to drive transformation.
Define local KPI such as OTIF (On-Time-In-Full), Customer Service Level, Forecast Accuracy, Inventory Turns, Backlog, Schedule Attainment. and provide root cause analysis for enterprise KPIs
Provide updates to executive leadership and adjust strategies accordingly.
Embodies Lincoln Electric’s core values and The Golden Rule.
Practices servant leadership and leads by example.
Acts as a trusted coach and collaborative team player.
Demonstrates integrity, accountability, and a drive for results
Lead the monthly S&OP process.
Facilitate executive S&OP reviews.
Align demand, supply, inventory, capacity and financial plans.
Escalate risks and recommend mitigation actions.
Develop capacity models across manufacturing operations.
Identify future constraints and recommend investments.
Balance customer service levels, inventory and manufacturing capacity.
Support long-range business planning.