Sr. Director, Supply Chain - Conveyance Solutions Division

Regal Rexnord•Milwaukee, WI

1d•$225,000 - $250,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director of Supply Chain will lead excellence around material supply planning, supplier relationships, material cost out, global best cost commodity strategy, and guidance for in-plant materials management for the Conveyance Solutions division within Regal Rexnord’s Automation & Motion Control Segment. This leadership position will focus on improving best cost global strategies, material flow by balancing demand and supply through the maturity of SIOP, demand planning, master scheduling, material planning, inventory management, production control, and logistics processes. Reporting to the President, this role is accountable for the supply and movement of all materials from their source to the point of use at the eight direct manufacturing locations (plus four shared manufacturing and distribution locations), actively planning and executing to achieve productivity and efficiency targets as well as managing risk, resiliency, and delivering material cost savings and supplier re-sourcing activities to achieve the strategic goals of the business.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Supply Chain/ Materials, Business Administration or equivalent experience.
Prior experience with international supply chain planning and leading a supply chain team.
Prior experience with utilizing lean methodology and tools to improve operations.
Prior experience with VAVE, MCO, re-sourcing planning, global commodity alignment
Experience leading a team of purchasing and planning professionals.
Experience providing materials for a build to order business

Nice To Haves

Experience in plastics, metal working and assembly operations, preferred.
Sound knowledge of SAP/ERP experience is preferred.
Experience utilizing a Kanban inventory system

Responsibilities

Develop a vision and long-term strategy related to the systems, process, and skills roadmap for the future of materials management and SIOP function across the division aligned with the broader RRX organization
Lead supply chain and materials management initiatives by providing direction and guidance as well as setting clear performance expectations and coaching for excellence for key stakeholders.
Monitor and countermeasure inflation, PPV and tariffs for the division.
Plan and manage MCO (Material Cost Out) for the division.
Collaborate with enterprise commodity purchasing teams to develop short term and long term division strategies to support supplier resiliency, best cost sourcing, and globally aligned material cost out strategies
Lead/collaborate with demand planning, product line leadership, engineering, operations, and finance teams to drive cross-functional alignment.
Identify opportunities to develop, improve or simplify processes, guidelines and policies for effective supplier management practices, order fulfillment, inventory management and materials management activities.
Identify business risks and implementing resolutions and scalable mechanisms across the in-plant materials management and supply chain management function.
Build and develop relationships at the executive level with suppliers and partners to ensure contractual commitment, alignment, and accountability.
Establish a culture focused on continuous process improvements aimed at achieving predictability and efficient materials management operations.
Establish performance monitoring/KPI programs to effectively measure the performance of our internal team and our supply chain.
Manage to ensure the SIOP plan is set in accordance to meet customer expectations and that all manufacturing locations are in line to support it.
Identify and implement total supply chain improvements. Increase supply chain visibility to assist in inventory reduction and on time delivery. Evaluate networks and pursue systems/process enhancements to reduce costs and improve reliability.
Develop analytics to measure, evaluate, analyze, and take corrective action to continually improve key metrics in materials management and the supply chain.
Responsible for maintaining and improving all aspects of the Materials Management function.