Supply Chain Manager

Tenneco•Waupun, WI

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Supply Chain Manager leads the plant P3 Integrated Supply Chain operating system across Supply Planning, Material Handling, ERP and Inventory Integrity, Demand Planning, Transportation, Lean, and Customs. The role synchronizes customer demand, production, suppliers, inventory, systems, material flow, and logistics through shared standards, governance, and functional accountability. It protects customer delivery while improving inventory, cost, cash, capability, and certification maturity. The manager connects the plant’s supply chain functions into an end-to-end operating model, leads daily and weekly performance governance, and balances urgent recovery with lasting corrective action. The role maintains the plant organization, RASCI, standard work, skills matrix, KPI definitions, maturity roadmap, evidence ownership, and certification sustainment. The position partners with plant leadership and teams across Production, Engineering, Commercial, Procurement, Finance, HR, IT, Compliance, and regional and global Supply Chain. It develops people and leaders, supports customer and business commitments, and uses ERP discipline, visual management, Lean, data, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement to improve execution and remove recurring instability. Success includes reliable delivery and material availability, strong inventory and cost performance, a capable and accountable organization, sustained P3 certification, and improved resilience.

Requirements

Proven leadership across end-to-end plant supply chain functions, including planning, scheduling, suppliers, inventory, material handling, logistics, trade compliance, systems, and customer delivery.
Strong experience connecting plant supply chain with Operations, Engineering, Commercial, Procurement, Finance, HR, and IT.
Experience deploying an operating system, leading maturity improvement, coaching teams, and delivering sustained SQDIC results.
Understanding of working capital, freight, premium freight, inventory, cost-to-serve, productivity, and P&L impact.
Demonstrated success building organizations, developing talent, managing performance, and creating accountability.
Experience supporting product launches, phase-outs, capacity changes, recovery, continuity, and customer escalation.
Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, business, or a related field.
Strong ERP, Excel, BI, planning, and supply-chain analytics capability.
Strong communication, decision quality, financial acumen, and cross-functional influence.
Fluency in English and the local plant language, as required.

Nice To Haves

MBA.
APICS, Lean/Six Sigma, or comparable professional certification.

Responsibilities

Lead the plant P3 Integrated Supply Chain operating system across Supply Planning, Material Handling, ERP and Inventory Integrity, Demand Planning, Transportation, Lean, and Customs.
Synchronize customer demand, production, suppliers, inventory, systems, material flow, and logistics through shared standards, governance, and clear accountability.
Protect customer delivery while improving inventory, cost, cash, capability, and certification maturity.
Run daily and weekly governance with clear facts, decisions, owners, due dates, and escalation; balance urgent recovery with permanent corrective action.
Maintain the plant organization, RASCI, standard work, skills matrix, KPI definitions, maturity roadmap, evidence ownership, and certification sustainment.
Bring an end-to-end supply-chain perspective to site strategy, SQDIC performance, risk, investment, and customer decisions.
Coordinate materials, schedules, capacity, master data, change management, and recovery with Production and Engineering.
Translate customer requirements into executable plans, credible commitments, early escalation, and disciplined recovery.
Establish supplier routines for material, capacity, performance, and risk to protect the plant and improve supplier execution.
Align financial controls, organizational capability, systems enablement, governance, and audit readiness with Finance, HR, IT, and Compliance.
Deploy supply-chain standards, calibrate maturity, remove structural barriers, and scale practices across the regional and global network.
Build a capable team; set expectations, coach performance, create trained backups, strengthen succession, and hold the organization accountable.
Use ERP discipline, visual management, pull, flow, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement to simplify operations and remove recurring instability.
Improve OTD/OTIF, material availability, schedule adherence, inventory accuracy, and recovery discipline.
Manage working capital and cost performance, including raw, WIP, and finished-goods inventory, freight, premium freight, and logistics costs.
Support product launches, phase-outs, capacity changes, recovery, continuity, and customer escalation.
Identify risks early, test continuity plans, close actions, and remove systemic waste from the value stream.