Supply Chain Planning Solutions Architect

About the position

The Supply Chain Solution Architect will serve as a key designer of End-to-End supply chain initiatives aimed at building a competitively advantaged supply chain across FBIN. The Supply Chain Solution Architect will lead large-scale, cross-functional, enterprise-wide process design initiatives to improve customer experience, costs, and inventory productivity, in addition, present process design status updates to executive level leadership. This hands-on role will leverage end-to-end supply chain, advanced analytics, change management, and project management expertise.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale, cross-functional, enterprise-wide supply planning process design initiatives to improve customer experience, costs, and inventory productivity.
• Design and configure supply chain planning systems to support business requirements by leading a workstream project team of internal, external and customer experts.
• Function as Lead Architect on a small project or large project workstream to design required process changes.
• Identify potential process improvements within the Supply Chain area (with a particular focus on supply planning, manufacturing planning, and shop floor execution).
• Create and present effective and insightful executive level project updates on a regular basis.
• Professionally challenge current and/or traditional ways of thinking and create innovative approaches that will improve business outcomes.
• Be a thought leader by collaborating with executives, senior planning leaders, and fellow supply chain process architects to define Fortune Brands supply planning strategy and roadmap.
• Define the vision and strategy of our supply planning processes that satisfy the key business use cases by carefully balancing pragmatism, standardization, and meeting the requirements.
• Solve business problems by working with our internal and external customers to understand their needs and finally deliver planning processes that have a measurable impact on the company.
• Help advance Demand Driven Planning (DDMRP) methodology and planning processes by educating and influencing key stakeholders on innovative approaches of analyzing and managing the end-to-end supply chain.
• Define and document best practices and standards for the Supply Planning teams.
• Gather requirements for Supply Chain Planning including planning business processes, identifying potential areas of improvement and new development, automation of processes, reducing cycle times and productivity improvement.
• Provide architecture guidance on individual system designs; Architect designs and solutions to support the realization of supply chain planning functionalities on Orchestr8 (O8).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree is required. Master’s Degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant supply chain experience in roles of increasing responsibility to include: Experience in supply chain end-to-end processes including demand planning, supply planning, and/or logistics is required.
• Three years in a lead role is preferred.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience leading large scale, complex cross-functional strategic initiatives following a formal project management methodology (including tools and techniques) and/or Six Sigma DMAIC discipline is preferred.
• Global experience as well as experience operating in an ERP environment (SAP and Oracle preferred).
• Proven track record of delivering results.
• Supply Chain and Six Sigma expertise gained through training, certification, and/or industry associations is preferred (e.g., APICS CSCP, edX courses, Green Belt certification).
• Skillful in building valued partnerships with stakeholders, communicating, and influencing effectively across all levels of an organization, leading change, collaborating, and working cross-functionally, facilitating workshops, applying emotional intelligence, and employing analytics.
• Experience using ADKAR or other Change Management methodology and Demand Driven Institute (DDI) certification are preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.
• Proven knowledge in complex Engineering, Manufacturing Planning and Execution processes and deep implementation knowledge in SAP ECC, Oracle and supply chain cloud solutions.
• Knowledge of Grouping, Pegging and Distribution, Long Term Planning, Capacity leveling, and lean manufacturing are essential.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health plans
• Market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution
• Product discounts
• Flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy)
• Inclusive fertility / adoption benefits