Vice President - Supply Chain Management

LANXESS Corporation•Woodbridge Township, NJ

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

Set the global supply chain strategy and lead end-to-end planning, scheduling, and customer service in partnership with senior leaders across manufacturing, commercial, product, and global planning functions. Own delivery of enterprise performance commitments across service, inventory, working capital, cash flow, planning effectiveness, logistics cost, safety, and profitability. Provide executive ownership of Integrated Business Planning, driving disciplined demand and supply planning, production scheduling, forecast accuracy, and order-to-cash performance. Build a high-performing global organization by attracting, developing, and empowering senior talent while embedding clear accountability and standardized ways of working. Establish robust supply chain risk governance and lead mitigation of capacity, raw material, manufacturing, labor, and force majeure exposures. Shape long-range network, capacity, inventory, and production strategies that enable profitable growth, cost competitiveness, and cash optimization. Influence enterprise decisions through scenario modeling, fact-based trade-off analysis, and clear recommendations to executive leadership. Sponsor digital transformation across the supply chain, leveraging automation, analytics, and AI to strengthen agility, productivity, and decision quality. Champion operational discipline and ensure full compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, safety, and local requirements. Member of the global lubricants additives leadership team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or Business, MBA or another relevant graduate degree preferred.
Minimum of 15 years of progressive supply chain management experience in a leading organization, including significant leadership responsibility within complex, global supply chain and manufacturing environments.
Demonstrated command of end-to-end planning and execution, including Integrated Business Planning, demand and supply planning, production scheduling, inventory optimization, customer service, and network design.
Proven success improving service, working capital, cost, resilience, and organizational transformation capability at scale.
Strong experience in SAP-enabled manufacturing and planning environments; exposure to advanced planning platforms, analytics, automation, and AI is highly valued.
Track record of building high-performing, geographically dispersed teams and developing senior supply chain talent.
Exceptional commercial acumen, analytical judgment, executive communication, and ability to influence senior leaders through fact-based recommendations.

Nice To Haves

APICS CPIM/CSCP, IBF, Lean Six Sigma, or comparable certification as benefit.

Responsibilities

Set the global supply chain strategy and lead end-to-end planning, scheduling, and customer service in partnership with senior leaders across manufacturing, commercial, product, and global planning functions.
Own delivery of enterprise performance commitments across service, inventory, working capital, cash flow, planning effectiveness, logistics cost, safety, and profitability.
Provide executive ownership of Integrated Business Planning, driving disciplined demand and supply planning, production scheduling, forecast accuracy, and order-to-cash performance.
Build a high-performing global organization by attracting, developing, and empowering senior talent while embedding clear accountability and standardized ways of working.
Establish robust supply chain risk governance and lead mitigation of capacity, raw material, manufacturing, labor, and force majeure exposures.
Shape long-range network, capacity, inventory, and production strategies that enable profitable growth, cost competitiveness, and cash optimization.
Influence enterprise decisions through scenario modeling, fact-based trade-off analysis, and clear recommendations to executive leadership.
Sponsor digital transformation across the supply chain, leveraging automation, analytics, and AI to strengthen agility, productivity, and decision quality.
Champion operational discipline and ensure full compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, safety, and local requirements.