Regional S&OP Director (Remote)

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ROLE OVERVIEW
The S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) - Leader will be accountable for the management of the strategic long-term Division Sales & Operations Planning process and Execution. The role will lead cross-functional S&OP process and develop on-top analytics that enables the Division to develop a balanced 12 month demand and supply plans considering the latest market and internal dynamics.
This role will require the integration of demand coming from Product Groups and deploy the SIOP regional process.
The ideal candidate will have been in a similar role, demonstrate a high sense of urgency and have a track record of progression through the ranks.
The Position will report directly to the Global-Regional Supply Chain/Operations Leader.

This position is remote but will require ~50% travel

Essential Responsibilities:

• Lead the monthly Sales & Operations Planning process delivering cross-functionally aligned, feasible long-term demand and supply plans.
• Ensure a disciplined and continuously improving process that allows for executive level action planning and decision making.
• Summarize complete sales, inventory, and operations plan into standardized, succinct management report. Ability to present complex details to various levels of the organization
• Creation and management of a long-term top down, bottom up demand reconciliation process considering the latest market intelligence insights, statistical base rate forecasting and sales / commercial input
• Creation and management of long-term demand & supply Master Schedule to ensure the integration into the ERP system for effective creation of material requirement planning of raw materials.
• Manage the Master Schedule and establish commit dates.
• Lead the monthly reporting for measuring S&OP effectiveness (Revenue, Forecast Accuracy, Inventory optimization, Customer OTD and Productivity). Ensure that Root Cause Analytics and Corrective Actions methods drive improving performance in all of these areas
• Ensure that each functional group aligns to SIOP procedures and that continuous improvements plans are in place to enable on-going development of process and system capability
• Coordinate with Production Planning, Purchasing, and overall inventory management Establishing deep domain expertise and high-performance culture
• Lead and manage the production order-scheduling process, Work collaboratively with functional Managers to review demand planning.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Preferred Min 10 Years experience in S&OP/Supply Chain Planning Roles, Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• Change Agent with experience deploying sustainable lean supply chain tools
• Previous experience leading Sales & Operations Planning and Operational Planning processes
• Strong understanding and experience of influencing end to end Supply Chains
• Experience of developing an organizations Sales & Operations Planning process – manufacturing or fulfillment environment preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to drive key metrics improvement
• Experience of working within and developing the usage and capability of ERP and Supply Chain Planning software tools.
• Experience creating and executing master schedule over multiple Production Facilities with a global footprint
• High level analytical skills, with the ability to identify and provide recommendations to resolve end to end planning bottlenecks and constraints
• Ability to influence senior level cross-functional stakeholders creating process change and aligned decision making
• Ability to prioritize resources and workloads to both resolve short term priorities while retaining focus on long term strategic plans
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Suite