Director Supply Chain Governance and Strategy

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Position Summary

Key business area leader responsible for leading the endtoend supply chain strategy processes governance sourcetopay analytics technology roadmap and integrated business planning. This role involves developing coordinating and implementing supply chain strategies and program management across the company ensuring effective strategy deployment and .
Drives the development and implementation of businessfocused supply chain initiatives throughout the organization. This role requires a strategic yet handson approach with the ability to develop a vision and ensure its successful .

Partners with IT and the business units to lead the Supply Chain digital transformation strategy evolving the digital strategy in partnership with external industry experts and internal teams to meet evolving business needs and connect them to digital procurement deliverables.

Essential Responsibilities

Strategy

• Lead the ideation development and implementation of supply chain strategies and key initiatives to support the supply chain vision objectives and broader business goals.

• Create and maintain an evergreen supply chain transformation agenda to ensure continuous evolution staying aligned with customer needs market and industry trends innovations and technologies. Understand the implications for the company and pursue initiatives that position the supply chain as a competitive advantage.

Governance

• Oversee compliance with utilityspecific procurement processes ensuring transparent fair and competitive supplier selection.

• Manage governance frameworks for utility partnerships joint ventures and publicprivate collaborations ensuring alignment with longterm sustainability goals.

• Monitor and enforce adherence to risk management protocols related to critical infrastructure emergency preparedness and business continuity planning within the supply chain

• Collaborate with regulatory bodies and governmental agencies to stay informed about evolving utility sector policies and incorporate them into governance practices.

Program Management Office

• Lead the Program Management Office (PMO) function identifying and prioritizing supply chain optimization opportunities across all functional areas. Focus on driving cost and performance transformation reducing working capital and improving customer service.

• Identify strategic barriers to value and leverage investment enablers such as tools scalable digital solutions and automation to unlock value.

• Orchestrate the overall supply chain portfolio of strategic initiatives with a robust and efficient management infrastructure. Ensure timely of programs and projects with a focus on value creation and return on investment.

Technology and Data Analytics

• Develop a supply chain technology roadmap for various technologies including SAP and Coupa.

• Utilize advanced analytics to identify trends test hypotheses and propose innovative solutions.

• Synthesize data from diverse sources to support strategic decisionmaking and problemsolving.

• Create compelling visualizations and reports to effectively communicate insights.

Chief of Staff

• Enable the VP of Supply Chain to focus on toppriority strategic and valueaccretive initiatives by ensuring the availability of information analytics and facts for decisionmaking.

• Drive initiatives to enhance leadership team effectiveness by challenging the status quo operationally and strategically including process improvements capability changes and cultural and behavioral shifts.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Business Supply Chain or another related field. MBA is preferred.

• 10 years experience in leading supply chain strategy development initiatives.

• Experience in a toptier consulting firm preferred.

• 5 years of Supply Chain experience in power and utilities industry (or heavy industrial) preferred.

• Ability to lead a sourcetopay function

• Strong experience in supply chain ERP systems (SAP and Coupa experience preferred).

• Demonstrated experience developing supply chain technology roadmaps and the implementation of P2P systems.

• Demonstrated experience in leading major operational transformations to drive competitiveness elevate customer service and improve cost structures/margins.

• Demonstrated experience working in a fastpaced setting with a high level of learning agility.

• Highly analytical; demonstrated experience in optimizing and developing supply chain networks leveraging leading edge technology analytics. Using data and facts to enable strategic decision making.

• Demonstrated experience developing high performing teams.

As a leading combination electricity and natural gas energy company Xcel Energy offers a comprehensive portfolio of energyrelated products and services to 3.4 million electricity and 1.9 million natural gas customers across eight Western and Midwestern states. At Xcel Energy we strive to be the preferred and trusted provider of the energy our customers need. If youre ready to be a part of something big we invite you to join our team.

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