Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning
Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning
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Job Description
Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed while enabling a sustainable world.
Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!
Job Summary
The Senior Manager of Supply Chain Color & Additives USA/CAN has broad responsibilities across all regional sites balancing supply and demand across all relevant time fences. The primary responsibility of this role is leading a team accountable for production order creation and management as well as purchase order creation and management for all the sites in the region. Additionally this role will support lean six sigma initiatives (focused on supply chain automation) support Customer Service Manufacturing and Sourcing as the liaison between customers sites and Vendors be a critical member of the business leadership team and will be held accountable for primary supply chain KPIs.
Essential Functions
- Accountable for the balance supply with demand on a short term and long-term basis
- Manage inventory investment throughout the chain to minimize working capital investment.
- Lead supply chain automation initiatives
- Act as the sponsor / primary stakeholder for global cross-BU supply chain improvement projects
- Enhance protocols for communicating standards and changes throughout the supply chain
- Responsible for the interaction of production planners and plant schedulers must resolve issues and build consensus on supply strategy.
- Communicate process and service issues to Business Management Manufacturing Sales Customer Service Production Planning and Technical Service.
- Analyze data to improve safety stock levels EOQs and forecasting capabilities.
- Other duties as assigned.
Scope
The position will lead 6 direct reports and be responsible for a team consisting of 20 resources supporting the USA/CAN region.
Education and Experience
- Bachelors - business or engineering required
- 10 years experience in transactional supply chain (planning procurement etc)
- Trained in problem solving techniques (LSS or equivalent)
Additional Qualifications
- APICS certification preferred
- LSS green belt or higher preferred
Physical Demands
- Office environment
We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self a leader of others or a leader of the business.
By playing to win acting customer centric driving innovation and profitable growth collaborating seamlessly across Avient and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avients strategic goals to meet our customer needs and to accomplish your career goals.
At Avient we believe a wide variety of thoughts ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring promotion development compensation or advancement are based solely on a persons qualifications abilities experience and performance. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race sex sexual orientation gender identity age color religion national origin disability genetic information protected veterans status or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing
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Required Experience:
Senior Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
