Director Supply Chain Planning

Description

The Planning Director Center of Excellence (COE) is a strategic leadership role responsible for establishing leading and continuously improving a center-led organization focused on global best practices in planning processes such as Sales Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) and Materials Management. This leader will serve as the architect of a globally aligned yet business unit enabled planning ecosystem that fosters business collaboration drives consistent execution and builds long-term supply chain resilience.

As the Director Supply Chain Planning you will:

• Define the vision structure and strategic roadmap of the Planning Center of Excellence (COE)
• Lead the development and deployment of global planning standards frameworks and toolkits
• Design deploy and optimize the global SIOP process integrating demand supply finance and business planning at the executive level
• Design deploy and optimize the global S&OE practices to drive real-time responsiveness executional excellence and plan adherence on a weekly basis
• Define enterprise-wide policies and playbooks for inventory optimization lead-time management and supply assurance
• Support master data governance and drive global consistency in replenishment strategies supply planning parameters and planning system configurations
• Ensure consistent adoption of best practices and performance metrics across all regions and business units
• Serve as a trusted planning partner to Business Unit (BU) leaders translating enterprise strategy into effective supply chain planning solutions
• Establish formal governance forums and operating rhythms (e.g. SIOP councils planning summits) to ensure continuous alignment and knowledge-sharing across BUs
• Collaborate with BU supply chain and commercial leaders to tailor planning strategies that reflect business-specific needs while maintaining enterprise-wide consistency
• Collaborate cross functionally to drive through complex business problems including finance marketing sales strategy product development and various supply chain functions.
• Develop necessary relationships to ensure continuous sponsorship and enrollment
• Actively manage feedback loops to ensure the COE remains relevant value-driven
• Lead the creation and cultivation of a global planning and materials management community across the organization
• Launch planning academies learning journeys and communities of practice to elevate organizational capability and engagement
• Promote a culture of transparency continuous learning and cross-regional support through collaboration platforms and internal events
• Partner with the supply chain excellence teams to establish end-to-end planning KPIs and dashboards that drive visibility accountability and decision-making across the network
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives including advanced analytics scenario modeling and digital automation
• Conduct periodic maturity assessments and lead targeted improvement projects across underperforming regions or functions

Required education experiences & skills:

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Business Engineering or a related field
• 10 years of progressive experience in supply chain planning SIOP S&OE and materials management roles including 5 years in a leadership position within a matrixed/global organization
• Demonstrated success in building and leading planning Centers of Excellence or enterprise-wide transformation programs
• Deep understanding of business unit dynamics and the ability to balance standardization with local agility
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with the ability to influence across functions geographies and levels
• Strong and curious analytical skillset identifying patterns exceptions to patterns and identifying drivers of these outliers
• Flexible to manage time across pivots in task prioritization of oneself and the team and communicate for impact the necessary support to navigate through issues and challenges
• Strong communication skills capable of communicating for impact the key messages for an audience and associating asks through both oral and written mediums
• Bias for action and excited to use voice in meetings to cut through ambiguity and seek clarity
• Proficiency in advanced planning systems (e.g. SAP IBP Kinaxis OMP Oracle) and collaborative digital tools.
• Up to 25% domestic travel is required for this position

Preferred education experiences & skills

• Experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment
• MBA
• APICS/ASCM certification preferred
  
  

Why Work in the Greater Miami Valley Area

Our facility is located in Sidney OH conveniently located within driving distance to several larger cities such as Dayton Troy and Columbus. The areas generally low costs of living excellent school systems and low crime rates create a family-friendly environment. The area is home to several growing communities with restaurants festivals shopping and arts scenes that make them exciting places to live and work.

About our Location

The newly renovated Sidney campus has 1M square feet of manufacturing floor with an additional 120k square feet of leading-edge lab facilities. This location is the headquarters for the air conditioning and cold chain businesses. Through our 30 years of scroll compressor expertise our air conditioning related products help bring comfort and convenience in commercial industrial and residential spaces. The cold chain business helps ensure that food safely and efficiently travels from farm to fork. Approximately 1600 employees work in Sidney who all support a multitude of business functions. With the blend of businesses and functions represented under this one roof there are many opportunities for advancement within the Sidney location

Why Work in St. Louis Missouri

Our facility is located in St. Louis famous for its Gateway Arch standing at 630 feet tall. St. Louis is a family-friendly historic metropolitan area with a low cost of living and first-class schools. The city offers excellent restaurants shopping areas art galleries and numerous festivals throughout the year making this an exciting place to live and work.

About Our Location

Our location is the host of Copelands corporate headquarters. Our products have become household names that support the comfort and well-being of our customers. The employees at this location provide support to the various businesses within the platform allowing for many networking opportunities across businesses.

Collaboration First Hybrid Work Arrangements:

This role is hybrid eligible with the requirement to be in office at least three days per week. Colleagues are expected to demonstrate a collaboration first mindset which is the understanding that teams will work together in-person and colleagues should be flexible to adjust their hybrid days based on business needs. You will have an opportunity to work with your team and leader to determine when you should be in office to drive meaningful connections and to best serve our customers.

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