Director, Supply Chain
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Job Location:
Lewisville, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Director Supply Chain - Horton Automatics
Position Overview
The Director of Supply Chain is a strategic enterprise-level leadership role accountable for building operating and continuously improving a world-class supply chain that enables profitable growth superior customer service and operational resilience in a complex make-to-order manufacturing environment.
This is not a caretaker role. The Director is expected to set the standard for supply chain excellence exercise strong business judgment and make disciplined tradeoffs across cost service risk and cash. Success requires leading transformation building high-performing teams and developing scalable capabilities that strengthen Hortons competitive position.
The role has end-to-end responsibility for supply chain performance and financial results with Purchasing and Materials Management as direct reports.
Key Outcomes (1236 Months)
- The successful Director of Supply Chain will:
- Deliver consistent on-time performance in a high-variability make-to-order environment
- Improve working capital through inventory turns lead-time reduction and disciplined planning
- Establish Horton as a preferred customer with key strategic suppliers
- Build a robust supply risk and dual-sourcing posture for critical materials
- Develop a bench of promotable supply chain leaders capable of sustaining results
- Enable growth through scalable sourcing planning and supplier collaboration models
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Strategy Leadership and Decision Ownership
- Own and execute the end-to-end supply chain strategy aligned with business objectives and financial targets
- Act as the enterprise integrator across demand planning supply planning sourcing manufacturing and finance
- Exercise final decision authority on sourcing strategies supplier selection and inventory policies within approved guardrails
- Surface and resolve tradeoffs between service cost risk and casheven when decisions are difficult
Supplier Strategy Risk and Cost Leadership
- Build strong multi-level relationships across domestic and international suppliers
- Lead negotiations balancing total cost of ownership quality delivery innovation and long-term advantage
- Maintain and continuously update supply risk assessments (capacity geopolitical labor single-source exposure)
- Develop sourcing strategies for components subassemblies and finished goods that meet margin and quality requirements
Planning Inventory and Operational Excellence
- Establish and sustain an operating plan that ensures smooth material flow through production
- Optimize planning parameters replenishment cycles and network design to support variability and growth
- Improve inventory turns while minimizing excess and obsolete material
- Lead demand-mix and capacity analysis to synchronize production inventory and customer demand
- Define and enforce operating standards policies and performance expectations
Transformation and Continuous Improvement
- Serve as the architect of future-state supply chain capabilities including systems analytics and supplier collaboration
- Lead transformation initiatives end-to-endfrom business case through adoption and sustained results
- Translate emerging technologies and best practices into practical business advantage
Cross-Functional Partnership
- Partner with Engineering Finance Manufacturing Sales and Marketing to achieve cost service and margin objectives
- Support strategic planning due diligence and integration activities tied to growth initiatives
- Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to reduce slow-moving inventory through coordinated actions
- Partner with Finance on working capital discipline reserves and accrual accuracy
Talent and Organization Development
- Build coach and retain A-player talent across purchasing materials and planning
- Set clear performance standards address underperformance decisively
- Develop succession plans and leadership depth to ensure continuity and scalability
- Be a visible credible leader in plants and with suppliers
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in supply chain Business Engineering or related field
- 10 years of progressive supply chain leadership in a manufacturing environment
- 3 years leading supply chain planning at the Manager level or higher in a multi-business or international environment
- Proven success leading transformation and delivering measurable business results
- Strong executive communication and influencing skills
Required Competencies
- Enterprise Thinking Optimizes outcomes for the total business
- Strategic Mindset Converts future opportunities into executable strategies
- Judgment Under Pressure Makes sound decisions with incomplete data
- Leadership Courage Challenges legacy practices and assumptions
- Drives Results Delivers outcomes despite obstacles
- Financial Acumen Applies financial insight to decisions
- Talent Magnet Attracts develops and retains top supply chain leaders
Work Environment
- Typical work environment is in an office setting but also requires periods of time in the production environment.
- Exposure to hot and cold environments in the office and factory.
Travel
- Travel required including international travel
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Fitness
- AXA
- Council
- Cleaning
- Logistics
About Company
Overhead Door Corporation offers more than a day job where you clock in and out; we’re a dynamic environment where you see the results of your hard work firsthand and receive deserved recognition.
