Supply Chain Product Lifecycle Manager

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If you are a strategic thinker and a Supply Chain professional with a passion for transforming Supply Chain for the future this could be your chance to make your mark in the Lubricant business.

Where You Fit In

The Supply Chain Product Lifecycle Manager leads and coordinates all product portfolio activities ensuring portfolio effectiveness while managing supply chain complexity and change impacts. The role works closely with Lubricant Supply Chain (LSC) Sales and Marketing teams and is accountable for project managing all portfolio changes in the region.

This is a key leadership role within the North America LSC team. The lubricants portfolio plays a critical role in driving growth and reducing cost and complexity. Reporting to the Optimization & Projects Manager the position serves as the main link between Sales Marketing OTC and the Lubes Supply Chain requiring strong cross-functional collaboration.

The role suits a delivery-focused leader interested in learning both operational and commercial aspects of the business. It offers opportunities to lead a NA-wide team manage complex portfolio initiatives and develop within a professional change-driven organization.

What is the Role

• Lead endtoend project management for all product introductions and withdrawals delivering projects on time on budget and in full
• Maintain Right First Time (RFT) performance above 97% across all managed projects
• Drive Time to Market (TTM) performance in alignment with Sales Marketing and key stakeholders
• Minimize transition costs and component writeoffs targeting $5K per SKU
• Partner with SPO Portfolio and Marketing teams to ensure portfolio competitiveness and support strategic growth plans
• Deliver worldclass customer experience (CSI) while enabling Goal Zero safety culture
• Lead coach and develop a team of 812 portfolio managers balancing workload and accountability across 100 annual projects
• Manage multiple projects of varying complexity simultaneously from single SKUs to largescale portfolios
• Optimize endtoend supply chain costs including production storage freight and writeoffs
• Collaborate across the lubricants value chain to deliver value initiatives and support Digital PLM implementation

What we need from you

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management Engineering or a related field
• At least 10 years of experience managing product portfolios in an FMCG environment including label management portfolio management and endtoend project and product management

Key Capabilities and Experience

• Lead a team of direct reports onsite while reporting to a manager in a virtual environment
• Demonstrate agility in managing an evolving scope of responsibilities driven by changing business needs
  • Advanced proficiency on the following
    • Supply Chain Project Management:
    • Value Chain Management and EndtoEnd Profitability:
    • Commercial and Economic Acumen
  • Proficient on the following:
    • Supply Chain Integration and Management
    • Supply Chain Customer Service
    • Supply Chain Tactical Planning
• Strong risk identification assessment and mitigation skills
• Proven strength in stakeholder engagement and crossfunctional collaboration
• Solid knowledge of supply chain operations and/or marketing processes
• Experience in Product Lifecycle Management
• Experience with GSAP

This is a handson leadership role that requires deep attention to detail. Success in this position depends on a strong willingness to be personally involved working closely with the team to navigate complex data detailed analysis and operational challenges

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What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. Youll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty integrity and respect for one another. Youll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology trends and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders ages ethnicities cultures abilities sexual orientation and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
• international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

Who We Are

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies employing 103000people and with operations in more than 70countries. We use advanced technologies and take an innovative approach as we seek to help the world build a sustainable energy future.

Shell is a customer-focused organisation serving more than1million commercial and industrial customers and around 33 millioncustomers daily at more than 47000Shell-branded retail service stations.

Our approach

Powering Progress sets our strategy to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 generating value for our shareholders our customers and wider society. As we move forward on this journey we will power lives and respect nature while maintaining our core values of honesty integrity and respect for people.

Our values

At Shell we share a set of core values honesty integrity and respect for people which underpin all the work we do. The Shell General Business Principles Code of Conduct and Ethics and Compliance Manual help everyone at Shell act in line with these values and comply with relevant laws and regulations.

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