Material Leader Water Treatment

The Materials Leader is responsible for establishing and implementing the materials management strategy for the Services business. This role requires understanding historical current and future business needs to build the infrastructure necessary to execute business objectives from Inquiry To Order (ITO) through Order To Remittance (OTR).

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership
Establish and implement comprehensive material management strategy across the Services organization
Develop and communicate vision to maintain and improve materials operational effectiveness while supporting business growth strategy
Partner with Operations IS Customer Experience and Regional Leaders to strategically modify inventory footprint to support growing IS Asset Care Parts business while leveraging data analytics for continuous improvement material initiatives

Materials Management Operations
Drive process rigor throughout S&OP field operations and Service Center organizations
Lead material management across multiple service centers and field sites including:
    Setting expectations and process alignment
    Training and execution oversight
    Reporting and control for material management and movement activities
Provide transparent inventory performance reporting to business stakeholders through simple effective reporting tools
Manage slow-moving and non-moving materials in partnership with finance teams for accurate reporting
Develop and implement robust processes for regular cycle counts and annual physical inventory
Provide functional support for plant and field personnel

Growth & Assembly Operations
Partner with MW & IS COE and Assembly operations to create repeatable scalable processes supporting build campaigns for new and existing fleet plus supporting spares
Lead planning activities including:
    Lead time planning based on procurement input
    Warehousing kitting and staging requirements
    Material allocation processes
Establish standards and best practices to facilitate cross-team collaboration
Develop processes to promote material re-use

Other Responsibilities:
Serve as senior point of contact for all materials requirements within Water Tech MWIS focused on NORAM
Develop strong master data control and reporting programs
Drive processes that protect and build high-quality master data
Drive technical quality stability and scalability of solutions
Identify process improvement opportunities across functions

Leadership & Development
Manage training needs to ensure effective skill set balance geographic support and employee development
Demonstrate talent and capability growth within indirect teams

Qualifications :

Bachelors degree in Business administration supply chain management or similar technical field
(required)
Minimum 10 years of working experience in relevant field

At least 5 years in ERP system leadership planning or setup
Prior experience in Materials Management leadership role
Preferred (if applicable):
Demonstrated leadership position and skills
Strong knowledge of Veolia products solutions and
applications
Experience leading within a matrixed organization or global engineering function

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
Strong project management and organizational skills
Expert skills in Google Suite (Sheets Slides Docs)
Expert level proficiency in SAP (required); Lattice proficiency (preferred)
Excellent organizational skills
Strong and clear communication skills (written and verbal)
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously
Self-driven with ability to work independently without direct daily supervision
Ability to work in fast-paced environment and deliver business results
Ability to manage and deliver multiple projects simultaneously
Fluent in English (required); Proficiency in French (preferred)

Compensation - The salary range is tied to the market for similarly benchmarked roles. The range is not an absolute but a guide and offers will be based on the individual candidates knowledge skills experience and market conditions as well as internal peer equity. Depending upon all the preceding considerations for the final selected individual candidate the offer may be lower or higher than the stated range: $105000 - 130000 USD annually.

Additional Information :

Travel in North America (20 - 30%); Cccasional-rare international travel
Occasional work in industrial environments such as service center warehouse & customer sites

As an inclusive company Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications without discrimination.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time