Strategic Supply Chain Manager [Individual Contributor / Capital Equipment Business Unit / Customer Focused]

ROLE SUMMARY: Drive the development of the site Planning and Inventory strategies, monitor the team performance and metrics. Incorporate the Planning and Inventory vision into all elements of the plan. Recognize subject matter experts on Planning and Inventory process, tools and applications.

Manage a team of direct and indirect resources to effectively support the execution of the strategy deployment plans. Contributes to multi-functional, regional or global assignments ROLE DESCRIPTION: Drives team to manage material shortages to ensure Clear to Builds in collaboration with the Purchasing and SLM Team.

Supports the team being the liaison between customer project management and internal departments on the introduction of new product requirements. Ensures the team performs a timely and accurate demand management process (If the demand is managed by the Planning Team at your Site).

Ensures proper Excess, Surplus and Obsolete inventory. Ensures team identifies the impact of excess and obsolescence and drives necessary actions to mitigate it. Ensures bills of material are accurate and collaborate with other teams on any engineering changes.

Collaborates with different stakeholders to achieve Inventory Entitlement targets and drive results. Drives actions to meet the Inventory goals (Inventory cash adjusted and Turns), including performing accurate Inventory Projection.

Leads the team to maintain continuous Material Supply to achieve the targeted inventory levels and turns. Ensures the team Performs material and capacity analysis before loading MPS. Monitor MPS accuracy, attainment and level load metrics and drive necessary actions to improve them.

Validates that the team Performs Financial Impact Analysis (FIA) to mitigate inventory risk before loading MPS. Works with other departments to review and dispose of non-conforming materials. Ensures production schedules to meet the customer requirements to achieve high levels of on time delivery.

Ensures proper POR including