Global Supply Chain Manager-Americas

Overview

Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career.

At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day.

Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.

Responsibilities

• Identify, plan, direct, and implement regional supply planning strategies to ensure availability of finished goods to fulfill customer demand for all regions.

• Ensure utilization of SAP IBP (Integrated Business Planning) S&OP (Sale and Operation Planning) or SAP ECC to create realistic supply plans to meet the demand plan; includes review of mid to long term rough-cut capacity planning.

• Provide guidance in determining supply optimization including safety stock, safety time, lead times, threshold quantities, and minimum order quantities.

• Determine strategies to optimize distribution center inventory.

• Coordinate with Demand Planning, Materials Managers, Global Logistics & Transportation, Sales, Marketing, IT, and Order Administration to develop and refine supply planning practices and policies to meet best in class metrics.

• Identify, plan, direct, and implement regional supply planning strategies to ensure availability of finished goods to fulfill customer demand for all regions.

• Identify, plan, direct, and implement regional supply planning strategies to ensure availability of finished goods to fulfill customer demand for all regions.

• Ensure utilization of SAP IBP (Integrated Business Planning) S&OP (Sale and Operation Planning) or SAP ECC to create realistic supply plans to meet the demand plan; includes review of mid to long term rough-cut capacity planning.

• Provide guidance in determining supply optimization including safety stock, safety time, lead times, threshold quantities, and minimum order quantities.

• Determine strategies to optimize distribution center inventory.

• Coordinate with Demand Planning, Materials Managers, Global Logistics & Transportation, Sales, Marketing, IT, and Order Administration to develop and refine supply planning practices and policies to meet best in class metrics.

• Manage all Supply Planning activities across the region which includes supply planning, rough-cut capacity planning, supply optimization, and inventory management and analysis.

• Drive continuous improvement to KPI metrics, including network Inventory, Delivery, Market Expected Lead Time, Stockouts, and Backorder.

• Drive accountability of cross-functional teams within the supply planning process.

• Partner with global SIOP team to ensure Supply Planning Team prepares for, leads monthly Supply Reviews, and escalates decisions made or decisions needed to Executive SIOP Reviews.

• Serve as the supply planning liaison for all critical regional MSA change communications and initiatives from manufacturing sites / sales / marketing to key business leaders.

• Build strong relationships with all functional areas to establish best in class supply planning at both the local and global level.

Qualifications

Special knowledge, skills and abilities (required):

• Excellent customer focus, effective communication and executive presentation skills.

• Strong analytical abilities.

• Broad knowledge of supply chain, operations, forecasting and global distribution modeling.

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills, including the ability to influence attitudes and behavior as well as facilitate change.

• Proven leadership ability to coach associates, manage functional teams while promoting teamwork, delegation, individual responsibility and positive employee morale.

• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office products.

• Approximately 25% domestic/international travel may be required.

Education required:

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Logistics, Engineering, Business, or other related discipline

Level I:

• 5+ years of experience in Forecasting, Planning, Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing, Operations, or related function

• 2+ years of management/leadership experience

• Experience in SAP or similar ERP

Level II:

• 7+ years of experience in Forecasting, Planning, Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing, Operations, or related function

• 5+ years of management/leadership experience

• Experience in SAP or similar ERP

Education and experience preferred:

• APICS, IBF or ISM (Institute of Supply Management) certifications

• Masters or MBA

Level I:

• An in-depth understanding of sales, demand planning, and supply planning with exposure to and understanding of financial planning and the associated linkages.

• Understanding of supply chain flexibility, how it can be increased or decreased, and the associated costs.

• Leading a regional planning organization

• Experience in Supply Chain planning software, including medium to long-term planning horizon.

Level II:

• All above plus creating and implementing supply planning strategies, driving standard business and system processes, and instilling discipline.

• Successfully demonstrated ability to influence key business process leaders through business transformation changes such as organization change, business process change, etc..