Director Supply Chain Management

Director, Supply Chain Management Charlotte, NC ***Preferred Industry Exposure: Chemicals, polymers, PET, fibers, packaging, industrial manufacturing, engineered materials, or adjacent process-industry environments. *** Position Summary The Director, Supply Chain Management, is the senior Supply Chain leader for the Americas, covering the United States and Latin America. The role develops and executes an integrated regional supply chain strategy across supply and inventory planning, logistics performance, cost governance, S&OP/IBP and S&OE, digital enablement, compliance, and service performance. The position translates business strategy into reliable supply, competitive total landed cost, disciplined working capital management, and consistent execution across multi-site manufacturing and distribution operations. The role acts as a key interface with Customer Service to align supply capability, order priorities, and customer commitments; Customer Service remains a partner function rather than a direct responsibility of this position. Reporting Relationship and Key Interfaces · Reports to Global Supply Chain Management Leadership and leads the Americas scope, including the United States and Latin America, in alignment with regional and global supply chain governance. · Partners cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Commercial, Customer Service, Finance, Logistics Procurement, IT, Quality, Legal, and country and site leadership; serves as the key Supply Chain interface with Customer Service. · Leads, coaches, and develops regional or functional supply chain teams, including planning, logistics, and supplier management resources. Core Accountabilities Planning Governance: S&OP / IBP, S&OE, and Inventory Optimization · Own regional planning governance through S&OP / IBP and translate approved plans into disciplined S&OE priorities, integrating demand signals, supply capability, inventory strategy, financial targets, and customer commitments. · Drive inventory quality and productivity through improved inventory turns, aged and obsolete inventory reduction, safety stock governance, and planning parameter discipline. · Govern detailed supply, inventory, asset, and campaign planning standards that balance service, cost, supply continuity, capacity utilization, and working capital across locations. Supply Chain Strategy and Execution · Develop and execute a multi-year supply chain roadmap aligned to business priorities, margin improvement, customer service, resilience, and working capital objectives. · Own end-to-end supply chain performance across planning, logistics execution, inventory, logistics, supplier reliability, and service delivery. · Standardize Supply Chain processes, governance routines, decision rights, KPIs, and ways of working across regions, countries, and sites while strengthening operating discipline across business interfaces. Supplier Management and Risk Resilience · Collaborate with Commercial Logistics to design and implement sourcing strategies that improve continuity of supply, cost competitiveness, quality, and supplier accountability. · Lead supplier segmentation, performance scorecards, and escalation routines. · Build dual-sourcing and risk mitigation plans for critical materials, logistics lanes, and key supply categories. Cost, Margin, and Working Capital Improvement · Identify and deliver cost reduction, total landed cost improvement, payment-term benefits, and supply chain cash-flow opportunities. · Partner with Finance and Commercial teams on margin governance, landed cost transparency, savings validation, and business case development. · Use total cost of ownership frameworks to evaluate price, freight, duties, quality, lead time, inventory carrying cost, service impact, and risk exposure. Logistics, Transportation, and Trade Compliance · Lead transportation strategy across ocean, rail, truck, warehousing, and export/import flows; manage key external relationships with 3PL and 4PL providers; and col…

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