SVP - Global Supply Chain-M920A04

The Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain leads Matthews' enterprise supply-chain strategy and capabilities, partnering closely with business leadership to drive procurement leverage, supply-chain performance, working-capital improvement and operational excellence. The role operates through a center-led model, establishing enterprise frameworks, capabilities and best practices while supply-chain execution and accountability remain primarily within the businesses. Develop Matthews' global supply-chain strategy in partnership with business leadership. Identify and execute cross-business sourcing and procurement opportunities. Lead enterprise strategic sourcing, key supplier negotiations and category-management initiatives. Develop common supply-chain standards, processes and KPIs. Facilitate enterprise S&OP and planning capabilities. Support business initiatives to optimize inventory and working capital. Identify logistics and freight optimization opportunities. Establish supplier-performance and risk-management frameworks. Develop supply-chain analytics and common reporting. Lead enterprise supply-chain continuous-improvement initiatives. Build communities of practice across Matthews' business supply-chain organizations. Partner with business supply-chain leaders to identify talent and capability needs. Provide regular supply-chain performance reporting and recommendations to the CEO and ELT. Requirements: 12-15+ years of global supply-chain leadership experience. Experience in global manufacturing or industrial environments. Extensive strategic sourcing, procurement, planning and inventory expertise. Demonstrated ability to influence across decentralized organizations. Strong financial and working-capital orientation. Experience leading transformation and enterprise-wide initiatives. International experience. Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred. PHYSICAL ASPECTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT: Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms ; and talk, hear and see. Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 The noise level in the work environment may be high. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

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