Senior Operations Excellence Leader - Global Supply Chain

## About the role - Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure supply chain effectiveness and support strategic decision-making. - Design and execute prepositioning strategies to ensure supply chain resilience and readiness for business continuity and growth. - Oversee supplier vetting processes, including risk assessments, compliance evaluations, and capability analysis to ensure alignment with organizational standards and objectives. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including Procurement, Logistics, Quality, Finance, and Manufacturing—to ensure alignment on strategic initiatives and operational goals. - Serve as a key driver for operational excellence initiatives, identifying and implementing best practices to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance overall supply chain performance. - Facilitate and lead regular reviews and workshops with stakeholders to ensure progress toward initiative milestones and successful closure of projects. - Provide executive-level updates, presentations, and recommendations to senior leadership, ensuring clear communication of objectives, progress, and outcomes. - Mentor and coach team members on operational excellence methodologies, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and accountability. - Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and regulatory changes to inform supply chain strategies and maintain competitive advantage. - Lead the development and execution of end‑to‑end supply chain strategy, ensuring alignment to business priorities, capacity commitments, and long‑term growth objectives. - Establish and govern standardized operating models, policies, and decision frameworks to drive consistency, compliance, and risk mitigation across global supply chain operations while enabling regional agility. - Drive digital transformation and process simplification by implementing data, analytics, automation, and AI‑enabled tools to improve visibility, decision-making, speed, and cost efficiency across the supply chain lifecycle. - Own supply chain governance forums, metrics, and performance management mechanisms to ensure accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement across cross‑functional and supplier ecosystems. - Partner with technology, finance, engineering, and operations leaders to prioritize and deliver scalable digital solutions that support forecasting, planning, execution, and risk management. ## Requirements - Master's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years experience in end-to-end supply chain processes (e.g., planning, sourcing, logistics, fulfillment) and working across functions to deliver program outcomes - OR Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years experience in end-to-end supply chain processes (e.g., planning, sourcing, logistics, fulfillment) and working across functions to deliver program outcomes - These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: - Master's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years experience in end-to-end supply chain processes (e.g., planning, sourcing, logistics, fulfillment) and working across functions to deliver program outcomes - OR Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field AND 15+ years experience in end-to-end supply chain processes (e.g., planning, sourcing, logistics, fulfillment) and working across functions to deliver program outcomes - OR equivalent experience. - 5+ years people management experience. - Certification in Six Sigma. - Experience driving digitization and operational excellence through the implementation of sourcing, procurement, and supply chain systems, enabling scalable, data-driven business processes.