Head of Planning Process and Optimization - Hunter Douglas

Position Overview:

This is a newly created role in the North America Planning and Logistics COE team focusing on supply chain processes and network optimization.  This role will help create a culture that emphasizes accountability and transparency among the supply chain team by identifying key audits of the process and the development of mechanisms to hold people accountable.  You and your team will work on the most critical enterprise projects including footprint changes, production moves, and long-term demand vs supply balances. The nature of these projects will offer opportunities for interaction and partnership with the executive leadership team. The strategy set by this role will drive business success for years to come.

What you'll do

• Lead a team of supply chain process owners to design, develop and align end-to-end global supply chain processes to meet customer and business needs.
• Collaborate with enterprise supply chain leaders to identify supply chain pain points and develop solutions to drive effectiveness in the Hunter Douglas supply chain.
• Act as a thought leader and business partner by proactively providing process improvement to improve business results
• Develop requirements for system enhancements to existing planning applications and/or system integrations as new tools are introduced.
• Serve as the training and development leaders of the supply chain systems and processes to ensure our supply chain organization has a high level of performance and productivity.
• Build the cases for supply chain cost-saving opportunities and develop mechanisms to track savings, cost , and service metrics impacted by these projects.
• Partner with Supply Chain Analytics, Logistics and Distribution, Supply Chain Planning, and Finance to regularly distill trends in the business and key metrics.
• Partner with FP&A and Supply Chain leaders to drive the budgeting process and understand and explain drivers of variance to forecasted costs & inventory to leadership.
• Optimize the end-to-end global network strategy from manufacturing to assembly to the final mile to minimize cost while delivering the best customer experience possible.
• Partner with manufacturing, logistics, and operations teams to develop the long-term (2+ years ) and intermediate-term (12-24 months ) strategy for Hunter Douglas's physical space requirements and locations.
• Execute project responsibilities, including data collection, analysis, documentation, presentation, status updates, and other relevant communication.
• Maintain communication routines with broader project management stakeholders, including Steering Teams and other stakeholders regarding project outputs, methodologies, scenario or constraint definitions, status, and prioritization.
• Process to establish a complete view of the organization's supply chain that replicates the supply chain (digital twin) with appropriate formulas that emulate actual transactions and transformations.
• Develop and document best practices for modeling standards that help ensure consistency across network modeling activities.
• Evaluate different aspects of the supply chain and identify ways to optimize processes and reduce supply chain costs.
• Use of advanced mathematical and analytical supply chain network software to evaluate alternatives and determine optimal solutions.
• Process to synchronize production, storage, and transport with demand and the coordination of these elements helps maximize efficiency, cut costs, and support profitability.
• Support the mid-term process that uses demand forecasts to inform production, distribution, and warehousing decisions.
• Partner with other modeling resources to support a matrixed organization and flexible support model.
• Provide coaching to analysts in support of specific projects as well as broader development and performance management.
• Drive results in a matrix environment.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Who you are

• Bachelor's Degree in supply chain management , engineering, operations research, or related experience equivalent
• Minimum 10 years' experience in Supply Chain Management
• Minimum 5 years ' experience in Advanced Supply Chain Analytics or Optimization
• Excellent verbal (presentation) and written communication skills
• Strong supply chain experience and understanding of Supply Chain operating models.
• Analytical experience, including specific experience with Supply Chain Network Modeling, BI tools, visualization, relational data structures, and financial modeling.
• Ability to work with large amounts of data and fluent in data manipulation and other analytical techniques, including display and visualization.
• Experience running supply chain network models and modeling projects, with expertise in network modeling and solver applications like Coupa / Llamasoft , AnyLogistics , or similar software . Experience should include familiarity with digital twin modeling and a solid understanding of cost structures, product and location representation or aggregation, and associated modeling techniques.
• Understanding of SAP ERP System data structures, Supply Chain data, and related transactional processes
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects at once; experience leading projects with cross-functional team members in a high-complexity environment .
• Collaborative style, willing to work in cross-functional teams and experience influencing outside of reporting structures.
• Ability to travel as needed to understand supply chain processes (including manufacturing) through first-hand observation.

What's in it for you?

• Annual base salary range:  $136,000 - $179,000
• Discretionary bonus target range: 30-45% 
• Generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability
• A company culture that prioritizes internal development and professional growth
• Time off with pay 
• 401(k) plan with a degree of employer matching
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness programs and product discounts

Please note, all offers presented to candidates are carefully crafted to ensure market competitiveness, equity, and reflect the individual candidate's education, experience, skills and potential.

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