Director of Supply Chain-Forecasting and Planning required for rapidly growing global organization
- Director level
- Arlington, VA
A leading global organization is seeking a Director of Supply Chain to join their rapidly expanding team!
The Director of Supply Chain will play a pivotal part in the organization's development and continued growth by developing the long and short term forecasting tools to optimize demand, inventory and workforce planning. The individual is responsible for maximizing productivity and minimizing costs through constant process improvement and strategy crafting.
The Director of Supply Chain - Forecasting and Planning will have the following responsibilities:
- Generate supply and demand forecasts across entire operational network
- Develop policies and procedures that will continuously improve the quality and accuracy of the forecast
- Build and maintain demand planning processes and tools that will continually meet accuracy standards
- Drive continuous improvement across the entire supply chain
- Direct the forecast review process and collaborate with necessary stakeholders to ensure optimization of demand plan
- Liaise with senior leadership to ensure alignment of key business priorities and objectives
- Develop a standardized process to understand key factors which will directly impact order volume in the future by analysing historical data
The ideal candidate will have the following skill set:
- Bachelor's Degree required, Master's Degree strongly preferred
- 8-10 years' experience required
- Experience in a data-driven forecasting environment
- Experience managing a full P&L in a manner that will drive optimal business results
- Ability to shift seamlessly between hands-on and high-level strategic leadership abilities
- Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, aggressively growing environment and lead a team through ambiguity
- Exemplar intrapersonal skills