Value Chain Designer
Core
Design and manage integrated, resilient value chains for key product groups, connecting supplier capabilities with inventory and customer requirements to drive total value-chain performance.
Role type
Senior Value Chain Designer (Supply Chain Strategy)
Builds
End-to-end value chain strategies, supply streams, and NPI value chain plans for manufacturing product groups.
Domain
Manufacturing supply chain and operations
Required skills
Value chain planning, Integrated business planning, Supply planning, Material planning, Sales and operations planning, New Product Introduction (NPI) strategy, Supplier relationship management, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Material requirements planning, Supply-chain analytics, Value-stream mapping, Scenario planning, Constraint management, Root-cause analysis, Capacity planning, Network resilience
Preferred skills
Product engineering experience, Supplier evaluation and selection, Process mapping, Continuous improvement methodologies, Business intelligence tools
Technologies
ERP, MRP, Supply-chain analytics, Business intelligence tools
Responsibilities
Lead development and management of complex global supply streams; Build end-to-end value chain views connecting supplier capacity and customer requirements; Develop NPI and value chain cost strategies; Manage supplier relationships and support evaluation/selection; Analyze supply-chain trends and operational constraints to identify improvements; Establish cross-functional partnerships to reduce silos; Lead significant supply-chain improvement projects.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC