Director Of Supply Chain - Americas

Ensuring Chart's Success...
"Cooler Together" - Chart's principal focus is the design and fabrication of cryogenic equipment; so that's how we got our "Cooler By Design®" tagline. Of course, we think the stuff we design and build is pretty cool too. What's more, we're problem solvers and strive to work together as a team, making us "Cooler Together". With our recent acquisition of Howden, we're also "Stronger Together". Customers don't come to Chart with an equipment specification, they come to Chart with a challenge. Chart is looking for bright, talented candidates that have a desire for a career in an exciting and evolving industry.
Chart is actively seeking a Director of Procurement - Americas to lead our American Supply Chain team.
Candidates should reside close to our Houston, TX, Atlanta, GA locations but will consider candidates that reside close to any of our facilities in the US.
Drive rapid improvement in operational Supply Chain performance across the Americas region.
To develop & implement a long-term scalable operational procurement model covering end to end Supply Chain
Create & implement best practice purchasing process, policies, & procedures to optimize performance.
Work cross functionally with operations, engineering, and sales to develop systems and processes to meet customer needs.
What Your Day-to-Day Activities Will Be...

• Drive rapid improvement in all SC key performance indicators, including OTD, Inventory positioning, lead time, tactical procurement efficiency & supplier capacity
• Implement standard operational procurement processes (P2P) that can address backlog
• Create fulfilment models to meet operational demand planning
• Drive inventory strategy utilizing PFEP across all sites
• Deploy a supplier management plan across all sites and drive continuous improvement in On time delivery
• Ensure supply base has ample capacity and resilience to meet current backlog
• Identify potential risks and collaborate with strategic team to mitigate and manage
• Liaise with IT to enable the business to fully utilize MRP with engineering & operations
• Partner with Sales and Proposals to create a SIOP roadmap across products
• Assess functional competency and resourcing, & create a roadmap to improve
• Provide functional leadership, coaching, & development for all site procurement team members

Americas Region - Annual spend $800MM - $1 BN, 30 key sites
Your Education Should Be...
Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or similar
MBA is preferred
Your Professional Experience Should Be...

• 10 years progressive experience in Supply Chain, Procurement or Logistics in an Manufacuring Environment.
• Experience with Demand Planning software, preferably JDE
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills at all levels, written and verbal
• Extensive experience developing and implementing procurement process & procedure for Engineering to Order and flow manufacturing businesses
• Experience of working in a complex matrix organisation across multiple geographical locations, understanding the constraints and working culture within them
• Strong leadership capabilities to deliver results
• Experience of leading an operational procurement function
• Ability to execute Lean projects & Kaizens
• Knowledge of general business processes with experience in managing large projects & initiatives

Chart is an equal opportunity employer