Siemens

Director, Operations Supply Chain

Siemens$171K — $293K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, or related field.
  • 12+ years of experience in Supply Chain or Operations, especially in multi-site leadership.
  • Large-scale ERP/SAP S/4 experience, ideally with business transformation history.
  • Proven leadership experience, especially in capability building.
  • Familiarity with S&OP, Production Planning, inventory optimization, and Lean/Six Sigma methodologies.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the integration of Operations Supply Chain functions across the regional factory network.
  • Oversee the transition to Sherpa X/SAP S/4, ensuring requirements are incorporated.
  • Manage KPIs related to inventory performance and supplier/material risks.
  • Standardize materials management processes across all factories in alignment with OpsEdge.
  • Interpret demand data into actionable operational insights regarding capacity and inventory readiness.
  • Develop resilience programs in the supply chain to mitigate risks of service disruption.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives leveraging AI and analytics for the supply chain.

Benefits

  • A range of health and wellness benefits.
  • Access to resources for personal and professional development.
  • Engagement in an inclusive workplace culture.
  • Participation in company-wide initiatives and programs.
Full Job Description
Siemens is looking for a Director of Operations Supply Chain to lead the Operations Supply Chain function across the SI EP NA factory network, integrating materials management, inventory, resilience, demand/capacity planning, logistics capability, and digital transformation into one data-driven operating model across Mexico, Canada, and the U.S.

This role owns the Operations Integrated Business Planning framework, translating commercial demand into clear operational views of capacity, material readiness, inventory impact, execution risk, and required trade-offs. It ensures the factory network has a strong, data-driven voice in the enterprise S&OP process.

Serves as the Operations owner for the Sherpa X / SAP S/4 supply-chain transition while advancing automation, analytics, AI, and predictive planning. The role improves inventory performance, strengthens supply resilience, enables proactive demand/supply management, and creates transparent operating visibility across the network.

You will make an impact by:

Sherpa X / SAP S/4 Operations Transition:
  • Own the implementation roadmap of EP NA Operations processes to the harmonized Sherpa X S/4 template, ensuring regional requirements are represented in the program.
  • Partner with Business Technology and Finance to align common solutions and sustain the operations elements of SAP post-launch.

Tactical Materials & Inventory Management:
  • Maintain KPIs for inventory turns, working capital, material availability, shortages, and supplier/material risks.
  • Standardize and train core materials management processes across the EP NA factory network in alignment with OpsEdge.
  • Work with factories to balance service levels, cost, inventory performance, and material readiness.

Operations IBP, Demand Translation & Capacity Planning:
  • Own the Operations IBP framework, translating demand into capacity, material readiness, inventory impact, execution risk, and trade-off decisions.
  • Represent the factory network in S&OP, ensuring operational constraints and risks are understood before business is loaded.
  • Partner with the Systems S&OP team to provide factory input and scenarios without duplicating their demand-planning ownership.
  • Establish planning governance with defined frozen, slushy, and flexible horizons to stabilize factory execution.
  • Consolidate demand, capacity, inventory, supplier risk, and material availability into one operating framework for faster decisions.

Supply Chain Hardening & Resilience:
  • Develop and implement supply-chain risk and resilience programs, including dual-sourcing, network redundancy, etc.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and mitigate supply-continuity risks.

Continuous Improvement & Digital Supply Chain Transformation:
  • Drive continuous improvement across materials, inventory, planning, logistics, and end-to-end supply chain execution.
  • Advance digital supply chain capabilities through automation, analytics, AI, and predictive planning.
  • Build scalable logistics and supply chain capability in the plants, including structure, succession, and talent development.
  • Share lessons learned and deploy best practices across the region in alignment with OpsEdge.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  • Lead cross-functional root-cause analysis and sustainable corrective action for supply issues.
  • Coordinate with Global Procurement, Finance, Segments, and Factory Operations to align priorities and execution.
  • Strengthen plant logistics execution while maintaining common standards, governance, and visibility across the regional model.

You'll win us over with the following qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, or related field.
  • 12+ years of experience within Supply Chain or Operations disciplines, including multi-site or complex network leadership.
  • Large-scale ERP/SAP S/4 experience with business transformation experience preferred.
  • Prior experience leading a team of professionals and building new capability.
  • Knowledge of S&OP, Production Planning, inventory optimization, procurement strategy, and process-improvement tools such as Six Sigma and Lean.

Working Relationships:
  • Reports to Senior VP of Operations EP NA
  • Supervises direct reports across: Sherpa X Operations, Materials & Inventory, Supply Chain Hardening, and Demand Management & Capacity Planning departments
  • Matrixed collaboration required on a project-by-project basis. Coordination frequently required with team members and experts from Business Technology (Sherpa X), Global Procurement, Finance, Segments, Factories, etc.

You'll Benefit From
Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
The pay range for this position is $171,217 - $293,515 annually with a target incentive of 20% of the base salary. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.

About Siemens

Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the company are Industry, Energy, Healthcare, and Infrastructure & Cities, which represent the main activities of the company. The company is a prominent maker of medical diagnostics equipment and its medical health-care division, which generates about 12 percent of the company's total sales, is its second-most profitable unit, after the industrial automation division. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. Siemens and its subsidiaries employ approximately 385,000 people worldwide and reported global revenue of around €87 billion in 2019 according to its earnings release.
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