LANXESS

Vice President - Supply Chain Management

LANXESS • $196K *
Fords, NJ 08863In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
11 - 15 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or Business; MBA preferred.
  • 15+ years of progressive supply chain management experience, especially in global contexts.
  • Expertise in end-to-end planning and execution processes.
  • Proven capability in enhancing service levels and operational efficiency.
  • Experience with SAP and advanced planning tools, including automation and analytics.
  • Demonstrated success in building and developing high-performing teams.
  • Strong commercial acumen and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Set the global supply chain strategy across various functions.
  • Deliver enterprise performance commitments including service and profitability.
  • Drive Integrated Business Planning for effective demand and supply management.
  • Attract and develop senior talent while ensuring accountability.
  • Establish governance to manage supply chain risks effectively.
  • Shape strategies for capacity, inventory, and production to optimize growth.
  • Influence decision-making through detailed scenario analysis and recommendations.
  • Spearhead digital transformation initiatives leveraging innovative technologies.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model requiring on-site presence.
  • Opportunity to work in a leadership role within a global team.
  • Engagement in cutting-edge digital transformation initiatives.
  • Access to professional development and certification opportunities.
Full Job Description
Job Highlights

  • Set the global supply chain strategy and lead end-to-end planning, scheduling, and customer service in partnership with senior leaders across manufacturing, commercial, product, and global planning functions.
  • Own delivery of enterprise performance commitments across service, inventory, working capital, cash flow, planning effectiveness, logistics cost, safety, and profitability.
  • Provide executive ownership of Integrated Business Planning, driving disciplined demand and supply planning, production scheduling, forecast accuracy, and order-to-cash performance.
  • Build a high-performing global organization by attracting, developing, and empowering senior talent while embedding clear accountability and standardized ways of working.
  • Establish robust supply chain risk governance and lead mitigation of capacity, raw material, manufacturing, labor, and force majeure exposures.
  • Shape long-range network, capacity, inventory, and production strategies that enable profitable growth, cost competitiveness, and cash optimization.
  • Influence enterprise decisions through scenario modeling, fact-based trade-off analysis, and clear recommendations to executive leadership.
  • Sponsor digital transformation across the supply chain, leveraging automation, analytics, and AI to strengthen agility, productivity, and decision quality.
  • Champion operational discipline and ensure full compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, safety, and local requirements.
  • Member of the global lubricants additives leadership team.


Experience / Skills

  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or Business, MBA or another relevant graduate degree preferred.
  • Minimum of 15 years of progressive supply chain management experience in a leading organization, including significant leadership responsibility within complex, global supply chain and manufacturing environments.
  • Demonstrated command of end-to-end planning and execution, including Integrated Business Planning, demand and supply planning, production scheduling, inventory optimization, customer service, and network design.
  • Proven success improving service, working capital, cost, resilience, and organizational transformation capability at scale.
  • Strong experience in SAP-enabled manufacturing and planning environments; exposure to advanced planning platforms, analytics, automation, and AI is highly valued.
  • Track record of building high-performing, geographically dispersed teams and developing senior supply chain talent.
  • Exceptional commercial acumen, analytical judgment, executive communication, and ability to influence senior leaders through fact-based recommendations.
  • APICS CPIM/CSCP, IBF, Lean Six Sigma, or comparable certification as benefit.
  • This is a HYBRID role with an on-site presence required.


Location Fords
Employee Type Regular

About LANXESS

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 6.8 billion in 2019 and about 14,300 employees in 33 countries. The company is currently represented at 60+ production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals and plastics.
Learn more about LANXESS
Size
14,886 employees
Industry
Business Services
NASDAQ
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