Global Supply Chain Excellence Director

Ashland; Schaffhausen; On-site; CHF 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Ash Ind Europe GmbH in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, seeks a Global Supply Chain Center of Excellence Director to lead planning, optimization, and enterprise S&OP governance across a global network.

Reporting to the SVP Operations, this role partners with business units, regional managers, manufacturing, procurement, finance, and SAP leaders to optimize service, inventory, capacity, and cost across geographies.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive leadership in supply chain planning, S&OP/IBP, logistics, warehousing, distribution, inventory management, manufacturing planning.
• 7+ years leading global supply chain organizations with cross-functional teams in a specialty chemical environment.
• Direct experience leading and optimizing a global warehouse and distribution network (Americas, EMEA, Asia-Pacific).
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA, SAP IBP/APO, EWM, Arkieva or equivalent planning platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead global planning and optimization across demand, supply, capacity, production, inventory, deployment, distribution, customer service, and working capital.
• Design and implement S&OP/S&OE governance, including cadence, decision rights, RACI, escalation thresholds and accountability by SBUs.
• Own and improve the global warehouse and distribution network, including network design, 3PL governance, ocean freight, and indent-sales execution.
• Govern demand planning, forecast accuracy, bias and planning integration across systems.
• Develop customer-classification models, service levels, inventory policies, and lead times.
• Lead SAP S/4HANA readiness and adoption, including master data governance and analytics.
• Set performance metrics: OTIF/OTS, forecast accuracy, plan adherence, inventory health, and logistics cost.
• Build global capability and a continuous-improvement pipeline; act as enterprise authority for supply chain governance and network optimization.

Skills

Global supply chain leadership

S&OP/IBP governance

Demand and supply planning

Master data governance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain/Operations/Engineering/Business/Related

MBA or Master’s degree preferred

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Arkieva

SAP IBP/APO

SAP EWM

TM

Job description

Ash Ind Europe GmbH in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, seeks a Global Supply Chain Center of Excellence Director to lead planning, optimization, and enterprise S&OP governance across a global network.

Reporting to the SVP Operations, this role partners with business units, regional managers, manufacturing, procurement, finance, and SAP leaders to optimize service, inventory, capacity, and cost across geographies.