Director, Global Supply Management

levistraussandco; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Levi Strauss & Co. in Bengaluru seeks a Director, Global Supply Management to set strategy, govern in-season supply, and lead trade-offs across demand, production, materials and delivery in a global matrix.

You will partner with MPIM, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Logistics and Finance to drive transformation, build capability, and ensure resilient supply networks in a fast-moving fashion industry.

Job description

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Position Summary

The Director, Global Supply Management is a senior functional leader responsible for setting direction, establishing governance and delivering reliable in-season supply outcomes for assigned global portfolios. You will convert changing commercial requirements into possible supply commitments and lead enterprise-level trade-off decisions across demand, production capacity, materials, delivery, and responsiveness.

Beyond managing daily supply performance, the Director shapes the GSM operating model, builds decision mechanisms, sponsors planning and technology transformation, and develops organisational capability. You will operate in a global matrix, partnering with senior leaders across MPIM, Supply Planning, Merchandising, Sales, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Materials, Logistics, Finance and Technology. Success requires deep supply-chain expertise, independent executive judgment, a proven record of transformation, the ability to influence without direct authority and a disciplined approach to leading a high-performing Bengaluru-based team.

1. 1. Global In-Season Supply Strategy and Demand-Supply Governance

   Set the in-season GSM strategy, operating priorities and performance agenda for the assigned global portfolios, aligned with our goals.

   Lead global demand-supply reconciliation and establish a disciplined governance process for possible vendor-level, time-phased supply commitments.

   Anticipate supply constraints and commercial changes; direct scenario planning and recommend explicit service, speed, capacity and cost trade-offs.

   Establish decision rights, escalation thresholds and executive review mechanisms for supply choices.

   Represent GSM in S&OP interfaces and senior business forums, providing concise decision recommendations and clear accountability.

2. 2. Supplier Capacity, Materials Readiness and Network Agility

   Provide senior oversight of supplier capacity agreement, RCCP, production feasibility, and material readiness in partnership with Product Development, Sourcing, Manufacturing, and Fabric teams.

   Shape cross-vendor capacity allocation and supply flexibility recommendations to respond to shifting our priorities.

   Sponsor plans to reduce lead times, improve material and production responsiveness, and strengthen the assigned supply network.

   Resolve material or capacity constraints requiring prioritisation or senior- leadership intervention.

   Ensure transparent assumptions, risks, milestones for critical supply commitments.

3. 3. In-Season Execution and Business Continuity

   Lead the governance of in-season supply performance, supply confirmations, production readiness and delivery-risk resolution for assigned portfolios.

   Establish proactive risk identification, exception management and structured recovery processes across sourcing and execution partners.

   Lead resolution of the most consequential supply disruptions and direct escalation of issues affecting business-critical deliveries.

   Improve commitments, supply reliability, response speed and execution discipline.

   Ensure continuity through well-defined handoffs, process documentation and organisational resilience.

4. 4. Global GSM Operating Model, Transformation and Analytics

   Define and guide a multiyear roadmap for GSM process, operating-model scalability and digital planning capability.

   Sponsor transformation plans to simplify planning cycles, standardise governance.

   Partner with Technology, Analytics and Planning on enterprise solutions, including o9, Boardwalk where applicable.

   Promote scenario-based management, data quality, exception-led workflows and decision-support dashboards.

   Establish benefit realisation, adoption measures and accountable owners for transformation plans; reduce reliance on individual expertise.

5. 5. Executive Partnership and Enterprise Influence

   Be the senior GSM counterpart to leaders across MPIM, Supply Planning, Merchandising, Sales, Product Development, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Materials, Logistics, Finance and Technology.

   Shape decisions where commercial urgency, supplier constraints, and execution feasibility create priorities.

   Present strategic options and clear recommendations to the Vice President and other senior leaders, including possible effects and required decisions.

   Represent the function in senior operational and transformation forums and strengthen trust in GSM as a partner.

6. 6. People Leadership, Succession and Organizational Capability

   Develop the Bengaluru GSM organisation, setting direction, performance standards and accountability.

   Build a leadership bench and succession pipeline; delegate operational ownership while retaining governance of critical outcomes.

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