Director, North American Supply Planning (Remote)

Vallen USA; Belmont (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401(k) with company match

Life Insurance

Disability Benefits

Paid Time Off

Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Discounts

Safety shoe reimbursement

Job summary

Vallen USA is seeking a Director, North American Supply Planning to lead supply planning activities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. This role ensures timely purchasing, drives supplier accountability, and optimizes inbound inventory flow to support enterprise strategy.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in supply chain with strong analytical skills and experience with ERP/advanced planning systems. Travel and leadership responsibilities are expectations in this senior position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, purchasing, or inventory management, including leadership roles.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to translate data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead North American Supply Planning operations across the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
• Ensure timely, accurate PO placement and minimize excess while maintaining high service levels.
• Oversee supplier scorecard and hold suppliers accountable to delivery, fill-rate, and quality expectations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Category Management, Regional Demand Planning, IT, Distribution, Sales, Finance, and Supplier Partners.
• Develop strategies to reduce excess inventory and improve asset utilization.
• Drive continuous process improvement initiatives to improve planning outcomes and efficiency.
• Influence the inventory systems roadmap and partner with IT and suppliers to implement tools and processes.

Skills

Leadership experience

Supply chain analytics

Inventory management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

GAINS

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Why Join Our Team?

At Vallen, we embrace what makes us unique. We thrive on the diversity of our associates and the different ways each of us contributes to Vallen's success. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive company that values the growth of our associates. When you join Vallen, you become part of our winning team. Our vast network of connections is here to help you transform your job into a career. Vallen is an industry leader in delivering flexible supply chain solutions while creating value for our customers, our supply partners, and our associates.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance for Single, Employee + Spouse or Children, and Family Coverage
• 401(k) with discretionary company match of $0.50 on the $1.00 up to 6% of pay (U.S. positions only)
• Employer-paid Basic Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and Dependents
• Employer-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Benefits and Parental Leave (and any leave required under federal, state, and local laws)
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off (Vacation and Sick Days): 80-160 hours of vacation time based on seniority, accrued monthly and prorated from date of hire. 40-56 hours of sick time per year based on seniority and advanced upon hire.
• Paid Time Off (Holidays): 8 scheduled holidays plus 2 floating holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Resource Groups for networking and team building
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Referral Program
• Safety shoe and safety glasses reimbursement (based on position)
• Employee discounts through BenefitHub
• Vallen complies with all minimum wage laws

Position Summary

The Director, North American Supply Planning, is responsible for leading all supply planning activities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. This leadership role ensures timely and accurate purchasing, drives supplier accountability, optimizes inbound inventory flow, and supports Vallen’s enterprise strategy for best-in-class inventory management.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead North American Supply Planning operations across the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and strategically aligned purchase order placement, minimizing excess while maintaining high service levels.
• Oversee supplier scorecard and hold suppliers accountable to operational, on-time delivery, fill-rate, and quality expectations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Category Management, Regional Demand Planning, IT, Distribution, Sales, Finance, and Supplier Partners.
• Develop strategies to reduce excess inventory and improve asset utilization.
• Drive continuous process improvement initiatives to improve supply planning outcomes and operational efficiency.
• Influence the inventory systems roadmap, partnering with IT, Operations, and Suppliers to implement tools and processes that improve planning accuracy and scalability.
• Strong communication and presentation skills; able to influence across functions and at all organizational levels.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, purchasing, or inventory management, including leadership roles.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with demonstrated ability to turn data into actionable insights.
• Knowledge of ERP and advanced planning systems (GAINS, SAP, Oracle, or similar).
• Effective staff management and leadership skills, with emphasis on team development.
• Strong communication and presentation skills; able to influence across functions and at all organizational levels.

Work Environment & Physical Demands

Reasonable accommodations will be evaluated and may be implemented to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.

• Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, etc.
• Regularly required to talk and hear.
• Frequently required to sit.
• Occasionally required to stand and walk.
• Must be able to get self to and from various work locations. This typically requires a valid driver’s license to operate a moving vehicle (personal, company, and/or rental).
• May be required to wear various forms of protective equipment (shoes, gloves, protective eyewear, etc.) when making sales calls and/or visiting warehouse, manufacturing, customer and/or supplier facilities.
• May be exposed to facilities subject to seasonal temperature fluctuations (hot in summer, cold in winter) and conditions (dirt, smoke, concrete surfaces, etc.) when viewing and/or demonstrating products.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• Long periods of time working on a computer and performing repetitive key-boarding activities is required.

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