Manager, SIOP & Portfolio Governance

Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc.; Hamel (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. in Minnesota is seeking a SIOP & Portfolio Governance Manager to lead the enterprise Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning cadence and strengthen portfolio governance across the organization.

You will partner with Project Management, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, Engineering and executive leadership to create visibility to demand, capacity, supply constraints, project priorities, risks, and key decisions, and establish standard processes, governance

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate the enterprise SIOP process, including portfolio review, demand review, supply and capacity review, pre-SIOP, and executive SIOP meetings.

Job description

Job Title: SIOP & Portfolio Governance Manager

FLSA Status: Exempt

Department: Enterprise Project Management Office

Reports to: Director of Project Management

GENERAL DESCRIPTION / PURPOSE:

The SIOP & Portfolio Governance Manager is responsible for leading the enterprise Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning cadence and strengthening portfolio governance across the organization. This role partners with Project Management, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, Engineering, and executive leadership to create visibility to demand, capacity, supply constraints, project priorities, risks, and key decisions. The position provides leadership and oversight for engineering project engineers, project controls, and master scheduling to ensure integrated planning, reliable reporting, disciplined execution, and clear accountability across the project portfolio. The position establishes standard processes, governance routines, reporting standards, and decision forums that support alignment between business strategy, customer commitments, operational capacity, engineering readiness, and portfolio execution.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Lead and facilitate the enterprise SIOP process, including portfolio review, demand review, supply and capacity review, pre-SIOP, and executive SIOP meetings.
• Develop and maintain the SIOP calendar, meeting cadence, standard work, templates, inputs, outputs, decision logs, and escalation paths.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to align project demand, customer requirements, production capacity, material availability, resource constraints, and financial targets.
• Own portfolio governance routines, including project intake, prioritization, stage-gate readiness, portfolio health reviews, change control, and executive decision support.
• Create and maintain portfolio dashboards, executive summaries, scorecards, KPI reporting, action logs, and risk and dependency views.
• Identify demand and supply gaps, capacity risks, resource conflicts, schedule risks, and portfolio trade-offs; prepare clear recommendations for leadership decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement in SIOP maturity, portfolio governance, reporting quality, data integrity, and cross-functional accountability.
• Support annual planning, capital planning, long-range planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic portfolio alignment processes.
• Ensure decisions, assumptions, actions, owners, and follow-up items are documented, communicated, and tracked to closure.
• Provide leadership, direction, and performance oversight for engineering project engineers supporting active and future project execution.
• Manage the project controls function, including schedule performance, cost reporting, earned value, project health metrics, forecasting, variance analysis, and portfolio-level reporting.
• Oversee the master scheduling process to support enterprise capacity planning, project sequencing, resource alignment, critical path visibility, and executive schedule commitments.

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES:

• Adaptability
• Communication
• Customer Focus
• Decision Making
• Planning and Organizing
• Values Based Leadership
• Strategic Thinking