Regional Supply Chain Lead — Multi-Site S&OP & Optimization

Huntsman Recruitment Ltd; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Huntsman seeks a Regional Supply Chain Manager for the Americas to lead end-to-end supply chain across multiple manufacturing sites. You will drive SOP execution, optimize inventory, and coordinate demand and supply planning.

This role reports to the Regional Supply Chain Director Americas and requires strong leadership, collaboration, and analytics to balance customer service with cost and compliance. You will oversee production planning, warehousing, and distribution, ensuring visibility of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business administration, engineering, logistics, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in supply chain roles with responsibility across planning, inventory management, and logistics.
• Experience with Sales & Operations Planning (SOP), demand and supply planning, inventory optimization, and end-to-end logistics processes.
• Experience in manufacturing or chemical industry environments and exposure to complex production, capacity, and inventory constraints.
• Strong proficiency in ERP systems, preferably SAP, and ability to leverage data for planning and performance management.
• Demonstrated leadership in matrixed organizations with cross-functional collaboration across regions and senior stakeholders.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management; ability to balance short-term needs with long-term improvements.
• High resilience and problem-solving capability.

Responsibilities

• Drive and coordinate S&OA activities across assigned sites.
• Collect, analyze, anticipate, and resolve issues impacting service, cost, production, or purchasing.
• Serve as the primary interface between central demand planning and site operations.
• Provide structured data and insights to sites and regional leadership.
• Oversee production planning across multiple sites to ensure efficient asset utilization.
• Align plans with inventory targets and customer demand.
• Ensure visibility of constraints and necessary trade-offs.
• Own inventory performance for the multi-site scope.
• Ensure warehousing and distribution activities are optimized.
• Lead cost-to-serve and distribution optimization initiatives.
• Support site procurement teams with visibility and escalation.
• Align with regional Purchasing to ensure continuity.
• Interface with Manufacturing, Commercial, Customer Service, Quality, R&D and HSE.
• Ensure consistent communication of priorities and constraints.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure supply chain processes adhere to safety, quality, and compliance.
• Promote harmonization and standardization across sites.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

SOP knowledge

Inventory optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Business Administration, Engineering, Logistics, or related discipline

Tools

SAP

Job description

Huntsman seeks a Regional Supply Chain Manager for the Americas to lead end-to-end supply chain across multiple manufacturing sites. You will drive SOP execution, optimize inventory, and coordinate demand and supply planning.

This role reports to the Regional Supply Chain Director Americas and requires strong leadership, collaboration, and analytics to balance customer service with cost and compliance. You will oversee production planning, warehousing, and distribution, ensuring visibility of