Sr. Supply Chain Manager, North America EMS

Motorola Solutions; Elgin (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive Bonus Plans

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K with Company Match

10 Paid Holidays

Generous Paid Time Off

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid Parental & Family Leave

and more!

Job summary

Motorola Solutions is seeking a Senior Manager to lead end-to-end supply planning for the North America EMS materials strategy. You will oversee inbound supply, partner relationships, and cross-functional collaboration across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Logistics, and ERP/Supplier Collaboration systems.

Responsibilities include managing a 2–3 person team, driving strategic initiatives, and ensuring seamless material flow to meet revenue targets while delivering superior customer experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required; 10+ years in purchasing, supply chain planning, or related field.
• Supply planning leadership experience in a global context.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end supply planning for the Mexico base, with potential expansion to North America.
• Cultivate supplier relationships to ensure reliable material flow.
• Align supply plans with revenue targets and customer experience.
• Lead operational cadences, assess inventory and capacity, and approve cost implications.
• Design scalable supply planning processes across the region.

Skills

APICS CPIM

Analytical skills

Spanish language

EMS relationship management

End-to-end supply chain

ERP systems

Supplier Collaboration

Communication skills

Team leadership

Strategic initiatives

Global environment

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Google Sheets

Excel

Slides

Tableau

PowerBI

Oracle

Job description

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We're a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that's critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Global Materials & Supply Planning

Job Description

This leadership role offers an exceptional opportunity to influence and execute the North America EMS materials strategy for Motorola Solutions, Inc. Reporting to the Director of Global Materials & Supply Planning, you will lead inbound supply, focusing primarily on two key Mexican EMS partners. You will be the operational cornerstone, ensuring seamless supply flow to meet revenue goals and enhance customer experience. This position provides significant cross-functional visibility and fosters rich learning interactions across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Logistics Operations/Procurement, and Supply Chain software systems (ERP/Supplier Collaboration).

Key Responsibilities

• Supply Chain Leadership: Own and drive the end-to-end supply planning functions for the Mexico supply base. Responsibilities may expand to other North America EMS locations based upon business strategy.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Cultivate strong operational relationships with supply partners to ensure reliable and efficient material flow. The ability to both identify and influence decision-makers, as well as drive accountability with supply partners is crucial to the success of this position.
• Revenue and Customer Alignment: Collaborate closely with Business Operations and Delivery Management to synchronize supply plans with revenue targets and optimize the customer experience.
• Operational Excellence: Lead the operational execution of supply plans, including establishing and managing operational cadences, evaluating inventory and capacity strategies and impacts, approving/denying cost implications, and overseeing component safety planning.
• Process Maturity & Excellence: Design and implement standardized supply planning frameworks across the region to ensure operational processes can scale seamlessly in alignment with business growth and regional expansion.
• Team Leadership: Manage and develop a team of 2-3 direct reports at the Manager or Senior Manager level, with oversight of an extended team of ~15 employees.
• Organizational Improvement: Develop a robust talent management program to create a talent pipeline and best practices for onboarding and integration as we continue to scale our footprint in the region.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the key customer and regional owner for Supply Planning processes, ensuring adherence to cadences and effective utilization of Supplier Collaboration tools.
• Strategic Initiatives: Actively participate in strategic business initiatives from concept to implementation, contributing supply chain expertise and insights.
• Problem Solving and Opportunity Identification: Proactively identify and resolve core challenges and capitalize on opportunities within business processes.
• Insight and Analysis: Provide insightful analysis and reporting on the company's operations to inform decision-making.
• Risk Management: Assess and communicate potential risks associated with business decisions.
• Travel: Expect a high frequency of travel to and from Reynosa and Guadalajara along with 2-4x/per year travel to Chicago for cross-functional meetings.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPIM / APICS certification preferred
• Core analytic skills to independently dive into an unclear situation and make sense of it. Skills in Google Sheets, Slides and Excel are key. Along with experience in Tableau, PowerBI. Experience in Oracle is an advantage.
• Spanish language proficiencyis highley desired
• Proven experience managing an EMS relationship.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes and best practices.
• Experience with ERP and Supplier Collaboration software systems.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop high-performing teams.
• Experience participating in and driving strategic initiatives.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, global environment.

Target Base Salary Range: $120,300 - $170,000

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 10+ years of progressive experience in purchasing, supply chain planning, materials management, demand management, inventory planning or related field

Travel Requirements

Under 10%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Our U.S.Benefitsinclude:

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Visionbenefits
• 401K with Company Match
• 10 Paid Holidays
• GenerousPaidTime Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• PaidParental & Family Leave
• and more!

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you'd like to join our team but feel that you don't quite meet all of the preferred skills, we'd still love to hear why you think you'd be a great addition to our team.

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