Supply Chain Transformation Leader

8974 DuPont Specialty Products USA, LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

DuPont Specialty Products USA, LLC is seeking a Supply Chain Transformation Leader in Wilmington, DE, with a hybrid work policy (4 days in office, 1 day remote). The role drives enterprise-wide planning improvements by deploying the Supply Planning Playbook and leading high-impact transformations across Lines of Business.

The position requires deep supply chain expertise, strategic problem solving, and change leadership to improve planning maturity and business performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years in supply chain planning, operations excellence, or transformation.
• Deep expertise in demand and production planning, inventory, capacity, S&OP/IBP.
• Proven track record leading cross-functional transformations with measurable results.
• Lean/CI, process optimization, structured problem solving, change management.
• Experience with ERP/advanced planning tech; strong analytical ability.

Responsibilities

• Lead deployment of supply planning standards and playbooks across Lines of Business.
• Drive multiple complex supply chain transformations for planning, inventory, and scheduling.
• Assess current planning maturity, identify gaps, and build improvement roadmaps.
• Integrate external best practices with DuPont standards to reduce waste and variation.
• Deliver improvements in service, planning performance, inventory, and working capital.
• Coach leaders and teams, building internal capability and reducing central dependency.
• Partner with Digital/IT to leverage planning tech, data, and AI for better decisions.
• Influence diverse stakeholders to adopt new ways of working and sustain gains.

Skills

Supply chain planning

Operational excellence

Change management

Lean/CI

Cross-functional leadership

Digital planning technologies

Data analysis

Strategic problem solving

ERP/APS systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Engineering/Operations/Business

APICS CPIM/CSCP or Lean/Six Sigma (certified)

Tools

ERP systems

Advanced planning tools

Job description

Why Join Us

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Supply Chain Transformation Leader

Position Summary

The Supply Chain Transformation Leader is responsible for the acceleration of supply chain performance and capability across DuPont through deployment of the Supply Planning Playbook and leadership of high-impact supply chain transformation initiatives. Working closely with Line of Business Supply Chain Leaders and cross-functional partners, this role will translate enterprise supply chain standards into practical solutions that improve planning maturity and business performance. The leader will bring deep supply chain expertise, structured problem solving, change leadership, and external best practices to help businesses identify opportunities, redesign processes, implement sustainable solutions, and build internal capability. The role supports DuPont's broader enterprise supply chain strategy to establish common standards, governance, best practices, performance management, and stronger supply chain capability across Lines of Business. The position reports to the Supply Chain Planning Leader.

* Please note - This position is located at the DuPont Corporate Headquarter offices in Wilmington, Delaware and follows a hybrid work policy (4 days in the office and 1 day remote)

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy the Supply Planning Playbook: Lead deployment of DuPont's supply planning standards, tools, processes, and management practices across Lines of Business, adapting implementation to business needs while maintaining enterprise standards.
• Lead Supply Chain Transformations: Lead multiple complex transformation initiatives focused on supply planning, inventory, production planning and scheduling, capacity, customer delivery, working capital, and overall supply chain effectiveness.
• Improve Planning Capability: Assess current-state planning maturity, identify performance and capability gaps, and develop targeted improvement roadmaps with LoB Supply Chain Leaders.
• Apply Industry & DuPont Best Practices: Integrate external supply chain practices with DuPont standards and the Supply Chain playbooks to simplify processes, eliminate waste and variation, and improve performance.
• Drive Measurable Business Results: Use data and structured problem solving to deliver improvements in areas such as customer service, planning performance, inventory and working capital, schedule performance, productivity, and supply responsiveness.
• Coach & Build Capability: Serve as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert to supply chain leaders and planning teams, coaching practitioners and creating sustainable capability rather than dependence on central expertise.
• Enable Digital & Analytics: Partner with Digital/IT and Supply Chain teams to leverage planning technology, data, analytics, automation, and AI to improve decision quality, visibility, and productivity.
• Lead Change Across the Enterprise: Influence across businesses, functions, regions, and organizational levels without direct authority to drive adoption, embed new ways of working, and sustain improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, Business, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10 or more years of experience in supply chain planning, operational excellence, consulting/transformation, or related disciplines within complex manufacturing environments.
• Deep expertise in supply planning, with strong knowledge of demand planning, production planning/master scheduling, inventory management, capacity planning, and S&O/IBP.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional supply chain transformations and translating strategy into measurable operational results.
• Strong knowledge of Lean/Continuous Improvement, process optimization, structured problem solving, and change management.
• Experience applying industry supply chain best practices and digital planning technologies; ERP and advanced planning systems experience preferred.
• Strong analytical and business acumen with demonstrated ability to connect planning improvements to customer service, growth, cost, inventory, and working capital.
• Exceptional ability to influence, facilitate, coach, and drive change in a global matrix organization without formal authority.
• Experience leading large-scale improvement initiatives.
• APICS/ASCM CPIM or CSCP, Lean/Six Sigma, or comparable certification preferred.

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DuPont is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, please visit our Accessibility Page for Contact Information.