Vice President - Supply Chain Management

LANXESS; Woodbridge Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 212,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Work-life flexibility (Xwork)

Training & development

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

LANXESS is seeking a senior supply chain leader to set the global strategy and oversee end-to-end planning, scheduling, and customer service. You will drive enterprise performance metrics and IBP, shaping network design and production strategies across a global organization.

The role requires significant leadership in complex, manufacturing-driven environments, with SAP expertise and exposure to analytics, automation, and Lean Six Sigma. Hybrid on-site work in the U.S. is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in SCM or business; MBA or related grad degree preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of progressive supply chain leadership in global settings.
• Demonstrated command of end-to-end planning, IBP, and network design.
• Proven track record improving service, cash flow, and costs at scale.
• Strong SAP-enabled manufacturing and planning experience; AI exposure valued.
• APICS CPIM/CSCP or Lean Six Sigma certification is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Set global supply chain strategy and lead end-to-end planning, scheduling, and customer service with senior leaders.
• Own enterprise performance metrics across service, inventory, cash flow, and logistics cost.
• Provide executive ownership of IBP, demand/supply planning, and order-to-cash performance.
• Build a high-performing, global organization with clear accountability and standard ways of working.
• Shape long-range network, capacity, and production strategies for growth and cash optimization.
• Sponsor digital transformation with automation, analytics, and AI across the supply chain.
• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, safety, and local requirements.

Skills

End-to-end planning

Integrated Business Planning

Forecasting

Production scheduling

Inventory optimization

Executive communication

SAP experience

Analytics & AI

Team leadership

Lean Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management

MBA or relevant graduate degree

Tools

SAP

Advanced planning platforms

Analytics tools

AI tooling

Job description

• Set the global supply chain strategy and lead end-to-end planning, scheduling, and customer service in partnership with senior leaders across manufacturing, commercial, product, and global planning functions.
• Own delivery of enterprise performance commitments across service, inventory, working capital, cash flow, planning effectiveness, logistics cost, safety, and profitability.
• Provide executive ownership of Integrated Business Planning, driving disciplined demand and supply planning, production scheduling, forecast accuracy, and order-to-cash performance.
• Build a high-performing global organization by attracting, developing, and empowering senior talent while embedding clear accountability and standardized ways of working.
• Establish robust supply chain risk governance and lead mitigation of capacity, raw material, manufacturing, labor, and force majeure exposures.
• Shape long-range network, capacity, inventory, and production strategies that enable profitable growth, cost competitiveness, and cash optimization.
• Influence enterprise decisions through scenario modeling, fact-based trade-off analysis, and clear recommendations to executive leadership.
• Sponsor digital transformation across the supply chain, leveraging automation, analytics, and AI to strengthen agility, productivity, and decision quality.
• Champion operational discipline and ensure full compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, safety, and local requirements.
• Member of the global lubricants additives leadership team.

Job Highlights

• Set the global supply chain strategy and lead end-to-end planning, scheduling, and customer service in partnership with senior leaders across manufacturing, commercial, product, and global planning functions.
• Own delivery of enterprise performance commitments across service, inventory, working capital, cash flow, planning effectiveness, logistics cost, safety, and profitability.
• Provide executive ownership of Integrated Business Planning, driving disciplined demand and supply planning, production scheduling, forecast accuracy, and order-to-cash performance.
• Build a high-performing global organization by attracting, developing, and empowering senior talent while embedding clear accountability and standardized ways of working.
• Establish robust supply chain risk governance and lead mitigation of capacity, raw material, manufacturing, labor, and force majeure exposures.
• Shape long-range network, capacity, inventory, and production strategies that enable profitable growth, cost competitiveness, and cash optimization.
• Influence enterprise decisions through scenario modeling, fact-based trade-off analysis, and clear recommendations to executive leadership.
• Sponsor digital transformation across the supply chain, leveraging automation, analytics, and AI to strengthen agility, productivity, and decision quality.
• Champion operational discipline and ensure full compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, safety, and local requirements.
• Member of the global lubricants additives leadership team.

Experience / Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or Business, MBA or another relevant graduate degree preferred.
• Minimum of 15 years of progressive supply chain management experience in a leading organization, including significant leadership responsibility within complex, global supply chain and manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated command of end-to-end planning and execution, including Integrated Business Planning, demand and supply planning, production scheduling, inventory optimization, customer service, and network design.
• Proven success improving service, working capital, cost, resilience, and organizational transformation capability at scale.
• Strong experience in SAP-enabled manufacturing and planning environments; exposure to advanced planning platforms, analytics, automation, and AI is highly valued.
• Track record of building high-performing, geographically dispersed teams and developing senior supply chain talent.
• Exceptional commercial acumen, analytical judgment, executive communication, and ability to influence senior leaders through fact-based recommendations.
• APICS CPIM/CSCP, IBF, Lean Six Sigma, or comparable certification as benefit.
• This is a HYBRID role with an on-site presence required.

Location Fords

Employee Type Regular

Who We Are

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with about 12,000 employees in 32 countries. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives and consumer protection products. LANXESS has achieved leading positions in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Index and the MSCI ESG and ISS ESG ratings, among others, for its commitment to sustainability.

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What We Offer

• Compensation We offer competitive compensation packages, inclusive of a global bonus program. The approximate starting salary of this position in the U.S. in the named location is $235,000. Please note, the actual compensation may vary based on geographic location, work experience, education, and skill level.
• Comprehensive Benefits We provide a variety of benefits to support your financial security, health and wellbeing including retirement plans, health programs, life insurance and medical care.
• Work-Life & Flexibility We support you in maintaining a balance between working hours and personal life. With our global “Xwork” program, we offer flexible working arrangements in all countries in which we operate.
• Training & Development We are committed to your professional and personal development and encourage you in the ongoing pursuit of education, training and knowledge through both formal and informal learning.
• Diversity LANXESS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical ability or attributes, religion, national origin, veteran status and political beliefs.

LANXESS has a value-based performance culture. We are seeking a range of human interests, backgrounds, and experiences that can be engaged to achieve respect, ownership, trust, professionalism, integrity and healing across all sectors.

We are looking to find diverse and talented people to join our team. Studies have shown that some individuals are less likely to apply if they do not meet 100% of the criteria. We’re looking to equalize the gap! If you are excited about this role but your past experiences do not align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We will look to assess your talent against our competencies, values and requirements to get the best organizational fit. You might be the right candidate for this or other roles we have available!

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