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About the Role

We are currently looking for a Director of Supply Chain Planning and Logistics who is passionate about utilizing robotics to improve our daily lives. As part of the Supply Chain team, you will work closely with the manufacturing and inventory teams to ensure that the company has the necessary materials and inventory levels to meet customer demand for our groundbreaking robots going out into the world.Ìý The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, strategic planning and risk mitigation experience, leadership presence to manage high performing teams, and strong executive presentation skills.

About the Work

• Design, build, deploy, maintain, and continuously improve an end-to-end planning capability -Ìý the necessary tools, processes, and staffing, to provide the following operations horizon:Ìý
• Short-to-medium term: Integrated Business Planning / SIOP
• Long term: Strategic Operations Planning and Capacity PlanningÌý
• Ensure plans are driven by forecasts provided by sales and marketing and integrated with appropriate financial planning processes and plans.
• Facilitate the appropriate periodic meetings and forums for aligning and communicating the operational plans across all relevant functions, including addressing projected supply shortages or excess.
• Drive capacity and inventory strategies and plans that optimize working capital, enable growth, and mitigate obsolescence risk.
• Work with the broader supply chain team to design and deploy supply networks for producing finished goods and spares to support customer demand and growth.
• Ensure new product introductions (NPIs) are successfully incorporated into planning and inventory management tools, processes, and plans to ensure success of the NPI.
• Develop an overall strategy for maintaining and managing all inventory pools across all facilities: raw materials, work in process, finished goods, spare parts, and R&D materials.
• Ensure proper inventory management processes are in place to provide solid inventory controls, ensure inventory gets to relevant parties in a timely manner, and maintain accurate inventory records.
• Provide leadership on ERP implementation as Business Process ArchitectÌý
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) for the department, set targets against each KPI, report on a regular basis to management, and use them to drive continuous improvement efforts.ÌýÌý
• Lead a team of individual contributors in inventory, materials movement, production scheduling, materials planning, and demand planning.Ìý
• Foster a culture of high performance and a commitment to continuous process improvement with the team as well as internal stakeholders.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or a related field.Ìý MBA or advanced degree is preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in supply chain functions with fundamental understanding and direct experience in relevant supply chain strategy and operations- including SIOP processes across the relevant functions of the business.
• Working knowledge of supply chain systems, architecture, and processes (e.g., MPS, MRP, etc.) - experience with Infor and Windchill is a bonus.
• Deep Analytical Skills, Critical Thinking, Strategic Vision and the ability to develop Executive Presentations required.
• Excellent oral and written communication, cultural, and organizational change expertise; ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels within the organization
• Experience with business process analysis, process design and development, and continuous process improvement.
• Willing to act as a player coach, setting the strategy and overall team development, while also rolling up your sleeves and owning daily work fundamental to the company’sÌý success.
• Experience in a startup where developing processes and mechanisms for scalability across a company’s life stages has been demonstrated.
• Proven track record of recruiting, managing and developing teams and leading teams through transformational change while facilitating cross functional involvement.
• Strong interpersonal skills to effectively engage and interact with all teams, areas, and levels of the company impacting the planning process.
• Ability to calm a storm and hold a great sense of humorÌý
• Experience with software packages including Windows, Microsoft Office, and Google Workspace; extensive knowledge of spreadsheet tools, data management applications (MS Access, Power BI, Tableau, etc.), and relevant project management tools such as Atlassian Suite and other relevant technology.