A leading global manufacturer of lift trucks with key market share positions in the Americas and worldwide has retained our firm to help in their search for a Director, Supply Chain Americas. 

This publicly-held company designs, engineers and manufactures materials handling equipment for virtually every market niche, including warehouse trucks, counterbalanced trucks and large capacity cargo and container handling trucks. 

Reporting to the Vice President, Global Procurement and Supply Chain, the successful candidate will lead a team of approximately 60 professionals and will oversee and manage the company’s supply chain operation in the Americas and Mexico.  He/she will possess the following:

•   a minimum of 15+ years of supply chain management experience; a large portion of this will be with an industrial manufacturing company with a highly complex custom engineered product; international experience is highly desirable;

•   a strong understanding of the supply chain function; must be knowledgeable and well-versed in negotiations, purchasing, contracts development, UCC and Contract Law, and supplier assessment and evaluation; first-hand experience in helping lead the transformation of a supply chain organization from a decentralized to a centralized structure would be a strong plus;

• exceptional leadership; ability to build a strong culture and team environment; a motivator and mentor who must be able to successfully influence senior executives and staff in a highly matrixed organization to help develop and implement new business concepts and processes; not a micromanager;

• effective communication skills; the ability to communicate well with both internal and external executives; must be capable of relating equally with senior management, suppliers, manufacturing and development engineering;

• a solid understanding of manufacturing processes and principles; previous engineering or plant management experience is a plus;

• business acumen and financial skills; experience with cost accounting and financial analysis; a successful track record of developing and maintaining budgets for all supply chain activities while ensuring that financial measurements and objectives are met;

• strong technical skills with understanding of the latest ERP, WMS, and other supply chain software systems; implementing Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) module of the SAP is a plus but not a must;

• unquestioned personal and professional honesty and integrity; and

• a Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited four-year college; an advanced degree in a related discipline would be a plus. 

This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading global manufacturing company.  An attractive compensation package, including base salary and bonus will be tailored to the successful candidate’s requirements.

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