As a Power Systems Industrial Strategy Director - (Global Supply Chain (GSC) - North America (NAM)); you will provide industrial strategy inputs aligned with business and GSC-T for the cluster/plants, as well as defining and implementing Long-Term Industrial Plans (LTIP) in coordination with GSC-T and LoB. Additionally, it requires identifying, preparing, and executing the rebalancing program for the cluster, involving localization, manufacturing transfer projects, and regionalization.
Industrial Strategy:
- Define the medium & long-term industrial strategy for the BU / cluster in alignment with GSC-T & LoB
- Drive preparation of LTIP at plant level by providing pertinent & relevant inputs on industrial strategy and new projects
- Prepare the consolidated LTIP for the entire cluster in alignment with global industrial strategy and local considerations to drive optimization, efficiency and proximity to customer
- Be the single point entry point for people from LoB or GSC-T to launch new initiatives or projects inside any plant within the cluster
- Rebalancing:
- Periodically review all the FG – all finished products being imported in NAM for sale in NAM and look for opportunities to manufacture those products in NAM region
- Periodically review all the parts being imported by plants in NAM and look for opportunities to localize those parts in Mexico / NAM
- Formalize the direction and prepare the rebalancing projects based on the above inputs plus GSC-T strategy and drive them to successful execution
- Make sure the rebalancing numbers reported by each plant and cluster are 100% aligned with GSC-T industrial database reporting
Project Management:
- Drive all transfer, rebalancing, QVE and main industrial projects for the cluster through efficient execution and within the agreed constraints of quality, lead time (schedule) and overall cost (capex & opex)
- Secure availability of “right” resources for the projects through plant & function teams and help to solve the priority conflicts with their hierarchical management when needed to make sure project gets delivered on time
- Keep good & strong links with GSC-T, BU Industrialization, BU Quality, Plant GMs etc. to ensure high level of collaboration amongst all teams
Project Management - Leadership:
- Assemble strong and motivated project teams focused on delivering high quality results
- Identify talents and be a mentor & coach for talent development
- Drive a culture of high performance, speed, transparency and trust..
- Resource management
- Keep track of resource needs and availability of resources to manage project prioritization
- Anticipate needs for future and make resources available according to those needs
- Make sure that we are providing necessary training to resources according to project needs
Qualifications:
- Undergraduate or Graduate Degree in Engineering or Supply Chain
- Minimum 15-years of experience in a Supply Chain environment of a Multinational corporation
- Deep understanding of manufacturing and project management
- Clear understanding of the SE Industrial policies and practices
- Strong experience in Supply Chain management of technical commodities
- Need experience in driving strong & successful execution of projects
- At ease in functional reporting (doted / dual line reporting) as well as hierarchical mode (direct / solid line) in large matrix organizations.
