Director, IT Supply Chain
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This role is a Hybrid Role: Employees are expected to work from our Oxford office 3 days per week and may work remotely the remaining days.
About the Role
The Director, SAP Planning, Procurement & Advanced Planning Systems, is responsible for global ownership and strategic direction of enterprise planning, procurement, and inventory optimization platforms. The role oversees SAP ECC 6.0 (SP7) planning and procurement functionality, associated master data governance, and the implementation of an Advanced Planning Solution (APS) to elevate S&OP maturity and drive a significant, sustained reduction in enterprise inventory while maintaining service performance.
This position is designed for a leader who combines executive-level accountability with deep functional and technical credibility—someone who can set strategy, lead globally, and engage directly in complex issues when judgment, speed, or trust demands it. The expectation is not day-to-day hands-on delivery, but the ability and willingness to step into the details selectively and decisively.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership & Governance
- Own the global planning, procurement, and inventory optimization technology strategy
- Define and enforce governance standards across planning processes, system behavior, and master data
- Partner with Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Finance leadership to align system capabilities with business outcomes
- Provide executive oversight while retaining the ability to personally validate high-risk or high-impact decisions
- SAP ECC Planning & Procurement Ownership
- Executive functional ownership of SAP ECC MM and PP
- Accountability for the correctness, stability, and scalability of:
- MRP behavior
- Procurement execution
- Production and inventory planning
- Maintain the capability to:
- Review and challenge SAP configuration
- Analyze MRP results, planning exceptions, and system-driven constraints
- Engage directly in root-cause analysis of complex planning failures
- Serve as the senior escalation point for planning-related operational risk
- Advanced Planning Solution (APS) & S&OP Enablement
- Act as IT Functional Lead and hands-on functional authority for APS implementation
- Lead evaluation and deployment planning for solutions such as Kinaxis Maestro, o9, or Anaplan
- Ensure APS recommendations are executable within ERP and operational constraints
- Partner with business leadership to translate planning outputs into actionable decisions
- Balance strategic oversight with informed, detail-level engagement during critical design and adoption phases
- Global Team & Delivery Leadership
- Lead a globally distributed delivery organization, including:
- SAP functional teams (Europe, North America, Australia)
- SAP MDG functional support
- SAP / JD Edwards hybrid functional leadership
- External AMS provider
- Establish clear operating models, decision rights, and outcome-based KPIs
- Delegate effectively while maintaining direct line of sight into quality, risk, and execution
- Step in personally when needed to unblock delivery or correct course
- Lead a globally distributed delivery organization, including:
- Technical & Architectural Stewardship
- Leverage early-career ABAP foundation to:
- Challenge solution designs and integration approaches
- Review functional specifications and enhancement strategies
- Reduce technical debt and unnecessary customization
- Comfortable reviewing system behavior, debug findings, and design trade-offs to ensure solutions are fit for purpose
- Serve as a technical authority when credibility with business SMEs is essential
- Leverage early-career ABAP foundation to:
- Executive Engagement & Change Leadership
- Engage credibly with:
- Business SMEs and planners
- Functional analysts and developers
- Global system integrators
- Senior and executive leadership
- Translate detailed system behavior into clear business implications
- Lead change through clarity, credibility, and shared accountability—not mandate alone
- Engage credibly with:
Requirements
- 15+ years of progressive experience across SAP and enterprise planning
- Career foundation in SAP ABAP, transitioning to SAP MM/PP functional leadership
- Demonstrated success leading global teams and complex vendor ecosystems
- Direct leadership in at least one APS or advanced planning transformation
- Deep experience operating SAP ECC in multi-region supply chain environments
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa support
Skills
- Comfortable working at the level required by the situation, regardless of title
- Uses hands-on engagement selectively and purposefully, not as a substitute for delegation
- Builds credibility through technical understanding, sound judgment, and follow-through
- Trusted by business SMEs because they understand how the system actually behaves
Measures of Success
- Stable, predictable global SAP MM/PP planning performance
- Successful APS implementation with strong adoption
- Material, sustained reduction in inventory levels while maintaining service
- Improved S&OP decision quality and confidence
- Restored and durable trust between IT and business planning teams
Pay
The base pay range for this position is $140,000.00 - $170,000.00 per year. Base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge, and geographic location. Certain positions may also be eligible for short-term incentives as part of total compensation.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and their families
- Company-paid basic life insurance and short-term disability insurance (benefits commence upon hire)
- Long-term disability insurance
- Supplemental life insurances
- Flexible spending accounts
- Critical illness insurance
- Group legal and identity theft protection
- 401k Retirement Savings Plan
- 4 weeks of vacation (pro-rated based on date of hire for the 1st year of employment)
- Twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year