Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning

Company: Avient Corporation
Location: Avon Lake
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it's powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you're a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you'll find your place at Avient.Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!Job SummaryThe Senior Manager of Supply Chain - Color & Additives USA/CAN has broad responsibilities across all regional sites balancing supply and demand across all relevant time fences. The primary responsibility of this role is leading a team accountable for production order creation and management, as well as purchase order creation and management for all the sites in the region. Additionally, this role will support lean six sigma initiatives (focused on supply chain automation), support Customer Service, Manufacturing and Sourcing as the liaison between customers, sites and Vendors, be a critical member of the business leadership team and will be held accountable for primary supply chain KPI's.Essential Functions

• Accountable for the balance supply with demand on a short term and long-term basis
• Manage inventory investment throughout the chain to minimize working capital investment.
• Lead supply chain automation initiatives
• Act as the sponsor / primary stakeholder for global cross-BU supply chain improvement projects
• Enhance protocols for communicating standards and changes throughout the supply chain
• Responsible for the interaction of production planners and plant schedulers, must resolve issues and build consensus on supply strategy.
• Communicate process and service issues to Business Management, Manufacturing, Sales, Customer Service, Production Planning and Technical Service.
• Analyze data to improve safety stock levels, EOQ's and forecasting capabilities.
• Other duties as assigned.ScopeThe position will lead 6 direct reports and be responsible for a team consisting of 20+ resources supporting the USA/CAN region.Education and Experience
  • Bachelors - business or engineering required
  • 10+ years experience in transactional supply chain (planning, procurement, etc)
  • Trained in problem solving techniques (LSS or equivalent)Additional Qualifications
    • APICS certification preferred
    • LSS green belt or higher preferred
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