S & OE Manager

For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

Responsibilities:

Factory S&OE Execution Ownership:

• Own S&OE execution across 4 manufacturing sites, ensuring alignment between demand, supply, and production plans
• Drive short-term execution decisions to protect customer service and delivery performance
• Lead plant-level weekly S&OE cadences focused on exception management and recovery actions
• Ensure adherence to global S&OE standards, governance, and processes 

Operational Excellence & KPI Delivery:

• Deliver against key metrics: On-Time -Delivery, Past Due, Lead Time Accuracy, Response Time, and Inventory Health
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions for service gaps and supply constraints
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance reliability, responsiveness, and efficiency
• Standardize ways of working across factories to improve consistency and execution rigor

Customer & Commercial Alignment:

• Partner closely with Customer Care and Sales teams to ensure clear prioritization and fast response to demand changes
• Support escalation management with structured, data-driven solutions
• Translate commercial priorities into executable supply actions at plant level

Managing Complexity, NPI & Migrations:

• Ensure operational readiness for new product introductions and product migrations
• Coordinate with planning, manufacturing, and supply teams to mitigate risks during transitions
• Manage demand volatility and supply constraints with agility and structured decision-making

Financial & Service Performance:

• Balance service, cost-to-serve, and inventory objectives in daily execution decisions
• Support achievement of working capital and cost targets through disciplined planning and execution
• Use data and analytics to optimize trade-offs between service and cost

People Leadership & Capability Building:

• Lead and develop a team of ~10 S&OE planners/analysts
• Coach team on problem-solving, prioritization, and decision-making
• Establish clear roles, accountability, and performance expectations
• Build a high-performance, accountable, and collaborative team culture

S&OE Process Adoption & Maturity:

• Drive adoption of global S&OE processes, tools, and KPIs
• Ensure high-quality data, system discipline, and process compliance (SAP, S4 Hana, IBP Response)
• Support S&OE maturity roadmap deployment at factory level

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering or a related field. 
• An MBA or master’s degree is preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in supply chain planning, or operations in a multinational environment. 
• Exposure to high-growth environments, NPI, and product migrations preferred.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in people management, leading diverse teams in a global environment.
• Proven experience in Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE) or related roles. 
• Experience in managing operational processes related to demand planning, supply chain management, and inventory optimization.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and drive actionable insights.
• Highly Competent with supply chain management software (SAP Must, IBP Response is a plus) and analytics tools.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to lead and inspire diverse teams across different locations.
• Understand business drivers and able to balance between short- and long-term objectives.