Senior Manager, Global Supply Chain Excellence
Senior Manager, Global Supply Chain Excellence
Littelfuse
Chicago, IL
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Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.
Reporting to the Sr. Director, Supply Chain, the Sr. Manager, Global Supply Chain Excellence will be responsible for directly/indirectly leading teams which provide exceptional value to improve operations. This will be accomplished by leading and managing short and long-term projects that improve efficiency, develop compliant standards, eliminate waste, and reduce cost on a global scale.
This role will specifically establish best practices and create strategies, tools, systems, and processes by driving continuous improvement activities around procurement, distribution, business continuity management, sustainability and trade compliance for the Supply Chain Organization.
Core Responsibilities
We are an equal opportunity employer that takes pride in giving every associate the means and courage to make a difference – everywhere, every day.
We offer a competitive salary package and a variety of benefits, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, Disability, and Retirement benefits as well as development opportunities like internal Lean Six Sigma Certification.
Reporting to the Sr. Director, Supply Chain, the Sr. Manager, Global Supply Chain Excellence will be responsible for directly/indirectly leading teams which provide exceptional value to improve operations. This will be accomplished by leading and managing short and long-term projects that improve efficiency, develop compliant standards, eliminate waste, and reduce cost on a global scale.
This role will specifically establish best practices and create strategies, tools, systems, and processes by driving continuous improvement activities around procurement, distribution, business continuity management, sustainability and trade compliance for the Supply Chain Organization.
Core Responsibilities
- Lead the global implementation and ongoing improvement of the supply chain elements of the Littelfuse Operating System to enable excellence in business performance in Supply Chain. (20%)
- Partner with leaders in procurement, supply chain, operations, and our business units to create both strategic and tactical plans to ensure we are delivering year-over-year cost reductions. (35%)
- Oversee the deployment & implementation of approved tools/systems and ensure that consistent/standardized processes are maintained across the supply chain. (45%)
- You will coordinate activity around crisis management and business continuity globally by working with our external partners and business units.
- You will lead the global deployment and maintenance of a supply chain dashboard that incorporates all our standard metrics and work with the regional teams to establish and execute improvement strategies.
- You will establish global best practice standards and tools as well as train, coach and support their institutionalization and use by the organization.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, or Supply Chain plus a minimum of 8-10 years Supply Chain experience; focus on development of skills in continuous improvement, quality and/or operations process improvement.
- Master’s Degree preferred: Business or Engineering or Supply Chain (plus)
- Demonstrated ability to influence leaders and teams to positive results within a matrix organization.
- Strong background in supply chain process improvement, LEAN methodologies, and Six Sigma approach.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to build business partnerships, strong teams and develop talent.
We are an equal opportunity employer that takes pride in giving every associate the means and courage to make a difference – everywhere, every day.
We offer a competitive salary package and a variety of benefits, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, Disability, and Retirement benefits as well as development opportunities like internal Lean Six Sigma Certification.
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Seniority level
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Employment type
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Job function
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Industries
Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing and Semiconductor Manufacturing
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