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Opportunity
 The Sr. Supply
Chain role provides the product lifecycle management for specific product
categories. This role is a key member in the New Product Development cross-functional operations
team, ensuring we plan for success as we launch new products. The role is also
a critical member of the supply chain team achieving strategic business
objectives, while working across many functional areas.  This role ensures the supply chain policy for
product placement, lifecycle changes, master data management and product
discontinuation in the end-to-end supply chain. In this role you will work with
highly complex, global supply chains, provide the analytics supporting
decisions, clarifying, and mitigating risks, and provide the business and
technical rationale supporting decisions for within the Product Team.
Define and communicate supply chain design and policy for specific product categories. Functioning with a category team you will apply expert-level supply chain knowledge to guide key business decisions meeting strategic business goals.
Work with Supply Chain, Operations and Sourcing leaders and associates to define supply chain product placement plans for component and finished goods. This includes sourcing, manufacture, distribution planning through regional and global networks, with the goal of aligning all programs to the optimal supply chain structure as defined by the required speed, flexibility and cost
Work with the Regional Supply Chain and Sourcing teams to analyze supply base capacity and timing and establish the optimal supply chain design and project timeline.Align and facilitate the action of the plan with the team, communicating progress and maintaining plan timelines and customer delivery.Analyze and manage stock levels down to ensure we are not scrapping stock unnecessarily on changes resulting in the obsolescence of components.Establish and oversee policy for lifecycle changes including phase-in/phase out timing, master data maintenance, disposal coordination in a manner that balances trade-offs to achieve business needs.
Partner with Category leaders
to understand customer demand for new products and translate that
information into accurate forecasts; work with Supply and Demand Planning
Analysts to ensure proper PO placement to maintain sufficient inventory
stock levels.Identify cost-to-serve options and gain alignment with the business team to optimize profitability and customer delivery.Lead
portfolio segmentation and discontinuation discussions and follow process
and guidelines to develop and implement reduction proposals.Serve
as the subject matter expert and manager of North American Faucet Product
Hierarchy audit, maintenance and managementManage Customer transition of inventory through Supply Chain Account ManagersAnalyze new material additions/releases for master data rule compliance and coordinate compliance with Purchasing and Operations.Track and document processes, establish metrics for performance and best practice.Maintain relationships with Category teams.Identify new scenarios that would require documentation and process improvement