Senior Director, SIOP and Supply Chain

Our Story:

 

Dover Food Retail (DFR) is a leading manufacturer of Display Cases, Specialty Products, Refrigeration Systems, Power Systems and Comprehensive Services; and leading our industry by Innovating What’s Next in glass doors and intelligent merchandising technologies that keep food safe under brands such as HillPhoenix and Anthony.

 

DFR is part of the Climate & Sustainability Technologies segment of the Dover Corporation® (NYSE: DOV). Dover is a diversified global manufacturer with annual revenues in excess of $7 billion.

 

DFR is built on creativity and customer-centric innovation delivered by people invigorated by a strong sense of responsibility to help our customers win in their marketplaces. The relationships we build with our customers are as important to our success as the products we manufacture. This collaborative environment delivers FRESH THINKING, reassuring our customers that they choose the best when they choose to work with the people of Dover Food Retail.

 

Job Title:        Senior Director, SIOP & Supply Chain

Location:        Conyers, GA             

 

What we’re looking for:

 

We are looking for an Operational Planning (SIOP) & Consensus Planning Leader who will be responsible for the design and development of an effective and sustainable centralized Sales Inventory Operations Planning process. This will include integrating multiple Business Units (current decentralized) demand planning, supply planning, production planning, inventory planning, life cycle management, and excess & obsolescence while considering capacity and constraints of manufacturing.  

 

This person will create a stronger focus on Sales, Inventory and Operational Planning (SIOP) with emphasis on consensus planning and long-term demand planning, and support facilitation of the demand planning meetings, the supply planning process, the financial reconciliation and the final SIOP plan review. Will work with and influence the plant leadership teams to manage & facilitate the decision to acquire internal/external capacity to balance demand & supply. Will also work cross-functionally in the areas of demand forecasting, capacity planning, and setting inventory levels to ensure a realistic and achievable plan. Ensures the monthly creation of all elements of the SIOP plan: consensus demand plan, demand for new product launches, validated supply and capacity plan. Facilitate cross-functional activities to resolve demand and capacity imbalances before the operations are impacted and presents potential solutions during the SIOP meeting for approval. Conducts and presents 'what if' scenarios to analyze the impact of taking on additional demand before customer commitments are made. SIOP & Consensus Planning Leader will operate with the ability to influence cross functionally and drive SIOP vertically and laterally across the organization. Responsible for developing and leading monthly S&OP meetings addressing the forecast accuracy relative to sales vs. plan and capacity utilization to support the end-to-end supply chain.  

 

What you’ll be responsible for in this role:

 

• Define and implement World Class Consensus Planning and SIOP Management system and methodologies across Dover Food Retail 
• Provide leadership to the Systems supply chain organization to include global sourcing, materials management, purchasing and the warehouse.
• Implement Planning System of Record owning the Demand/Consensus Planning and SIOP process orchestration across a $1 billion business, multiple business models and sites. 
• Serve as SIOP & Consensus Planning Subject Matter Expert, co-developing Supply Chain Learning content and leading regular process audits, educational boot camps, and online modules 
• Continuously develop and improve SIOP processes, increasing automated and integrated solutions tailored to specific lines of business. 
• Drive standard org and process rigor and constructive tension and accountability, standardized as much as possible via R&R and Org alignment, customized where necessary 
• Improve product transition management with intelligent life cycle data, process, and analytics including advanced leading indicators like sales funnel, spec analysis, and market intelligence. 
• Create a site and Executive SIOP processes for the President and Executive Leadership team (does not exist today) 
• Other duties as assigned

 

What are the basic qualifications?

 

• Bachelor’s degree (i.e. Engineering, Product Marketing, Supply Chain) 
• 10+ years of experience in Consensus Sales Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP), to include Portfolio Management, Demand Pl