Supply Chain Process Lead - Procurement Focus

Senior Supply Chain Process Lead

The Senior Supply Chain Process Lead plays a key role in leading process improvement initiatives and ensuring alignment with organizational goals. Responsible for mentoring junior staff and driving change across the Supply Chain organization.

Essential Job Functions :

• Create recommendations to drive VP / Director level strategy for advancing the Supply Chain related skill and competency levels.
• Lead and manage collaborative effort across Supply Chain groups to qualify, plan, lead, support and implement business process improvements. Engage Supply Chain staff to actively solicit process improvement ideas and adopt a mindset of continuous improvement.
• Lead implementation and provide on-going support of Supply Chain work standards.
• Facilitate functional training for Supply Chain specific tools, competencies, process and policies.
• Own Supply Chain specific metrics and facilitate understanding and improvement discussions with various Supply Chain groups and functions.
• Ensure the Supply Chain Operations vision / roadmap aligns with Supply Chain, Procurement and Fleet Operations vision / roadmap and larger AEP vision.
• Collaborate and benchmark with other electric utility and cross industry Supply Chain organizations to ensure best practices and industry direction is considered as Supply Chain processes evolve.
• Ensure training documentation / work instructions are created and exist for Supply Chain related tools and processes.
• Report to management on local level understanding and adoption of KPIs as related to Supply Chain metrics. Ensure root cause analysis is determined where gaps exist and develop corrective action plan recommendations to the VP and Director levels.
• Develop and manage Supply Chain competency and skill level expectations across job families and lead the development of training and experience gaining activities to meet or exceed the expected progress levels.
• Develop and execute communication plan for changing Supply Chain tools, metrics, work processes / instructions and ensure adoption of such changes.

Minimum Requirements :

Other Requirements :

50 % of the time

Compensation Data :

Compensation Grade : SP20-008

Compensation Range : $96,110.00-124,940.00 USD

The Physical Demand Level for this job is : S Sedentary Work : Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally : activity or condition exists up to 1 / 3 of the time) and / or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently : activity or condition exists from 1 / 3 to 2 / 3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.