Flex-Tek is a global manufacturing company for products in Aerospace, Construction and Heating markets and is a division of Smiths.
Job DescriptionFor this role, we’re seeking a Senior Leader who will provide an enterprise mindset to our growing organization to drive operational improvements within our manufacturing environments, supply chain and logistics. This will include developing our strategy for master data, with a focus on developing commercial insights from data, supporting growth & margin enhancement.
This will be laid within a foundation of a global ERP program which is underway to harmonize our operations around best practice and deliver measurable business outcomes for our stakeholders.
The role will be based in our new HQ location in Simpsonville, SC reporting directly into our CFO for Flex Tek.
Role Purpose
This role is accountable for the end‑to‑end integrity, performance, and sustainability of supply chain (Procure to Pay) and operational (Plan-to-Produce) business processes, ensuring a strong foundation in data driven insights to deliver measurable business outcomes, embedded controls, and long‑term enterprise value.
Through site-level coordination, the BPO owns business process decisions, data and outcomes.
Business Outcomes
- Deliver operational consistency around best practice including management of inventory
- Detect and unlock Group-wide synergies within our Operations, Supply Chain and logistics
- Develop data, reporting and KPI’s that will allow for improved decision making
- Guardian of enterprise-wide standards and controls
Building a strong foundation around a single ERP:
- Resolves cross‑functional and site-specific conflicts impacting process design, controls, data, or operations
- ERP data is trusted and used for decision making
- Approves ERP process design, configuration intent, and standards
- Ensure controls are embedded in ERP design not manual workarounds
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
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Skills Required
- Senior leadership experience in supply chain, manufacturing operations, or logistics
- Experience developing and implementing master data strategy/MDM
- Proven experience with global ERP programs and ERP process design/configuration governance
- Deep knowledge of Procure-to-Pay and Plan-to-Produce business processes
- Experience building reporting, KPIs, and data-driven commercial insights
- Experience managing BPO/site-level coordination and embedding controls
- Ability to resolve cross-functional conflicts and drive enterprise-wide standards
What We Do
For over 170 years, Smiths Group has been pioneering progress by engineering a better future. We serve millions of people every year, to help make the world safer, more energy efficient and productive, and better connected, across four global markets: Energy, General Industrial, Safety & Security, and Aerospace & Defence. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs more than 15,000 colleagues in over 50 countries. For more information visit www.smiths.com. We're looking for people with curious minds. Who want responsibility and relish a challenge. Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting out, our global scale and focus on growth means we have some great career opportunities for you. There's never been a better time to join Smiths.
