LATAM Supply Chain Planning Director

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Job Description:

LATAM Supply Chain Planning Director

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
Lead planning team for 3M Latam, drive improvements and standardization align with Global Planning organization in Enterprise Supply chain, for Service performance and Inventory productivity, E2E Process Metrics, Supply Chain Architecture & Capacity Planning, support service improvement, risk management, and talent development.

As Latam Supply Chain Planning leader, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Collaborate with Business Supply Chain to create strategy for delivering customer value

• Partner with Business Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations to define value stream responsiveness/delivery expectations, as well as business inventory/cost expectations to establish planning parameters

• Act as Planning voice into Portfolio, NPI strategy and decisions

• Ensure consistent application of global standard work in partnership with Area Planning Leaders and Global Planning Process & Analytics team

• Drive Supply Chain Architecture strategy, including Latam strategy and execution

• Ensure consistent SDS Planning, PIPO, and SOS changes occur in Latam

• Latam product availability and backlog management – facilitate Latam allocations if necessary. Determine level loading strategies where appropriate.

• Support IBP/S&OP process.

• Talent Management for Latam Planning Organization (Hire, Develop, Assign for Organizational Effectiveness)

• Drive improvements in Key Metrics: Service – OTIF, Aged Backlog, Inventory - DIO, Inventory $, NWI $ & %, Demand Planning - WAPA, Bias, E2E Performance Metrics – Key Item Availability, Stock Out %, Supply Plan Attainment, Production Plan Attainment, Supplier OTIF, among others.

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution

• Fifteen (15 years) of Supply Chain or Manufacturing Experience

• Functional planning experience (demand, supply, production, material)

• Ten (10 years) of team leadership experience

• English proficiency

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Work experience in a multinational company

• Experience with implementing and/or operating in advanced planning systems

• E2E Supply Chain process knowledge

• Business and Financial Acumen / Knowledge

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks

• Ability to drive results while navigating ambiguity

• Experience leading large cross-functional projects including using project management skills to motivate and align resources

• Proven ability to successfully influence, negotiate, and resolve conflicts to drive decisions across all levels of the organization

Work location: This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week in the office located in Arraiján, Panamá

Travel: May include up to 20% regional / international travel

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

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