Title: Executive Director, Global Brand Supply Chain
Location: Americas-United States-New York
Job Number: 130722
POSITION SUMMARY:
This position provides high touch, single point of accountability to drive and lead Global Brand and Supply Chain objectives, ensuring strategic alignment, innovation and operational excellence. The incumbent leads Supply Chain and Brand partnership activities for Bobbi Brown . The incumbent enables full transparency in supporting Global Brand strategies and ensures alignment with Supply Chain capabilities. The incumbent oversees the Global Product to Market strategies and project management activities for the Brand, and ensures Brand objectives for service, ROIC, and inventory are achieved on a global basis.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Represent the Supply Chain on the Bobbi Brown team on the Global and Regional Supply Chain team. Lead cross Global and Regional functional coordination to drive effective decision making. Oversee effectiveness of the Bobbi Brown Global Supply Chain team and provide overall guidance and leadership.
* Lead long-term Demand and Supply alignment including New Product Estimates and Analysis, and alignment with Innovation Tool. Collaborate with Finance and Marketing to ensure Brand Alignment and Reconciliation and to support Long Range Business Planning and Reporting.
* Lead Global Brand SIOP to drive regional and global optimization of inventory and supply capabilities, and evaluate actions, risks and opportunities to ensure full transparency across Supply Chain, Regions and Brand.
* Manage the innovation pipeline by leading the execution of global and regional launch initiatives and ensure full integration between Bobbi Brown and Global Supply Chain.
* Represent Supply Chain to achieve the Brand's cost of goods objectives and drive supply cost and ROIC through the leadership of Value Analysis and Innovation Processes.
* In collaboration with Supply Chain, define new Supply Chain capabilities to support the the Brand’s needs and implement strategies, improve efficiency and responsiveness and reduce complexity of Supply Chain for Bobbi Brown.
* Ensure global communication and allocation plans for critical supply issues.
* In coordination with Supply Chain, drive and implement strategies to achieve Brand's global inventory and SKU targets.
* Project management of the collateral process.
* Create and maintain an efficient organization structure, manage talent and role model strong leadership behaviors.
Qualifications:
* 10 years of related experience
* Strong knowledge of brand strategies, consumer packaging and inventory requirements, applying a solid understanding of Supply Chain processes -- with a clear focus on the Bobbi Brown brand
* Ability to drive business results on a global scale, applying a deep knowledge of regional relevance and market requirements
* Deep knowledge of the consumer package industry and beauty competitive landscape, and distribution channel management
* Understanding of regional/market regulatory requirements for the industry to ensure all end-to-end supply needs are compliant
* Ability to build consensus and alignment between Demand Planning and Supply Chain requirements to ensure speed to market
* Strong communications skills to clearly articulate Brand needs to Supply Chain, and Supply Chain needs/capabilities to the Brand
* Able to manage multiple and complex priorities across numerous brands and geographies, using an innovative approach to resolve issues
* Solid financial acumen to understand drivers of profitability and set priorities to manage cost and optimize value
* Recognized collaboration and teamwork skills and ability to build strong relationships across the Brand, Regional and Functional teams
* Highly developed leadership skills with ability to lead large, geographically-dispersed teams, lead effectively in a matrix environment, and develop/retain top talent and earn leadership respect throughout the organization
EEO
We are an equal opportunity employer.
Brand: Bobbi Brown