Director of Supply Chain

Position Overview

If you're looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you've found it. Whether you're an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact. With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you. Advanced Flow Systems (AFS) includes the Liquid Controls and Corken branded products that make fluid transfer safe, accurate, and efficient. Liquid Controls primarily provide metering, fluid handling and data ecosystem for truck-based custody transfer of highly valuable fuels. They have product solutions to support other downstream oil & gas custody transfer applications as well. Corken offers a wide variety of industrial compression and pumping solutions for the process, energy, and transport industries. Applications include autogas filling stations, bulk plant pumps, tank car unloading, delivery truck, and transport. AFS is headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK and has a sales/service office in Chicago, IL with an employee base of approximately 220+. The Director, Supply Chain and Planning is responsible for leading the overall supply chain operations, including purchasing, commodity management, selection and management of suppliers, inventory management and operations planning process (including parts procurement) to deliver exceptional service to our customers, favorable business performance, leverage the enterprise resource planning system, and resolve supply chain issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the inventory and operations planning and execution processes (including parts procurement) for the Corken and Liquid Controls business units.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the inventory control, procurement, and production scheduling teams.
• Establish a robust SIOP process along with an integrated master production schedule that ties in the supply and demand forecasts to improve production throughput, operational efficiency and on-time delivery for customers.
• Lead a team that develops, executes, and monitors planning strategies implemented within the enterprise resource planning system to meet service level and inventory objectives.
• Provide input to the monthly sales demand planning meetings and lead the monthly supply planning meetings within the SIOP process.
• Provide supply recommendations to the AFS executive leadership team in the monthly SIOP executive review meeting.
• Manage procurement and oversee all Raw, WIP, and Finished Goods inventory to support overall business objectives.
• Maintain strong working relationships with business partners and ensure thorough functional knowledge of the supply chain, performance measures, and information flows.
• Lead the team in delivering improved business results in order fill rate performance, inventory turns, slow moving and obsolete inventory, and other metrics through process improvement initiatives.
• Provide early identification of problems, advise senior leadership of risks, and recommend options and/or corrective actions.
• Monitor team performance, provide feedback, and identify development opportunities.
• Collaborate with finance to supply relevant inputs for successful financial reconciliation meetings within the SIOP process.
• Utilize lean tools to develop and continuously improve standardized planning processes while driving efficiencies across the business.
• Work closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Operations to implement seamless material transitions or new product introductions with minimal obsolescence.
• Identify and expand the current vendor list for sourcing products to lower costs and improve overall profitability.
• Develop a Plan for Every Part (PFEP) strategy through effective inventory management to achieve target inventory turnover while minimizing customer impact from shortages or delays.
• Verify and enforce supplier performance metrics (on-time delivery, quality, ethics, etc.) and hold suppliers accountable when performance falls short; develop a vendor bill-back process.
• Ensure the integration of demand, supply, and production plans into a level-loaded master schedule that optimizes production efficiency.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university required.
• Experience Required: 10+ years of related experience in Materials, Supply, Inventory Control, and Scheduling required.
• Experience Required: 3+ years of experience in a leadership role utilizing the SIOP process required.
• Experience working with lean concepts and tools.
• Must be able to travel up to 10% of the time.
• Proficient with ERP systems (JD Edwards strongly preferred).
• Excellent analytical, verbal, and written communications skills.
• Strong organizational skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight while maintaining focused objectives and discipline to achieve results.
• Proven project management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• APICS certification preferred.