Supply Chain Strategy Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Position Overview

The Supply Chain Strategy Manager serves as the strategic backbone of all major supply chain decisions across the NAFTA region. This role is responsible for designing and optimizing the end‐to‐end supply chain network, including warehousing locations, logistics improvement initiatives, supply alternatives, and regional distribution planning. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled analyst with the ability to identify improvement opportunities quickly and translate insights into actionable strategies that enhance service, reduce cost, and strengthen resilience.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Supply Chain Design

• Define and optimize the NAFTA warehousing and distribution footprint, ensuring alignment with customer demand, cost targets, and service expectations.
• Evaluate supply alternatives, including dual sourcing, regional sourcing, and supply diversification strategies.
• Lead network modeling and scenario analysis to support long‐term supply chain strategy.

Logistics Improvement & Optimization

• Identify inefficiencies across transportation, warehousing, and distribution flows; develop improvement plans with clear ROI.
• Partner with Logistics teams to enhance trucking performance, reduce freight costs, and improve cross‐border flow efficiency.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the NAFTA supply chain, focusing on speed, cost, and reliability.

Supply & Distribution Planning

• Oversee regional supply distribution strategies to ensure optimal inventory positioning and flow.
• Support replenishment strategies that balance service levels with working capital targets.
• Collaborate with Supply Planning and Demand Planning teams to ensure strategic alignment across the planning horizon.

Advanced Analytics & Insight Generation

• Conduct deep analytical assessments to identify bottlenecks, risks, and improvement opportunities across the supply chain.
• Build models, dashboards, and decision‐support tools to guide strategic choices.
• Present clear, data‐driven recommendations to senior leadership.

Cross‐Functional Leadership

• Work closely with Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Logistics, Procurement, and Manufacturing to ensure strategic alignment.
• Support S&OP and IBP processes with strategic insights and long‐range planning scenarios.
• Influence decision‐making across commercial and operational teams through strong analytical storytelling.

Performance & Continuous Improvement

• Track and report strategic KPIs related to cost, service, resilience, and network efficiency.
• Lead initiatives that improve OTIF, reduce Total Working Capital (TWC), and minimize expedite costs.
• Benchmark NAFTA supply chain performance against industry standards and best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business, Data Management or related field; Master’s preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in supply chain strategy, network design, logistics optimization, or advanced analytics.
• Strong analytical capability with expertise in modeling, scenario planning, and data visualization tools (Power BI, or similar). SAP experience is an asset.
• Deep understanding of NAFTA supply chain dynamics, cross‐border logistics, and regional distribution networks.
• Proven ability to identify improvement areas and drive strategic change.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Success Indicators

• Optimized NAFTA warehousing and distribution footprint.
• Clear, measurable logistics improvements and cost reductions.
• Strong supply alternatives and resilience strategies in place.
• High‐quality strategic insights that guide leadership decisions.
• Improved OTIF, reduced TWC, and lower expedite costs through better network design.

Vesuvius is a global leader in molten metal flow engineering and technology, primarily serving the global steel and foundry industries. We develop innovative solutions that enable our customers to increase their efficiency and productivity, enhance quality, improve safety and reduce their costs and their environmental impact. Our history spans more than 100 years, we are on six continents with more than 11,000 employees. We value diversity. Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. We aim to deliver sustainable, profitable growth to provide our shareholders with a superior return on their investment, while providing our employees with a safe workplace where they are recognized, developed and properly rewarded.

Company Description

Vesuvius is a global leader in molten metal flow engineering and technology, primarily serving the global steel and foundry industries. We develop innovative solutions that enable our customers to increase their efficiency and productivity, enhance quality, improve safety and reduce their costs and their environmental impact. Our history spans more than 100 years, we are on six continents with more than 11,000 employees. We value diversity. Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. We aim to deliver sustainable, profitable growth to provide our shareholders with a superior return on their investment, while providing our employees with a safe workplace where they are recognized, developed and properly rewarded.