Director - Supply Chain Management

Salary Range Orange, CT - $155,000 - $195,000 What We Offer Competitive benefits and growth opportunities 12% 401(k) match Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance Professional development and clear career‑advancement pathways For more information, please visit: Benefits - Avangrid Job Summary The Director of Supply Chain Management is accountable for the strategic leadership and enterprise execution of the material planning function across all 7 operating companies, locations, and both gas and electric business lines. This role is responsible for building and leading a high‑performing, enterprise‑wide organization that ensures uninterrupted material availability, disciplined financial stewardship, and accurate, timely material status visibility in support of operations and capital project delivery. The position establishes, governs, and enforces enterprise material planning standards, demand management processes, and performance expectations to enable safe and reliable utility operations, on‑time project execution, and regulatory and rate case defensibility. The Director exercises decision authority over material planning strategies and commitments to minimize excess and obsolete inventory, manage working capital exposure, and prevent unnecessary capital and operating spend. Key Responsibilities Enterprise Materials Planning Leadership & Governance Provide enterprise‑wide leadership and strategic direction for the material planning function across multiple operating companies, including building, leading, and sustaining a geographically dispersed organization aligned by commodity and material family. Establish and enforce enterprise material planning governance, including roles, decision rights, competencies, performance expectations, and succession planning, ensuring consistent execution and accountability across the organization. Serve as the enterprise authority for material planning policies, standards, and best practices, with decision ownership for planning parameters and alignment across Planning, Procurement, Stores, and Operations. Integrated Demand Planning, Forecasting & Financial Stewardship Own enterprise material demand planning, forecasting, MRP strategy, and purchase timing, ensuring all material commitments are driven by validated project and asset demand and aligned with approved capital and operating plans. Set and govern enterprise forecasting standards, planning parameters, and performance targets by material family to balance system reliability, schedule adherence, and working capital optimization. Exercise decision authority to cancel, defer, or reprioritize planned material purchases in response to demand changes, with accountability for avoided spend, excess inventory prevention, and financial risk mitigation. Supply Continuity, Risk Management & Supplier Performance Ensure uninterrupted material availability required to support safe and reliable utility operations, capital project execution, and emergency and outage response, including oversight of long‑lead, constrained, and single‑source materials. Own enterprise material on‑time delivery (OTD) performance in partnership with Procurement and Stores, including monitoring supplier delivery reliability, internal cycle times, and leading corrective action for systemic performance gaps. Lead cross‑functional escalation, prioritization, and resolution of material supply risks that could impact operational reliability, capital delivery milestones, or regulatory obligations. Communicate effectively with senior leadership to provide clear visibility into material planning risks and decisions and lead timely escalation management to resolve critical supply issues impacting operational reliability or project delivery. Establish enterprise standards for material status visibility, expediting prioritization, and exception management, ensuring leadership and project teams have accurate, actionable insight into delivery commitments and supply risk. Oversee enterprise material planning operations and reporting, including preparation of executive, operational, and regulatory‑facing materials that quantify supply risk, service performance, and financial impact, while serving as a senior advisor to business area leadership. Required Qualifications Education & Experience Required Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business, or related field; or equivalent experience. 10+ years of progressive experience in materials planning, supply chain, or operations, preferably in utilities or energy industries. Demonstrated experience leading multi‑site, geographically dispersed teams. Strong working knowledge of SAP MM/MRP and supply chain analytics. Proven success balancing supply continuity, cost control, and regulatory requirements. Skills/Abilities Strong change leader with the ability to drive enterprise‑wide standardization. Strategic thinker with strong operational discipline. Decisive, data‑driven, and risk‑aware. Comfortable operating in regulated environments. Trusted partner to executive leadership. Preferred Qualifications Professional Certification (CPSM, CPIM, PMP). Change Management Professional. Advanced experience with SAP MM/MRP. Experience in regulated industries such as utilities, energy preferred. Experience developing and managing forecasting, excess avoidance, and OTD performance metrics. Company

AVANGRID SERVICE COMPANY

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