At Corbion, we exist to champion preservation in all its forms, preserving food and food production, health, and our planet.

We are excited to announce an opening for a key position within our organization: the Director of Supply Chain, North America for Functional Systems. This role will be instrumental in streamlining the end-to-end supply chain for our largest blending operation. Our facility produces a unique Functional System portfolio, and we are seeking a dynamic leader to drive excellence in planning, execution, and optimization. The supply chain team is split over two locations: the US headquarters in Lenexa, KS (where the position is based) and the plant in Totowa, NJ and reports to the VP Global Supply Chain.

Role Overview: As the Director of Supply Chain, you will lead critical activities, including:

Mid to Long-Term Planning:

Develop strategic plans that align with business objectives.
Facilitate the S&OP process for Function Systems.
Optimize capacity planning and resource allocation.
Drive efficiency across our Functional Systems plants and tollers in the America’s.

Short-Term Production Schedule and Material Planning:

Ensure seamless production scheduling and material availability.
Collaborate closely with plant operations and tollers.
Collaborate with sales and product management to efficiently schedule new product trials, and recipe changes in line with agreed service levels.

Inventory and Distribution Planning:

Manage inventory levels across owned and third-party warehouses, inventory health is managed for finished goods and raw materials. Due to demand volatility and strict shelf life requirements this requires continuous control.
Oversee distribution logistics within North America and to Mexico and Brazil.

Qualifications and Mindset: To excel in this role, you should possess:

Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in supply chain management, business administration, or a related field.
8+ years of experience in supply chain management with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
Safety Culture - lead with a safety first mindset.
Hands-On Leadership - dive into details when needed, resolving challenges while maintaining composure under pressure.
Strategic Vision - analyze the end-to-end supply chain and create a roadmap for mid to long-term improvements including the wider scope of our blending network with sites in Latin America.
Customer Focus - inspire and support your team to deliver exceptional service to our critical customers.
Decision Making - demonstrate ability to make sound, professionally based decisions
ERP Expertise - proficiency in advance planning and ERP systems, preferably SAP 4HANA and OMP, able to lead quick resolution of incidents and drive enhancement.
Collaboration - work closely with experts within and outside of the supply chain community, like customer service, procurement, manufacturing and engineering to enhance supply chain processes.
Innovation Drive - continuously optimize supply plans, maximizing production output.
Effective Communication: Challenge colleagues constructively, always with the company’s best interests in mind.
Foster development: Creating training and learning opportunities in a safe environment, creative and active in organizing cross functional pollination of knowledge.
Proven track record of success in supply chain planning, inventory management, and process improvement.
Nice to have: certifications like APICS (Association for Supply Chain Management).
Must be willing and able to travel internationally and domestically across country requiring overnight/multiple day visits.

What We Offer:

Competitive Compensation: A competitive salary and bonus scheme.
Flexibility: To work 3 days in office and 2 days from home.
Unique Culture: Experience our Dutch heritage combined with a global presence.
Dynamic Environment: High-impact work with personal development opportunities.
Sustainability Commitment: Join a company dedicated to preserving our environment and championing sustainability initiatives (see our Sustainability Brochure and in our SDG Impact Assessment 'Measuring What Matters').

This role offers wide exposure within our Global Supply Chain, providing excellent career prospects. We invite you to explore this exciting opportunity and contribute to Corbion.

About Corbion

Corbion is the global market leader in lactic acid and its derivatives, and a leading supplier of emulsifiers, functional enzyme blends, minerals, vitamins, and algae ingredients. We use our unique expertise in fermentation and other processes to deliver sustainable solutions for the preservation of food and food production, health, and our planet. For over 100 years, we have been uncompromising in our commitment to safety, quality, innovation and performance. Drawing on our deep application and product knowledge, we work side-by-side with customers to make our cutting-edge technologies work for them. Our solutions help differentiate products in markets such as food, home & personal care, animal nutrition, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and bioplastics. In 2023, Corbion generated annual sales of €1,443.8 million and had a workforce of 2,727 FTE. Corbion is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. For more information: www.corbion.com

Corbion is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workplace. All applicants will be considered equally without regard to race, color, ethnicity, veteran status, religion, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, age, sex, sexual orientation, handicapping condition, membership in an organization or any other non-merit factors.

Corbion provides reasonable accommodation to applicants.

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Corbion does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. All candidates must be submitted by approved Corbion vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Talent Acquisition team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Corbion Talent Acquisition team and such candidate was submitted to the Corbion Talent Acquisition Team.

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