Sales & Operational Manager, PBU Commercial

Requisition ID: 126119 
Sponsorship Available: No 
Relocation Assistance Available: No 

Goodyear. More Driven.

About the Position:

The Supply Chain Manager, reporting to the Supply Chain Director Commercial LA, leads S&OP and S&OE processes across Latin America, focusing on demand planning to optimize inventory and meet business goals. This role acts as a key link between supply chain and commercial teams, supporting strategic planning, capacity forecasting, and financial targets like EBIT and working capital.

Job Duties:

• Develop key relationships with Regional Commercial Product Business unit representatives, Regional Supply Chain organization and Country representatives.
• Manage the S&OP process – drive the cycle activities, consolidation of country data, review/monitor/reporting of performance against designated supply chain KPI’s in sales planning, customer service, inventory management.
• Ensure integration between sales, marketing and finance during generation and execution of operational plans.
• Owner of Commercial S&OP decks and any other related document.
• Manage the S&OE process – drive the weekly activities, analyze and report ongoing performance against plan, setup and follow-up on required action items.
• Responsible for validation of requirements and confirmation signals. Ensuring accurate information flow between Go to Market organizations and supply sources.      
• Supply Chain representative on new product launch process (Stage and Gate process) for Commercial  Product business unit
• Use and maintain the Demand Planning software (APO/DP) as the primary forecasting system tool. Assure that LA product master data is updated. Business process expert for APO DP.
• Interact with production planning to understand gaps and opportunities in product availability.
• Develop sourcing strategies/plan to minimize total delivery cost  
• Implementation of SAP MRP Planning process in LA. Business Process Owner for MRP
• Provide recommendations for planning process improvement and performance improvement in LA countries. Share best practices between LA countries about using system, planning process or projects between LA Countries
• Deliver targeted levels of service to end customers in markets to support PBU operation.
• Support inventory strategy, target analysis (8 losses methodology) and Inventory Quality (IQR). Ensure LA inventory levels optimization to minimize net working capital.      
• Support Regional sales growth plans by driving supply scenario planning on a production constrained environment.     
• Support/enhance long term capacity planning and budget process.

Education:

• Engineering, Operations/Supply Chain Management, Administration or Statistical Degree Required
• APICS Certification (CPIM or CSCP) Preferred

Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years professional experience in Supply Chain area.
• Experience on Demand Planning, Supply Planning and Customer Service.
• Proved experiences in multinational environment
• Advanced Excel is mandatory (macro, functions and VBA program).
• Cognos, Hyperion, Tableau, SAP (AP0/DP/MRP) experience (desired)     

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong Subject Matter Expertise: Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Logistics, Sales and Marketing. Strong Business Acumen.
• Project management experience: Build strong teamwork within and across organization.
• Effective stakeholder engagement, interpersonal skills and communication: Build strong relationships with the senior Managers of the organization and external suppliers.
• Strong Strategic Thinking
• Fluent in English and (Spanish or Portuguese).
• Knowledge in tire or other similar market (desired).

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About The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 

Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 68,000 people and manufactures its products in 53 facilities in 20 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate. 

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