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Supply Chain Director (North America)
Sector
FMCG
Location
North America, USA
Overview
QLM Search is partnering with a global FMCG manufacturer with a dominant North American footprint, strong market positions, and clear momentum for growth and operational evolution.
This is a senior, highly visible opportunity to lead the supply chain for the organisation’s largest division, with an extensive manufacturing site footprint across North America delivering ultra high-volumes to the markets.
You will be stepping into a role with genuine licence to evolve the function -modernising planning, strengthening supply resilience, and leading the transition toward automation and AI-enabled supply chain capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Full ownership of supply chain strategy across production planning, logistics, forecasting, and risk management
- Leadership of planning that supports multi-site, high-volume manufacturing network with significant scale and complexity
- Partner closely with Operations, Commercial, Sourcing, and Logistics on performance, cost optimisation, and resilience
- Lead the evolution of systems and processes toward more advanced, technology-enabled planning models
- Play a central role in shaping the “next chapter” of the supply chain
Why This Role
- Rare opportunity to build, not just inherit, a critical function
- Executive-level visibility with direct impact on service, cost, and growth
- Scale, complexity, and influence within a global market leader
- Clear mandate to modernise systems, processes, and ways of working
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Minimum Qualifications
- Senior supply chain or production planning leadership experience within high-volume FMCG or Packaging manufacturing
- Proven ability to operate in complex, multi-site environments
- Pragmatic, hands-on leader comfortable bridging legacy processes with modernisation
- Strong commercial mindset with experience driving cost, service, and performance outcomes