Supply Chain Management Leader

Supply Chain Management Leader Location: Atlanta, GA (hybrid) Duration: 12+ months Client is looking for a highly experienced and dynamic Supply Chain Leader to drive the strategic deployment, maintenance, and continuous improvement of our supply chain application landscape. This is a critical role for an individual with deep expertise in supply chain processes, technology, and optimization, ideally with prior experience in manufacturing environments. You will act as the key liaison for our clients supply chain business units and IT, ensuring our application portfolio delivers maximum value, efficiency, and competitive advantage. Candidate should understand the Supply chain landscape from technology perspective and is able to understand the connections across platforms and how data flows in the applications. Candidate should have good understanding of it and should be able to identify risks and challenges. A good blend of techno functional lead who can drive client discussions, manage key stakeholders, lead the team for successful delivery.Experience in Supply Chain applications, custom application experience in manufacturing site, e.g. Manufacturing Execution System (MES). Responsibilities Strategic Planning & Optimization Process Improvement and Automation: Identify, prioritize, and champion strategic process improvements across the end-to-end supply chain (planning, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics). Drive the adoption of automation and emerging technologies to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve data quality. Application Strategy & Rationalization: Lead the review and rationalization of the current supply chain application portfolio. Develop a clear, long-term application roadmap that aligns with business goals, reducing complexity and optimizing technology spend. Deployment & Development Oversight: Provide senior leadership oversight and strategic guidance for supply chain application development and maintenance projects. Ensure all deployments are executed efficiently, meet defined business requirements, and adhere to best-in-class standards. Project Management & Review Deployment Review: Conduct rigorous, ongoing reviews of current application development and deployment activities, ensuring projects are on track, risks are mitigated, and value is realized upon implementation. Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary point of contact and subject matter expert for senior supply chain and IT stakeholders. Articulate complex technical and process issues clearly to all levels of the organization. Leadership & Mentorship Team Leadership: Lead and mentor cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and high performance. Change Management: Champion organizational change related to new process and application deployments, ensuring strong adoption and proficiency across the business. Preferred qualifications Experience: Extensive experience in supply chain management, with a significant focus on technology, process engineering, and optimization. Industry Background: Proven working experience with one or more manufacturing companies is essential, providing deep domain knowledge of production planning, execution, and logistics in a manufacturing context. Technical Acumen: understanding/Knowledge of major supply chain planning, execution, and ERP systems (e.g., Ariba, SAP, Oracle, Custom application technologies AWS/Java etc). Process Expertise: Expert-level understanding of core supply chain processes, best practices, and performance metrics. Education: Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field. A Master's degree is a plus. The ideal candidate possesses a dynamic and influential personality, with a proven ability to challenge the status quo and drive significant transformation. You must be an excellent communicator, a strategic thinker, and a hands-on leader who can move seamlessly between high-level strategy and tactical project execution. Your track record must demonstrate successful implementation of significant process improvements and technology-enabled automation in complex business environments.