Sr. Manager, Supply Chain PLCM and Portfolio Optimization

Sr. Manager, Supply Chain PLCM and Portfolio Optimization

Lead high‑impact, cross‑functional programs that span product lifecycle management, supply chain planning, and strategic segmentation. Serve as a connector between supply chain, marketing, regulatory, manufacturing sites, and customer experience teams to ensure product strategies are executed with customer‑centricity, operational efficiency, and lifecycle awareness.

The Sr. Manager, Supply Chain PLCM and Portfolio Optimization blends strategic thinking and tactical execution, ensuring supply chain decisions enhance service level, inventory health, and OTIF performance while improving portfolio effectiveness and maximizing revenue. This includes ensuring NPI launches and product discontinuations are executed flawlessly while minimizing stock loss and scrap risk throughout the phase‑in/phase‑out process.

• Lead cross‑functional initiatives that align product lifecycle planning with differentiated supply chain strategies (e.g., NPI ramp‑up, SKU tiering, rationalization, EOL transitions), ensuring measurable impact on service level and inventory health.
• Develop and handle segmentation frameworks that support customer service goals, product profitability, marketing strategies, supply chain risk mitigation, and capacity planning.
• Partner with marketing, regulatory, and manufacturing site teams to ensure smooth product launches, proactive raw‑material planning, and timely discontinuation of SKUs with appropriate raw‑material signal shutdown.
• Collaborate with customer experience and commercial operations to align product transitions and planning models with OTIF targets, service expectations, and customer satisfaction goals.
• Facilitate portfolio governance processes to prioritize high‑value products across regions and channels.
• Implement and lead the portfolio review process within the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) framework, ensuring alignment with planning, commercial, and financial goals.
• Influence and align global teams on standardized guidelines for product lifecycle transitions and rationalization.
• Own and continuously improve the IBP Portfolio Management Process, enabling clear visibility, governance, and decision‑making across the product lifecycle.
• Act as program manager for initiatives that drive SKU simplification, cost‑to‑serve optimization, and service differentiation.
• Define and deploy playbooks and planning standards for each stage of the product lifecycle.
• Drive alignment on product conversions and phase‑in/phase‑out strategies across functions to optimize revenue and avoid obsolete inventory or scrap.
• Establish KPI‑driven program goals and track results related to Service Level, Inventory Turns, OTIF, and Portfolio Vitality.

• 8+ years of diverse experience in supply chain planning, product lifecycle management, marketing/commercial functions, or strategic project/program leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to handle complex, cross‑functional programs across global teams with structured project and change‑management skills.
• Strong understanding of how supply chain decisions impact customer satisfaction, inventory health, product launches, and revenue collection.
• Data‑driven demeanor with experience using segmentation frameworks, lifecycle analytics, or portfolio optimization tools.
• Exceptional relationship builder skilled at influencing across functions and seniority levels.
• Ability to influence without authority and align collaborators toward a common goal.
• Ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels to get results in a matrixed environment.
• Background in Life Sciences, Medical Device, or other highly regulated industries.

• Results‑driven, strong analytical thinking with a root‑cause demeanor.
• Clear and persuasive communicator (written and verbal).
• Change agent with demonstrated experience leading transformation.
• Highly organized with ability to handle challenging priorities.
• Strategic problem‑solver capable of zooming in and out across operational levels.
• Collaborative, with a high degree of initiative and follow‑through.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain,…