About the Role
As the Procurement Planning Supervisor at Motivair, a Schneider Electric company, you will lead the planning and coordination of materials, components, and supplier capacity to support mission-critical cooling product lines. You will ensure alignment between customer demand, engineering requirements, and manufacturing capabilities, while collaborating across Schneider Electric’s global supply chain network. This role ensures reliability, agility, and responsiveness in upstream operations, with a strong focus on supplier performance and inventory optimization.
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage upstream supply plans to support the production of mission-critical cooling solutions, ensuring alignment with customer orders and engineering timelines.
- Coordinate with engineering, procurement, and manufacturing teams to ensure timely sourcing and availability of key components.
- Partner with Schneider Electric’s global supply chain and sourcing teams to leverage economies of scale and supplier performance data.
- Manage supplier planning relationships, ensuring capacity visibility and proactive risk mitigation.
- Optimize inventory levels of long-lead and high-value components while maintaining production flexibility.
- Drive continuous improvement in upstream planning processes, focusing on lead-time reduction, forecasting accuracy, and process automation.
- Utilize Schneider Electric planning tools (e.g., SAP IBP, MRP, APS systems) to support real-time decision-making and analytics.
- Participate in S&OP and demand planning processes, representing upstream supply readiness.
- Lead root-cause analysis and corrective action planning in cases of supply disruptions.
- Develop, coach, and mentor a planning team to support both operational excellence and long-term growth.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field.
- Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) and APICS/CSCP certification preferred.
- 7+ years of supply chain, procurement, or production planning experience in a manufacturing or engineered-to-order environment.
- Proven track record managing supplier relationships and planning complex component supply chains.
- Leadership experience in S&OP and demand planning processes.
- Experience working within a matrixed, global organization is a strong plus—ideally within Schneider Electric or similar environment.
Skills
- Deep understanding of upstream supply planning, lead time constraints, and supplier capacity planning.
- Strong ERP/MRP planning system expertise (SAP or equivalent).
- High proficiency in data analytics, reporting tools, and Excel.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrated leadership and change management capabilities.
Location
- U.S. based
Work Type
- full-time
Experience Level
- 7+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree
- Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent)
- APICS/CSCP certification
Salary/Compensations
- USD 101,600 - USD 152,400 per year
Benefits
- medical (with member reward points)
- dental
- vision
- basic life insurance
- Benefit Bucks
- flexible work arrangements
- paid family leaves
- well-being programs
- 12 holidays per year
- 15 days of paid time off per year
- competitive pay
- incentives
- company share ownership
- 401(k) with match
- performance discussions
- global opportunities
- Schneider Career Hub
- learning platforms like Coursera
- collaboration
- recognition
- sharing your voice
- inclusive workplace
- volunteer leave
- programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation
- youth education initiatives
- military leave benefits
About the Company
- €40 billion global revenue
- +9% organic growth
- 150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
Equal Opportunity
- Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.
