Description
At Valvoline Global Operations, we're proud to be The Original Motor Oil, but we've never rested on being first. Founded in 1866, we introduced the world's first branded motor oil, staking our claim as a pioneer in the automotive and industrial solutions industry. Today, as an affiliate of Aramco, one of the world's largest integrated energy and chemicals companies, we are driven by innovation and committed to creating sustainable solutions for a better future.
The IT Manager – Supply Chain Operations & Planning is responsible for leading the strategy, delivery, support, and continuous improvement of technology capabilities supporting procurement, manufacturing, production planning, inventory optimization, supply chain planning, and network design.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary IT partner for Supply Chain stakeholders and build strong relationships across Procurement, Manufacturing, Operations, and Planning.
- Understand business strategies, operational challenges, and priorities and translate them into technology roadmaps, programs, enhancements, and support priorities.
- Provide functional and strategic leadership across SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, OMP, and related Supply Chain applications.
- Lead the portfolio of projects, enhancements, and technical debt remediation within the Supply Chain Operations & Planning domain.
- Guide initiatives from business discovery and solution design through testing, deployment, stabilization, and transition to support.
- Balance strategic project delivery with production stability, budgetary requirements, and day-to-day business needs.
- Lead direct reports and provide direction to consultants, managed-service providers, software vendors, and other technical resources.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field.
- Ten to Fifteen or more years of experience in SAP-enabled procurement, manufacturing, Supply Chain planning, or operations.
- Significant experience with SAP MM, PP-PI, and MRP.
- Strong understanding of purchasing processes, including outline agreements, purchasing information records, source lists, source determination, purchase requisitions, purchase orders.
- Strong understanding of process manufacturing, including MRP, master recipes, production versions, bill of materials, process orders, activity rates, etc.
- Experience with OMP or a comparable advanced planning platform, including S&OP, demand planning, inventory optimization, DRP, deployment, supply planning, and detailed scheduling.
Competencies Desired:
- Business Partnership – Develops trusted relationships and works collaboratively with business stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes.
- Constructive Challenge – Is willing to professionally challenge assumptions, requests, and proposed solutions while maintaining strong relationships.
- Functional Credibility – Possesses sufficient Supply Chain and SAP knowledge to guide decisions, ask the right questions, and evaluate recommendations.
- Strategic Thinking – Connects individual needs and projects to broader business, technology, data, and process strategies.
- Leadership – Effectively leads direct reports, consultants, vendors, and matrixed teams through clear direction and accountability.
Working Conditions / Physical Requirements / Travel Requirements:
- This is a standard office and IT leadership role with no significant physical requirements beyond those associated with normal office work.
- The role may be based hybrid in Lexington, Kentucky, or remote, depending on business needs and candidate location.
- Regular interaction with business stakeholders, project teams, consultants, vendors, and employees across multiple locations and time zones is expected.
- Travel of approximately 10–20% is expected.