VP, Global Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (Remote, US)

The Blueprint (Role Profile) The Vice President of Global Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) leads the global SIOP process for Apex Tool Group . The role is responsible for the regional delivery of the North America Hand Tools (NAHT) supply chain and provides functional leadership to the Weller and Cleco Supply Chain leads to ensure global consistency in processes and ways of working. The focus of the role is to continually achieve synchronization across the Sales, Marketing, New Product Development, Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain functions ~$1.2B in annual sales. Within this scope, management of overall inventory levels across ATG ~$250M is an area of particular importance. The Build (Responsibilities) Work closely with senior business leadership (up to and including the C-suite) to help shape and deliver the strategic objectives of the company through SIOP while partnering with functional leaders in Sales, Marketing, New Product Development, Finance, Operations and Supply Chain to improve the overall accuracy and efficiency of the SIOP process. Provide functional leadership to the Weller and Cleco Supply Chain leads, ensuring global consistency in supply chain processes and ways of working. Lead the rollout of standardized processes across both businesses while maintaining dotted-line alignment with their respective business leaders. Develop the long-term strategy for SIOP and lead short/medium-term tactical decision-making to balance demand and supply