New Opportunity: Director of Global Supply Planning & Logistics

Director of Global Supply Planning & Logistics
ABOUT THE COMPANY
A-dec is the premium leader in the dental equipment industry, designing and manufacturing products that span dental chairs, lights, handpieces, furniture, air management, infection control, and delivery systems found in dental offices and operatories. With over 1300 employees and headquartered in Newberg, Oregon, A-dec’s familial culture and values have been attributed to their commitment to the Newberg community and its employees through various investments and programs.
ABOUT THE POSITION
Reporting directly to the SVP Manufacturing & Supply Chain, the Director, Global Supply Planning & Logistics leads A-dec’s planning and fulfillment organization – supply planning, production planning, inventory control; the Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) process, trade and transportation, and warehousing and shipping. The Director owns the SIOP process and is accountable for material availability, on-time delivery, inventory, and working-capital performance.
The Director will learn A-dec’s current practices and processes while looking for opportunities to transform our supply and inventory planning into a robust, customer-centric, data-driven supply and inventory planning capability. This role will lead the planning operating model, introduce modern tools and analytics (including AI), find more efficient processes, and continually invest in and build our logistics and planning talent.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Owns and runs the SIOP process, balancing demand and supply across the enterprise.
- Leads supply planning, production planning, and inventory control to meet customer demand while achieving working-capital targets.
- Oversees trade and transportation, warehousing, and shipping to ensure accurate, on-time delivery of materials and finished goods.
- Leads the transformation of planning from a master-planner-driven model to a robust, data-driven supply and inventory planning capability.
- Owns and improves the planning operating model — process, roles, standard work, and governance.
- Identifies and deploys planning tools, systems, and analytics, including AI, to advance planning decision-making, and builds the data quality required to use them.
- Drives on-time delivery, inventory turns, forecast and plan accuracy, and service-level performance.
- Leads and develops the planning and logistics organization, building a high-functioning team and developing future leaders.
- Partners with the Director, Global Sourcing & Contract Manufacturing through the SIOP process and the supplier-to-plan handoff, and with Manufacturing, Finance, and Sales & Marketing to support growth, financial, and quality objectives.
- Defines, monitors, and reports planning and logistics key performance indicators, using scorecards to manage performance.
- Leads inventory and excess-and-obsolescence management and supply continuity within planning and logistics.
- Develops and manages the planning and logistics budget.
- Promotes and fosters a culture that results in a safe working environment, sponsoring EHS initiatives.
QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Excellent presentation, communication, and customer skills.
- Proven leadership skills and effective problem-solving skills.
- Ability to influence up, down, and across the organization.
- Strong change-leadership skills with the ability to design operating models and build organizational capability.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, business management, operations or similar focus.
- At least ten years of increasing responsibility in supply chain planning functions.
- At least five years of people leadership experience.
- Demonstrated experience owning the SIOP/S&OP process and driving on-time delivery, inventory, and working capital performance.
- Proven experience leading a planning transformation – moving from manual or master-planner approaches to systemic, data-driven planning.
- Experience implementing planning systems, tools, and analytics; experience with AI or advanced analytics preferred.
- Experience leading logistics operations (trade and transportation, warehousing, and shipping) at scale is preferred.
- Experience leading and developing multi-functional teams and future leaders.
Interested in Learning More?
180one has been retained by A-dec to manage this search. If interested in learning more about the opportunity, please contact
Nicole Brady at 503-699-0184 or via email at
nicole@180one.com.






