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Vice President, Global Supply Chain
Department: Logistics / Supply Chain / Distribution / Transportation
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: US - Indiana - Fort Wayne
Reporting To: Brent Spikes
Description
Join Franklin Electric on our mission to empower communities with sustainable water management solutions, where your expertise will play a vital role in shaping a better future for generations to come.
The Vice President, Global Supply Chain is a senior enterprise leader responsible for end-to-end global supply chain performance, including demand and supply planning, supplier and network strategy, global logistics and trade compliance, and the enterprise Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) process. This role owns the integration of demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and financial planning to align commercial strategy with operational execution, serving as a key enterprise integrator who enables profitable growth, disciplined execution, working-capital improvement, and supply resilience across a global manufacturing footprint.
Franklin Electric is a diverse team of innovators making a positive global impact since 1944. We offer innovative water solutions, ensuring access, treatment, and efficient management of this vital resource. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in our innovative products, industry-leading quality, exceptional customer service, employee development, and passion for social responsibility.
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Your Responsibilities & Impact:End-to-End Supply Chain Strategy & Execution

• Integrate demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and financial planning to align commercial strategy with operational execution.
• Drive working-capital improvement, service performance, cost competitiveness, and supply resilience across a global manufacturing footprint.

Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP)

• Own and lead the enterprise SIOP process as the single, integrated operating plan aligning demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and financial commitments.
• Chair executive SIOP reviews and establishes governance, cadence, KPIs, and decision rights to enable fact-based trade-off decisions across service, cost, margin, cash, and risk.
• Drive scenario planning and what-if analysis to support growth initiatives, product launches, capacity investments, and risk mitigation.

Supplier Strategy, Sourcing & Procurement

• Define and execute global supplier and sourcing strategies across direct materials, outsourced manufacturing, and strategic services, leveraging global category management, enterprise scale, and should-cost/TCO methodologies.
• Establish supplier segmentation, preferred supplier frameworks, and long-term strategic partnerships to deliver material productivity, cost-out, margin expansion, and working-capital commitments.
• Deploy digital procurement tools and analytics to improve transparency, speed, compliance, and decision quality across the enterprise.

Supplier Excellence & Value Creation

• Ensure supplier quality performance meets global manufacturing, customer, and regulatory requirements through robust audit, corrective-action, and continuous-improvement programs.
• Lead supplier and supply chain strategy for new product introductions (NPI), VAVE, and value-creation initiatives in partnership with Engineering and Operations, enabling design-to-cost and scalable supply.
• Drive supplier development and resilience through structured programs that improve cost, quality, delivery, capacity, and risk, including localization and dual-sourcing strategies.

Global Logistics & Trade Compliance

• Own global logistics strategy across inbound, outbound, intercompany, and aftermarket flows, optimizing transportation networks, lead times, and inventory positioning.
• Lead global trade compliance, ensuring adherence to U.S. and international regulations, tariffs, and sanctions, with strong internal controls and audit readiness.
• Develop mitigation strategies for tariff exposure, geopolitical risk, and supply disruption across the global network.

Risk Management & Supply Chain Resilience

• Identify and mitigate supply, geopolitical, financial, and operational risks across the global supply chain.
• Develop and execute supply-continuity, contingency, and alternate sourcing/capacity strategies to ensure business resilience.
• Partner cross-functionally on business-continuity planning, crisis management, and recovery execution.

Who We Want:If you are a self-motivated and collaborative individual who is passionate about making a positive impact, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

• Hard-working winners - Confident, competitive, and results-oriented professionals who create a track record of success.
• Dedicated achievers - People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.
• Effective communicators - People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Collaborative partner - People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.

Leadership Expectations:

• Act as an enterprise integrator across demand planning, supply execution, supplier strategy, and operational performance, enforcing operating discipline, cadence, and decision rights.
• Lead effectively in a complex, matrixed global environment while building and sustaining a strong supply chain leadership team with clear accountability.
• Drive stability, clarity, and confidence through periods of transformation and change.

Key Performance Indicators

• Net material productivity and VAVE savings
• SIOP plan adherence and forecast accuracy
• Inventory turns, DOH/DPO, and working-capital performance
• Supplier quality and delivery performance
• Logistics cost and service levels
• Trade-compliance audit outcomes

What you need:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field (MBA or Master's preferred)
• 15+ years of progressive supply chain leadership experience in a global manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated success leading global sourcing, advanced sourcing, and logistics organizations
• Deep understanding of supplier quality, NPI sourcing, VAVE, and supplier development
• Strong financial acumen with a track record of delivering cost, margin, and cash improvements
• Executive-level experience operating in global, cross-cultural, matrixed organizations
• Experience in complex, multi-region manufacturing footprints (preferred)
• Exposure to highly engineered or regulated products (preferred)
• Track record of leading enterprise-scale supply chain transformations (preferred)

Don't feel like you check all the boxes? Here at Franklin Electric, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive culture which includes embracing candidates from a variety of different backgrounds and industries. We highly encourage you to apply so we can connect on this and future opportunities.
Company Values & Benefits
FE provides many opportunities to learn and grow through development opportunities such as training, certifications, mentorship, leadership programs, tuition reimbursement, one-on-one coaching and more! We offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and amenities such as:

• Hybrid remote work arrangements
• Generous paid time off & holidays
• Paid parental leave & on-site motherhood rooms
• On site café & complimentary beverage stations
• Indoor fitness facility & outdoor walking paths
• 401(k) with matching & service contributions
• Health, dental, vision, life insurance
• Short & long-term disability
• Fertility & adoption support
• Undergraduate & graduate tuition reimbursement
• Professional development assistance
• Health & wellness programs

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