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Program Manager
Artech LLC
- 🇺🇸 United States
- On-site
- Manager or above
- 8 hours ago
- $70 – $79 / hour
- ERP
- SAP
- Oracle
8 hours ago
Location: Franklin, TN
Duration: 6 months (possibility to extend)
Pay Range: $70.00 - $79.00 per hour
Job Description
The Program Manager will lead the development of comprehensive business cases supporting the regionalization of electrical products and supply chains. This role will evaluate and recommend supply chain localization and regionalization opportunities by assessing upstream supplier networks, manufacturing footprint options, distribution strategies, inventory positioning, logistics flows, and ERP impacts.
The individual will work across global and regional stakeholders to develop data-driven recommendations that support cost optimization, tariff mitigation, resilience, lead-time reduction, customer service improvement, and risk reduction while maintaining alignment with enterprise systems and processes.
Scope of Work
1. Regionalization Assessment & Strategy Development
- Assess current end-to-end supply chain footprint for targeted product families.
- Evaluate supplier localization and regional sourcing opportunities.
- Analyze manufacturing and assembly footprint alternatives.
- Assess regional distribution, warehousing, and customer delivery implications.
- Identify supply chain risks, dependencies, and mitigation opportunities.
- Develop regionalization scenarios and strategic recommendations.
- Develop robust financial and operational business cases including:
- CAPEX and OPEX analysis
- Total landed cost comparisons
- Working capital impact
- Inventory implications
- Logistics cost analysis
- Tariff and duty optimization opportunities
- Cost-to-serve analysis
- Manufacturing cost modeling
- Service level impacts
- Supply chain resilience benefits
- Return on investment (ROI)
- Net Present Value (NPV)
- Payback analysis
- Evaluate ERP impacts associated with regionalization initiatives.
- Identify master data requirements and governance implications.
- Assess changes to:
- Material masters
- Bills of Material (BOMs)
- Routing structures
- Source lists
- Planning parameters
- Distribution networks
- Coordinate with ERP, planning, procurement, logistics, and manufacturing teams.
- Ensure business case assumptions incorporate system implementation costs and requirements.
- Lead coordination across:
- Supply Chain
- Procurement
- Manufacturing
- Logistics
- Industrialization
- Finance
- Product Management
- Commercial teams
- ERP/IT organizations
- Regional Operations
- Global Category Management
- Facilitate alignment and decision-making with global and regional leadership teams.
- Develop executive-level presentations and recommendations.
- Prepare steering committee materials.
- Present findings and alternatives to senior leadership.
- Drive decision-making through data-based scenario analysis.
- Establish program governance and reporting mechanisms.
Key Deliverables
Phase 1: Current State Assessment
- Supply chain footprint mapping
- Supplier network assessment
- Manufacturing network assessment
- ERP landscape evaluation
- Risk and dependency analysis
- Regionalization strategy options
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Supply chain network scenarios
- Capacity requirements assessment
- ERP impact assessment
- Integrated financial model
- Executive business case package
- Sensitivity analysis
- Risk assessment
- Implementation roadmap
- Leadership presentation
- Recommended scenario and rationale
- Investment requirements
- Implementation plan
- Benefits realization framework
Must Have
- 10+ years of supply chain, operations, industrialization, or strategic program management experience.
- Proven experience building complex business cases and executive-level recommendations.
- Experience leading multinational, cross-functional programs.
- Demonstrated success in supply chain transformation and localization/regionalization initiatives.
- Experience working within electrical equipment, industrial manufacturing, electronics, power distribution, or related industries.
Functional Expertise
- Strong understanding of:
- End-to-end supply chain management
- Strategic sourcing and procurement
- Manufacturing operations
- Distribution and logistics
- Inventory optimization
- Supply chain finance
- Network design and modeling
- Regionalization/localization strategies
- Trade compliance and tariffs
- ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Kinaxis, etc.)
- Project Management
- Experience with steering committees and executive governance.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills.
- Analytical Skills
- Advanced financial modeling.
- Business case development.
- Scenario planning.
- Cost modeling.
- Strong executive presentation skills.
- Experience working across different cultures and geographies.
- Excellent facilitation and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
Program Manager · Artech LLC