Global Supply Chain Manager - Vespel®

At DuPont, our purpose is to empower the world with essential innovations to thrive. We work on things that matter. Whether it’s providing clean water to more than a billion people on the planet, producing materials that are essential in everyday technology devices from smartphones to electric vehicles, or protecting workers around the world. Discover the many reasons the world’s most talented people are choosing to work at DuPont. Why Join Us | DuPont Careers Global Supply Chain Manager - Vespel® We are solving some of the toughest challenges in advanced manufacturing and high-performance materials. Our products power innovation in industries where reliability, precision, and performance matter most. We are looking for a highly motivated Global Supply Chain Manager to lead the execution and evolution of our end-to-end supply chain strategy, ensuring seamless delivery to customers around the world while driving operational excellence, business growth, and long-term competitive advantage. This is a high-visibility global leadership role with broad influence across sourcing, planning, manufacturing, logistics, customer service, technology, quality, EH&S, and business leadership. The role serves as a strategic business partner, translating business objectives into executable supply chain plans while shaping long-term operational priorities, strengthening resilience, optimizing cost and inventory performance, and building the capabilities required for future growth.

As the Global Supply Chain Manager, you will be responsible for developing, integrating, and executing the global supply chain strategy that supports customer satisfaction, operational performance, cost competitiveness, and business growth across the Vespel® global network. You will lead initiatives that improve service, optimize inventory, reduce total delivered cost, strengthen governance and data integrity, and improve supply chain resilience while ensuring alignment with short-term, mid-term, and long-range business objectives.

Drive End-to-End Supply Chain Strategy · Develop, integrate, and execute global supply chain strategies that support business objectives, customer requirements, and growth plans. · Translate business strategy into executable supply chain plans that drive service, productivity, resilience, and operational excellence. · Balance customer service, inventory investment, and total cost-to-serve through effective planning and disciplined execution. · Represent supply chain capabilities across short-term, mid-term, and long-range planning horizons. · Serve as a key contributor in shaping business strategy, long-term operational priorities, and global competitiveness. Lead Operational Excellence, Capacity, and Network Optimization · Establish performance targets and monitor key supply chain metrics to drive continuous improvement and benchmark performance against industry best practices. · Identify future capacity constraints and develop strategies to ensure long-term competitiveness, reliability, and customer support. · Drive network optimization, supply chain resilience, risk mitigation, and contingency planning across the global supply chain. · Identify opportunities to standardize, simplify, and accelerate processes across planning, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, and customer delivery. · Champion Operational Excellence, Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies to accelerate performance improvements. Optimize Cost, Inventory, and Financial Performance · Lead efforts to optimize total delivered cost across sourcing, logistics, inventory, and manufacturing operations. · Forecast, analyze, and improve key performance indicators including inventory levels, non-productive inventory, and distribution expenses. · Maintain ownership of inventory plans spanning raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods. · Partner closely with Purchasing, Manufacturing, Logistics, and