Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:  

Responsible for leading and managing purchasing activities to ensure product procurement aligns with consolidated commercial demand, in partnership with Global Supply Chain Management (PSI HUB/GBS) and Commercial teams to convert demand into supply, while delivering on-time availability and achieving inventory performance targets (COTA, LOTA, ATP, and Inventory) within defined cost constraints..

Key Responsibilities:

•    Part of the Product Supply Interface organization, including executing direction and day-to-day management of performance and development activities

•    Follow Product Supply Interface drumbeat to create transparency of Availability (including key product launches) and Inventory performance to the various levels of the organization

•    Drive decision making and action to mitigate risks and maximize opportunities with business partners

•    Translate commercial needs related to availability and inventory into Supply Chain requirements/solutions

•    Collaborate with Demand Planning and market Supply Chain Management to manage buying volume in line with the input demand plan and Integrated Business Planning guidance

•    Drive market review of parameters and planning tactics to support optimized availability

•    Secure targeted availability with focus on critical products and NOS (Never Out of Stock) supply models

•    Maintain and govern cross-department/function Processes and Policies to deliver business quality and control

•    Actively manage and coach team, setting objectives, providing feedback and supporting personal growth and development

Key Relationships:

• Global Supply Planning Team
• Market commercial teams
• Market Golf Brand
• Market SCM & Finance

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Strong analytic skills and process understanding and thinking
• MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)
• Supply chain understanding and supply chain system knowledge
• Team player and effective collaborator 
• Good communication skills and personal presence, with proven ability to interact, influence and convince at management level
• fluent in English

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in supply chain management or in the areas of business administration, logistics, planning, information systems.

•    5+ years of experience in supply chain management, operations or planning,