Senior Supply Chain Manager

Senior Manager (m/f/d) Supply Chain and Logistics - Project Business Why join the High Current Project Business? Our High Current Project Business is a new strategic growth area of Hager Group, meeting rising demand in high-current power distribution. This role offers the chance to shape supply chain and logistics standards for innovative solutions across building, industry, and infrastructure projects. You will work with Hager’s advanced systems (800–4000A) designed for safe, efficient energy distribution with in-house developed switchgear and protective devices. Join us as Senior Manager (m/f/d) Supply Chain & Logistics – Project Business, reporting directly to the Head of Project Business, MDS Program. We offer a permanent contract with the flexibility to be based either in Blieskastel (Saarland, Germany) or La Roca (Barcelona, Spain). Own the end to end supply chain for the Project Business, from demand to delivery. Build mature planning and logistics processes, connect seamlessly with Group Supply Chain and Logistics, and deliver industry leading service for project customers such as panel builders and system integrators. Shape the supply chain and logistics strategy, drive service improvement and partner with Manufacturing on flexible one piece flow capabilities and lead time reduction. Define and own the Supply Chain and Logistics strategy for the Project Business, aligned with company strategy and Group SC&L. Build the operating model, governance, KPIs and cadence for planning and fulfilment. Represent SC&L on the Project Business Management Team and in cross functional forums. 2) S&OP and planning Design, implement and chair an integrated S&OP linking market demand, project pipeline, commercial priorities and manufacturing capacity. Own demand planning for Project Business product families, including project demand signals, BOM changes and engineering releases. Establish time fences, frozen horizons and change control that protect service and cost. Lead the available to promise and capable to promise process, including project slotting and allocations during shortages. Ensure export compliance, documentation accuracy and clean handover to carriers and customs partners. 4) Logistics operations and customer focus Define and manage the distribution network for Project Business deliveries, including central DCs, regional DCs and cross docks. Select and manage 3PLs, carriers and freight forwarders with clear SLAs and quarterly performance reviews. Implement transportation management, route optimisation and consolidation rules that protect OTIF and cost. Ensure warehouse processes, WMS usage, inventory accuracy and cycle counting reach Group standards. Build fulfilment playbooks for panel builders and system integrators, including call off models, kitting, pre assembly and sequenced deliveries to site. Agree service level agreements by customer segment, including OTIF targets, lead time windows and communication rules. Align on production control methods, for example heijunka, Kanban and supermarket sizing for Project Business flows. Lead or contribute to make or buy, footprint and network design studies, including cost to serve and service impact. Build the business cases for moving or duplicating capacity and for supplier relocation, show benefits for cost and service. 6) Systems, data, continuous improvement and risk Own the process design and effective use of ERP, APS, WMS and TMS for Project Business flows. Introduce planning segmentation and buffers by item and customer type, use analytics and Power BI for visibility and decision making. Define data quality standards, master data governance and change control in partnership with IT and Group SC&L. 10 plus years in supply chain and logistics, with strong time in planning, S&OP and fulfilment. ~ Proven success serving project based or engineer to order customers, for example panel builders or system integrators. ~ Leadership of multi site or multi region operations and external logistics partners. ~ Expert in S&OP, master scheduling, MRP and inventory optimisation. ~ Hands on with ERP (for example SAP S4HANA), APS, WMS, TMS and analytics tools such as Power BI. ~ Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain or similar. Fluent English. French and/or German are a plus. ~ Decisive and data driven, able to make priority calls under pressure. ~ We kindly ask you to submit your application in English. Shape the future of Supply Chain and Logistics in Project Business. Join us and drive success in Project Business. #