Senior Manager, Supply Chain at ASSA ABLOY in Lake Forest

Job Summary

The Sr. Manager, Integrated Supply Chain Planning leads end-to-end planning for Electronic Locks, from customer demand through material readiness, production scheduling, and delivery. This role owns forecast alignment, multi-site supply and production plans, and planning trade-offs across customer service, inventory, working capital, and cost. The leader directs a global planning team and establishes one integrated plan across the manufacturing and distribution network.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• (15%) Lead, mentor, and develop demand, supply, CPFR, and production planning employees across multiple sites and time zones. Set clear expectations, provide ongoing coaching and feedback, build planning capabilities, support career growth and succession, and hold the team accountable for results. Establish common planning processes, data, performance measures, and escalation standards.
• (20%) Own the Electronic Locks demand plan and S&OP demand alignment process. Partner with Sales and Product Management to improve forecast accuracy and bias by customer, channel, and product, and translate demand volatility into supply and capacity plans.
• (20%) Own time-phased material requirements for mechanical components, electronics, semiconductors, and PCBAs. Maintain visibility to lead times, minimum order quantities, lifecycle status, supplier-confirmed availability, and factory capacity; provide Sourcing with clear requirements and escalate supply gaps.
• (15%) Own the weekly master production schedule across the global manufacturing footprint. Maintain clear-to-build visibility, planning parameters, frozen-window discipline, and schedule change control; resolve competing priorities when supply or capacity is constrained.
• (10%) Optimize inventory and working capital while controlling excess, obsolete, stranded, and premium material exposure. Quantify impacts including downtime, lost output, labor inefficiency, expedite cost, premium freight, delayed revenue, and customer penalties.
• (10%) Build plans to customer ship dates and coordinate with Manufacturing, Transportation, Distribution, and Customer Service to manage inbound flow, backlog, fulfillment risk, on-time delivery, and on-time in-full performance.
• (5%) Own material and schedule readiness for launches, transfers, engineering changes, phase-in and phase-out, and end-of-life transitions.
• (5%) Improve planning processes, master data, ERP parameters, reporting, and decision routines. Present decision-ready scenarios to senior leadership and drive corrective action that reduces recurring shortages and expedite activity.

Education and Experience Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field.

• 7-10 years of progressive supply chain experience, including leadership of planning teams; APICS CPIM or CSCP preferred.

Required Skills

• Strong command of S&OP, MRP, demand planning, master production scheduling, bills of material, lead-time logic, safety stock, time fences, allocation, and component lifecycle planning.
• Planning experience with mixed mechanical and electronic products, including PCBAs, semiconductors, long-lead components, and multi-site or offshore manufacturing.
• Ability to connect component availability and manufacturing schedules to customer service, inventory, working capital, cost, revenue, and operational performance.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, people-leadership, and executive-communication skills, with hands-on experience using ERP, planning systems, reporting, and advanced data analysis.

Work Environment:

Working conditions are normal for an office environment. The role requires regular collaboration across global functions, manufacturing sites, suppliers, customers, and time zones, with periodic domestic and international travel.

The above information indicates the general nature and level of work performed and is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications required for this role.

This position will be Hybrid (onsite Tuesday through Thursday) based in Lake Forest, California.

The annual salary for this role is $105,000-$165,000.

The final pay rate offered to the successful candidate will depend on experience, skill level, and other qualifications for the role. Benefits and additional compensation offered for this position are

• Paid time off, including sick and vacation days
• 12 paid holidays
• Job-protected leave benefits in accordance with applicable law
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Supplemental critical illness, hospital, accident, and indemnity available for purchase
• Health and flexible savings accounts subject to eligibility requirements
• 401(k) plan with employer contributions and matching subject to plan eligibility requirements

All benefits and additional compensation are governed by applicable Company policies and plans as they currently exist and may be amended in the future.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact AAAR.Recruiting@assaabloy.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group
Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access.

As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.

As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.