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Director of SIOP (Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning)
Position Overview
The Director of SIOP will lead and evolve the Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning process for a highly configurable electronics manufacturing business positioned for rapid growth over the next several years. This role requires a leader who can think strategically while remaining deeply hands-on, building scalable planning capabilities without losing execution discipline.
The ideal candidate has operated in small to mid-sized, privately held organizations (under $250M in revenue) and has successfully supported companies undergoing rapid growth, expansion, or operational scaling. This is not a purely strategic role; it requires direct ownership, problem-solving, and day-to-day engagement with the business.
Key Responsibilities
SIOP Leadership & Hands-On Execution
This role offers the opportunity to build and scale SIOP in a growing, privately held electronics manufacturing company. The Director of SIOP will play a critical role in enabling growth, managing complexity, and ensuring the organization can scale efficiently while maintaining service, margin, and operational discipline.
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: $150,000 Annual
Bonus/Commission: No
Position Overview
The Director of SIOP will lead and evolve the Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning process for a highly configurable electronics manufacturing business positioned for rapid growth over the next several years. This role requires a leader who can think strategically while remaining deeply hands-on, building scalable planning capabilities without losing execution discipline.
The ideal candidate has operated in small to mid-sized, privately held organizations (under $250M in revenue) and has successfully supported companies undergoing rapid growth, expansion, or operational scaling. This is not a purely strategic role; it requires direct ownership, problem-solving, and day-to-day engagement with the business.
Key Responsibilities
SIOP Leadership & Hands-On Execution
- Own and operate the end-to-end SIOP process, personally driving demand, supply, and inventory planning activities as needed.
- Establish a pragmatic SIOP cadence appropriate for a lean, fast-moving organization.
- Lead SIOP forums and executive reviews, ensuring decisions translate into execution.
- Partner closely with Sales, Engineering, and Operations to plan demand for highly customizable electronics products.
- Manage complexity driven by configurable BOMs, long-lead components, engineering changes, and customer-specific requirements.
- Convert demand plans into realistic production, sourcing, and capacity plans that support growth.
- Develop inventory strategies that enable growth while protecting working capital.
- Balance component availability, lead times, and service levels in an electronics supply chain.
- Actively manage constraints and trade-offs during periods of rapid expansion.
- Build SIOP processes that scale as volumes, product complexity, and customer demand increase.
- Support new product introductions, market expansion, and capacity growth initiatives.
- Anticipate growing pains and proactively adjust planning approaches to support the next stage of the business.
- Integrate SIOP outputs with financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting.
- Provide leadership with clear scenario analysis, risks, and recommendations.
- Ensure one aligned operating plan across Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance.
- Continuously refine tools, metrics, and processes as the organization grows.
- Operate effectively amid changing priorities and evolving strategies.
- Serve as a hands-on change agent who improves planning maturity without overengineering.
- Forecast accuracy and demand visibility in a configurable product environment
- Inventory turns, component availability, and working capital efficiency
- On-time delivery, service levels, and execution reliability
- SIOP effectiveness as the business scales
- Leadership confidence in planning outputs during growth
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
- 10 years of experience in SIOP, supply chain planning, or operations leadership.
- Hands-on experience in electronics manufacturing, including complex BOMs and component-driven supply chains.
- Proven success operating SIOP in a highly customizable or configurable product environment.
- Experience working in small to mid-sized companies (under $250M in revenue).
- Demonstrated experience supporting rapid growth, expansion, or scaling operations.
- Experience in a privately owned company strongly preferred.
- Strong strategic thinking paired with hands-on execution capability
- Ability to pivot quickly as priorities and growth demands change
- Practical, data-driven decision-making
- Comfort working close to the details while influencing at the executive level
- Strong cross-functional leadership and communication skills
This role offers the opportunity to build and scale SIOP in a growing, privately held electronics manufacturing company. The Director of SIOP will play a critical role in enabling growth, managing complexity, and ensuring the organization can scale efficiently while maintaining service, margin, and operational discipline.
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: $150,000 Annual
Bonus/Commission: No
Salary : $150,000