Senior Strategic Commercial Ops Manager

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) - PlayStation is looking for a Sr Strategic Commercial Operations Manager in our Supply Chain organization. This position will focus on the Supply Chain Network modeling and innovative initiatives that make up the company’s long-term roadmap and will support early stage evaluation of feasibility by collaborating cross-functionally in building robust business cases. This role will also lead model building and financial evaluations to help determine what is needed operationally to support the execution.

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Supply Chain Network Modeling

• High business acumen & Expert knowledge in modeling complex supply chain & sales data to structure models supporting business continuity, efficiency, and speed to market. Examples:
• Storage & space models
• Network Optimization (location x logistics costs and customer reach)
• Structures supply chain information such as Product inbound>assembly>NPI launch, highlighting constraints to support Commercial decisions. (Launch dates, PSD exclusivity, launch volumes per country, etc. as well as any risks).
• Peak Planning – plans strategically ahead providing context to any constraints to support delivery of high volumes for the Holiday season (fostering into the NPI milestones)
• Continuous Improvement - Responsible for process mapping, identifying gaps and leading continuous improvement initiatives in support of RTB.

Strategic Commercial Operations in support of the Supply chain organization:

• Conducts weekly S&OP (FG Availability meeting) in the US to align executives on sales, forecast, performance and operational execution (inbound, assembly, capacity, sales orders and logistics) aligned and prioritized to strategic goals (VP level).
• Aligns cross functionally the optimal inventory positions and WOS to support sales goals.
• Long Term Roadmap planning –– Defines operational scenarios, creates transparency & alignment globally across the executive leadership team.
• Governance Management: Structures New Product Roadmap information for on time governance approvals in different forums (GCOG, SCI, etc) by working cross functionally (strategic seihan, marketing & finance) (1P, 3P, HW, PE) (18-36 mos).
• Drives innovation by acting as an “incubator” by helping gathering requirements to create a business case, structuring cross-functional process for new global product requests. (3P category for PSD, customization, merchandise, employee store rollout, etc). Works cross-functionally to create a LTV assessment for the requests creating a long term proposal overview.

• Program Management, NPIs, Supply Chain
• Contract management, planning
• Supply Chain Finance
• SAP

• Bachelor’s degree in business and/or Supply Chain Management. Master’s degree/MBA is preferred
• 10+ years professional experience in Supply Chain, E-Commerce, Distribution or Logistics
• Proven experience in new product introduction and program management, governance management.
• Ability to demonstrate excellent communication organizational, financial, and business acumen skills
• Ability to work with data, do reports and build insights.

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