About Us
We are a global climate technologies company engineered for sustainability. We create sustainable and efficient residential, commercial and industrial spaces through HVACR technologies. We protect temperature-sensitive goods throughout the cold chain. And we bring comfort to people globally. Best-in-class engineering, design and manufacturing combined with category-leading brands in compression, controls, software and monitoring solutions result in next-generation climate technology that is built for the needs of the world ahead.?
Whether you are a professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring your first opportunity, or recent graduate with an advanced degree, we have opportunities that will allow you to innovate, be challenged and make an impact. Join our team and start your journey today!
Description
The Senior Manager, Digital Supply Chain is a strategic, center-led leadership role responsible for designing, piloting, launching, and sustaining the company's next-generation End-to-End Supply Chain Planning system (Oracle) across a global network of Business Units (BUs) and their associated manufacturing sites.
This role serves as the primary business owner for the planning-system transformation-defining success criteria, aligning global stakeholders, championing standardized processes, and ensuring the platform delivers meaningful value to operations, planning, customer service, procurement, and executive leadership.
The ideal candidate combines deep system-implementation expertise with hands-on supply chain planning experience, strong cross-functional influence, and exceptional ability to translate complexity into clear business outcomes. They must exercise decisive judgment, quantify risk, communicate confidently with senior leaders, and establish boundaries that protect project integrity and long-term sustainability.
This role is central to elevating our enterprise planning maturity. The standards, data structures, and planning processes developed through this Oracle transformation directly enable stronger S&OE (0-13 weeks) and SIOP (3-18 months) performance across the company. As a center-led leader, the Senior Manager ensures that the E2E planning system becomes the backbone of our short-term execution and long-term planning cycles-improving visibility, decision quality, risk identification, and cross-functional alignment enterprise-wide.
As the Senior Manager, Digital Supply Chain, you will focus on:
Global System Ownership & Transformation Leadership
Lead the end-to-end implementation of the new Oracle Supply Chain Planning platform, covering Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Capacity Planning, and Scenario Modeling.
Serve as the business lead for the initiative; define business requirements, future-state processes, success criteria, milestones, and guardrails.
Partner deeply with IT as the primary business counterpart to ensure functional design aligns with operational needs across all BUs.
Oversee pilots, phased rollouts, validation cycles, and global adoption models ensuring consistent execution across regions.
Cross-BU Integration & Standardization
Develop and drive standard global planning workflows, data structures, and governance models-enabling all BUs to operate under a unified planning process regardless of differing ERPs, MRPs, or legacy practices.
Establish a scalable sustainability model for long-term system maintenance, enhancements, and training.
Ensure harmonized planning hierarchies, item attributes, calendars, and key planning parameters across all sites.
Stakeholder Alignment & Change Leadership
Translate complex technical and planning concepts into clear, concise messages for business leaders.
Facilitate workshops with functional groups (BU Planning Leads, IT, Operations, Customer Service, Finance, Procurement).
Lead organizational-change efforts including communication, role clarity, training, and process readiness.
Advocate for disciplined decision-making; establish "rules of engagement" and hold stakeholders accountable.
Risk Management & Business Accountability
Identify, quantify, and communicate project risks and impacts transparently to leadership.
Recommend mitigation paths grounded in data, process rigor, and business realities.
Recognize when to escalate issues and possess the fortitude to challenge decisions that jeopardize system integrity or sustainability.
Digital Supply Chain Capability Development
Develop long-term digital capabilities including master data governance, KPI dashboards, predictive analytics, and workflow automation.
Partner with the Director of Supply Chain Planning to integrate system outputs into S&OE, SIOP, and strategic planning rhythms.Strengthen S&OE and SIOP Through Digital Planning Foundations
Build planning-system standards, governance structures, and E2E data flows that directly enhance S&OE and SIOP outcomes across all BUs.
Ensure that short-term execution metrics (RDSL/PDSL, supply adherence, production readiness) and long-term demand/supply balancing processes (demand consensus, supply shaping, financial alignment) are fully supported by the planning platform's capabilities.
Drive alignment so that all BU planning teams use harmonized tools, data definitions, and system logic-creating a consistent "single version of truth" feeding all planning horizons.
Establish robust linkages between lower-level planning logic (MRP, detailed scheduling inputs, BOM accuracy, lead times, ATP/CTP rules) and higher-level business rhythms, enabling measurable improvements in predictability and performance.
Required education, experiences & skills:
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, or related field.
8-12+ years of progressive supply chain planning experience (Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Production Scheduling, SIOP/S&OP).
5+ years leading major planning-system implementations (Oracle preferred; other platforms such as SAP IBP, Kinaxis, O9, Anaplan are acceptable).
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional projects in complex, global manufacturing environments.
Deep understanding of planning parameters, master data, forecast consumption, constraint-based planning, and end-to-end process flows.
Exceptional communication skills-capable of simplifying complexity, influencing senior leaders, and translating technical issues into business impacts.
Strong "voice of reason" with the ability to define boundaries, make difficult tradeoffs, and maintain project discipline.
Proven ability to identify, quantify, and articulate risks and opportunities.
Up to 50% travel required (domestic/international)
Preferred education, experiences & skills:
Experience harmonizing multiple ERP/MRP systems into a unified planning layer.
Experience in a Center of Excellence or multi-site leadership role.
Master's degree or APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM, CSCP, CLTD).
Exposure to digital transformation, AI/ML analytics, or advanced planning optimization.
Why Work in St. Louis, Missouri
Our facility is located in St. Louis, famous for its Gateway Arch standing at 630 feet tall. St. Louis is a family-friendly, historic metropolitan area with a low cost of living and first-class schools. The city offers excellent restaurants, shopping areas, art galleries, and numerous festivals throughout the year, making this an exciting place to live and work.
About Our Location
Our location is the host of Copeland's corporate headquarters. Our products have become household names that support the comfort and well-being of our customers. The employees at this location provide support to the various businesses within the platform, allowing for many networking opportunities across businesses.
Collaboration First Hybrid Work Arrangements :
This role is hybrid eligible with the requirement to be in office at least three days per week. Colleagues are expected to demonstrate a collaboration first mindset, which is the understanding that teams will work together in-person and colleagues should be flexible to adjust their hybrid days based on business needs. You will have an opportunity to work with your team and leader to determine when you should be in office to drive meaningful connections and to best serve our customers.
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Our Commitment to Our People
Across the globe, we are united by a singular Purpose: Sustainability is no small ambition. That's why everything we do is geared toward a sustainable future-for our generation and all those to come. Through groundbreaking innovations, HVACR technology and cold chain solutions, we are reducing carbon emissions and improving energy efficiency in spaces of all sizes, from residential to commercial to industrial.
Our employees are our greatest strength. We believe that our culture of passion, openness, and collaboration empowers us to work toward the same goal - to make the world a better place. We invest in the end-to-end development of our people, beginning at onboarding and through senior leadership, so they can thrive personally and professionally.
Flexible and competitive benefits plans offer the right options to meet your individual/family needs: medical insurance plans, dental and vision coverage, 401(k) and more. We provide employees with flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave, vacation and holiday leave.?
Together, we have the opportunity - and the power - to continue to revolutionize the technology behind air conditioning, heating and refrigeration, and cultivate a better future. Learn more about us and how you can join our team!
Our Commitment to Inclusion & Belonging
At Copeland, we cultivate a strong sense of inclusion and belonging where individuals of all backgrounds, and with diverse perspectives, are embraced and treated fairly to enable a stronger workforce. Our employee resource groups play an important role in culture and community building at Copeland.
Work Authorization
Copeland will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1 with OPT or CPT, H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Copeland is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.
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With $5B of global revenue, Copeland is a leading provider of compression products, electronics, software, and solutions across many applications within Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration (HVACR), where macro and regulatory trends towards environmental sustainability, leads to changes in HVACR technology. Other products include other heating applications, food service and retail, transportation, and healthcare/life sciences. This new business also has a solution portfolio that manages, monitors, and controls refrigeration units in the commercial setting, as well as software solutions that measure and monitor temperature conditions of refrigerated goods in transit, where there is a greater emphasis on energy management/sustainability solutions globally.
