At Tenneco, we’re not just part of the transportation industry; we’re redefining it. Guided by our purpose to be the most trusted partner and the world’s best manufacturer and distributor, we operate with radical candor, simplicity, and the speed required to win.
Our mindset? We are obsessed with excellence. Action is our relentless default mode. We challenge the status quo, take bold risks, and make the impossible happen; then we raise the bar. Humbly. Unapologetically. Courageously.
In this role, you’ll join a global team united by tenacious execution and a deep emotional allegiance to our mission. You’ll be empowered to move fast, think big, and deliver lasting impact in a culture that values loyalty, courage, and high performance. Are you ready to drive what’s next?

EXPERIENCE:

We’re looking for someone who has transformed supply planning into a strategic advantage; scaling systems, embedding discipline, and enabling leaders to act on data. What you will bring:

• Global Supply Planning Leadership: Strong track record leading in-transit and raw material inventory processes (including OSPs) across multiple regions.
• PFEP & Network Design: Proven ability to build and deploy PFEP as the backbone for supply planning, logistics network design, and cost/inventory trade-offs.
• Supplier Performance Management: Experience creating global supplier scorecards, driving capacity reviews, and enforcing recovery plans with underperformers.
• Sourcing & Commercial Influence: Skilled at shaping sourcing strategies, incoterms, and global consolidations to align supply flows with business objectives.
• MRP & Data Integrity: Ownership of global MRP processes across multiple ERPs (~25), ensuring master data accuracy and actionable insights.
• Leadership Development: Demonstrated success in coaching senior supply planning leaders and building succession depth across regions.

QUALIFICATIONS:

We believe talent is more than degrees, but here’s what will set you up for success:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, business, or operations; Master’s preferred (MBA ideal).
• PFEP & Continuous Improvement Expertise: Deep knowledge of PFEP as a tool for supply planning, logistics, and space management, with proven experience in Lean principles and inventory optimization. Six Sigma and APICS certifications are highly valued.
• MRP & ERP Mastery: Demonstrated ability to own and harmonize MRP processes across multiple ERPs (~25).
• Digital & Analytics: Proficiency in ERP, BI, and APS tools; strong experience turning complex supplier and inventory data into actionable insights. Desirable experience building data lakes to ensure accuracy, consistency, and data visibility.
• Financial Acumen: Ability to link supply planning decisions to P&L, working capital, and cost-to-serve outcomes.
• Languages: Fluent English; additional languages such as Spanish, German, Chinese, Hindi, Portuguese, or Polish are highly valued.
• Executive Communication: Strong presence with the ability to clearly articulate supply planning strategies and trade-offs to senior executives and boards.
• Leadership: Ability to lead leaders, build high-performing global teams, and scale standardized supply planning processes across regions.

• Plants & Regional Supply Planning Teams: Provide robust global processes, tools, and governance that enable them to own inventory and supplier performance locally with consistency and confidence.
• Suppliers: Drive accountability through release management, global scorecards, and transparent evaluation. Reward reliable suppliers and enforce recovery plans with underperformers.
• Logistics & Operations: Shape PFEP-driven trade-offs that balance transportation cost with inventory value, ensuring efficient material flow and alignment with plant capacity.
• Procurement: Influence sourcing strategies, incoterms, and consolidations, ensuring supply planning is fully integrated into commercial and financial decisions.
• Global Functions (Finance, Customs, Data): Align MRP, master data, and reporting across ~25 ERPs, giving leadership clear visibility to inventory and supply performance worldwide.