Supply Chain Director (Chihuahua)

Job Overview

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a integral supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high‑performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders. In ****, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in revenue and had approximately 16,400 employees distributing products and services to 117 countries/territories around the world.

What will you do as a Supply Chain Operations Director at Sealed Air?

• Lead the Integrated Fabrication Systems (IFS) manufacturing network across Juárez, Chihuahua, Guadalajara (Mexico), and Austin and Nashville (U.S.), reporting to the Executive Director, Global IFS Supply Chain.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, quality, zero incidents, and operational excellence, with a strong focus on process automation.
• Establish robust process controls across inventory, production targets, and customer deliveries, ensuring effective communication with business leaders, integration of best practices, and alignment of the supply chain with a competitive business environment.
• Lead end-to-end manufacturing operations across the IFS plant network, ensuring alignment with business strategy, production targets, and operational excellence standards.
• Own order fulfillment and distribution performance, including outbound logistics, exports, and on‑time delivery to customers.
• Drive strategic and operational procurement, including sourcing execution, inbound logistics, and import processes to ensure supply continuity.
• Lead the monthly Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process and develop the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) in close partnership with supply chain and business leaders.
• Oversee and develop plant teams, ensuring compliance with corporate policies, while fostering a culture of accountability, safety, and continuous improvement.
• Manage key supply chain KPIs (safety, quality, service, cost, delivery), inventory levels, obsolescence, and overall operational budget, including freight.
• Lead and execute strategic initiatives, including CAPEX projects, automation efforts, and continuous improvement programs such as Lean Six Sigma.
• Partner with senior leadership and cross‑functional teams (sales, engineering, procurement, R&D) to optimize operations, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive long‑term performance and growth across the network.

What do you need to be successful?

• Strong knowledge of manufacturing, quality, procurement, and industrial safety.
• Proven ability to lead both direct and indirect teams, including work allocation, coaching, development, and decision‑making.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills, from shop floor to executive leadership.
• Strategic leadership combined with strong execution capabilities.
• Proficiency in MS Office, ERP systems (Visual and/or SAP), process mapping, and Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
• Minimum Green Belt certification (or equivalent training with a completed project).
• Strong organizational, planning, and facilitation skills.
• Strategic mindset, adaptability in decision‑making, inspirational leadership, and a strong focus on talent development.

Relocation: Yes

Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.