Porex,  a Filtration Group business is an established global leader in one-of-a-kind solutions for the healthcare, consumer, and industrial markets. Our mission is to make the world Safer, Healthier, and More Productive. We have a culture that values Bias for Action, Trust, and an Entrepreneurial mindset. At Porex, we run towards problems and opportunities to drive business results. If this sounds like a company that shares your values, then we may have an opportunity for you.

We are seeking a SIOP Leader for our largest manufacturing facility in Fairburn, GA. Reporting to the Fairburn Managing Director, the SIOP Leader will be responsible for leading Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning, owning production capacity models, and managing the site’s on hand inventory. This role will directly manage Procurement professionals, collaborate with Commercial leaders, and partner with Operations personnel.  To be effective, the SIOP Leader will focus on sales forecasts & market trends, maintain capacity models, and own inventory management best practices. We invite you to apply and help us make the world safer, healthier, and more productive! 

• Coordinate and manage the Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP); build strategies into daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules.
• Develop and maintain master production schedules to meet customer demand that align with company objectives.
• Directly lead planning, procurement, and logistics teams to ensure schedule feasibility.
• Monitor production progress and adapt schedules in response to changing priorities or constraints, reporting any discrepancies or opportunities to all stakeholders.
• Analyze capacity constraints and recommend solutions to optimize throughput and improve efficiency.
• Maintain ERP system data integrity for planning parameters and scheduling inputs.
• Develop and build reports on schedule performance, resource utilization, and delivery metrics.
• Support new product introductions and engineering changes by integrating them into the production schedule.
• Manage inventory levels and ensure the accuracy of inventory records, including identifying and addressing any discrepancies.
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce costs in the supply chain process.

Core Competencies

• Strategic Leadership: Ability to drive operational results and align team efforts with organizational goals.
• Analytical Skills: Proficiency in data analysis for performance tracking and cost management.
• Supply Chain Management: Experience with inventory principles, inventory turns, supplier lead times, and Safety Stock levels.
• Change Management: Demonstrated success in leading cultural shifts and delivering measurable improvements.
• Collaboration: Skilled in working cross-functionally to achieve shared business objectives.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Master’s degree in Engineering or MBA preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in operations roles; with at least two (2) years directly leading supply chain teams.
• Life Sciences industry experience strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of SIOP processes and resource planning.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing cost-saving initiatives and driving performance improvements.

More About Filtration Group

Filtration Group is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. With a passionate workforce, global footprint and world class engineering and manufacturing capabilities, we are driving innovation and developing solutions across a broad spectrum of applications in the fast-growing and rapidly-evolving global filtration industry. We are committed to maintaining an entrepreneurial culture built on a foundation of trust and in which our leaders exhibit a strong bias for action.   

The Company began in 2009 and has rapidly grown organically and through a thoughtful acquisition strategy to be a global leader in the highly attractive filtration industry. Filtration Group has the broadest portfolio of solutions in the industry and has had a particular focus on building a leading platform of solutions focused on the Life Sciences and Indoor Air Quality end markets which are rapidly growing in the current market environment. Filtration Group produces mission critical products with high replacement rates.  Over 80 percent of the Company’s revenue comes from replacement / consumable products, many of which are specified into customer’s products or processes.  With revenues over $2 billion, Filtration Group is consistently recognized as the fastest growing and one of the largest filtration businesses in the world and has a global footprint of 141 facilities in 28 countries. Filtration Group has over 10,000 employees who are united in their Mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive.