Supply Chain AI Enablement Lead
Role Overview
Supply Chain AI Enablement Lead will drive the adoption, scaling, and impact of AI and intelligent automation across Global Supply Chain.
This role ensures that teams understand AI capabilities, generate high‐quality demand, execute prioritized initiatives, and deliver the training and change‐management needed for sustained value realization of everyday AI.
This individual will combine strong business influencing ability, process expertise, and AI fluency with a solid technical background to partner with a team of AI and automation developers building solutions such as Generative AI apps, intelligent workflows, Agentic AI and automation services.
Key Skills for This Role
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Qualifications
- Required
- 8+ years of experience in Global Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, or similar environments.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional transformation.
- Strong understanding of Plan, Source and Deliver business processes with strong foundation of tools like SAP, Ariba, Icertis Contract Lifecycle Management etc.
- Strong understanding of operational processes and applied AI/Agentic AI/automation capabilities (LLMs, workflow automation, predictive models, etc.).
- Technical fluency and ability to lead teams across automation development, AI engineering, or low code/automation platforms.
- Experience with RPA, LLMs, orchestration tools, or process mining. (UiPath, Azure Open AI, Microsoft CoPilot Studio, Anthropic)
- Understanding of industry trends of.ai products can drive significant impact through augmentation of tools
- Experience managing global project portfolios, agile teams, and solution delivery lifecycles.
- Preferred
- Hands-on experience deploying AI/automation solutions in complex operational environments.
- Familiarity with enterprise AI governance and risk frameworks
- Exposure to MES, QMS, ERP, planning systems, or other operations technologies.
- Lean, Six Sigma, or operational excellence certification.
- Leadership Competencies
- Strong executive presence and ability to inspire trust across technical and business teams.
- Ability to simplify complex AI concepts for broad audiences.
- Change‐leadership mindset with a focus on adoption and business outcomes.
- High learning agility and comfort navigating ambiguity.
- Experience & Education
- Typically requires 10+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8+ years with a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 6+ years of experience; or equivalent practical experience
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