Supply Chain Manager

Greiner Packaging USA (Pittston, PA – On-Site Leadership Role)

Greiner Packaging is a family-owned global leader in rigid plastic packaging solutions serving the food, consumer goods, and healthcare markets. Since establishing our U.S. footprint in 2014, Greiner Packaging USA has become a strategic platform for North American growth. We are seeking a supply chain leader to strengthen procurement execution, build a disciplined planning process, and drive cost, service, and inventory performance. This is an on-site leadership role based in Pittston, PA.

Position Overview

 The Supply Chain Manager owns end-to-end supply chain performance, including procurement, planning, inventory, and supply chain governance. This role leads the procurement and planning teams, drives a structured savings deployment plan, owns S&OP execution, and serves as the primary interface between Commercial and Operations to align demand, supply, and capacity.

The role partners closely with Corporate Procurement, ensures SAP and master-data discipline, and provides senior-level visibility to performance, risks, and improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Procurement & Cost Leadership

• Lead direct and indirect procurement teams and strategy.
• Build and execute a multi-year procurement roadmap and savings deployment plan.
• Align with Corporate Procurement on global contracts, sourcing strategies, and compliance.
• Own senior-level reporting on savings, risks, and supply continuity.

Vendor & Spend Management

• Own supplier performance, negotiations, and development.
• Manage total spend visibility, contract alignment, and risk mitigation.
• Drive cost, service, quality, and sustainability expectations across the supplier base.

Planning, Forecasting & S&OP

• Lead a customer-first, demand-driven planning process from forecast through production and material execution.
• Own commercial forecasting governance and lead the S&OP / IBP process in a fast-paced, dynamic customer environment.
• Rapidly translate evolving customer needs into executable capacity, staffing, and material plans.
• Drive scenario planning, responsiveness, and supply risk management to protect customer commitments.

Inventory, SAP & Master Data

• Own raw material planning and inventory performance.
• Establish inventory policies, safety stock strategies, and obsolescence controls.
• Govern SAP procurement and planning processes, vendor, material, and product master data.
• Ensure data integrity, transactional discipline, and audit readiness.

Leadership & Continuous Improvement

• Lead and develop procurement and planning teams.
• Build strong cross-functional operating rhythms.
• Drive structured problem-solving, process standardization, and digital enablement.
• Support capital projects, supplier industrialization, and new product launches.

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain, procurement, and/or planning within manufacturing.
• 3+ years leading teams and cross-functional processes.

• Proven success leading supply chains that support demanding, high-service customers with volatile, rapidly changing demand profiles.
• Proven success delivering cost-savings programs and leading S&OP.
• Strong SAP (MM/PP) or equivalent ERP experience.
• Background in packaging, plastics, or high-volume manufacturing preferred.

Key Competencies

• Strategic supply chain leadership
• Financial and analytical rigor
• Strong negotiation and vendor management
• Systems and data discipline
• High ownership mindset
• Executive communication capability
• Ability to operate from plant floor to leadership forums