Senior Business Process Lead - Supply & Material Planning (m/f/d)

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Innovation Starts With You Propel your career at Belden, where innovation creates possibilities—for our people, our customers, and the communities we serve. We connect people, information, and ideas to solve the world’s most complex connectivity challenges, turning curiosity into meaningful impact. Here, you’ll take on work that challenges you, supports your growth, and empowers you to shape what’s next. You’ll collaborate with global teams, gain diverse perspectives, and contribute to solutions that extend beyond our business—creating value in the world around us. Together, we are shaping the future of digitization and paving the way for the next generation of innovation. ________________________________ Senior Business Process Lead - Supply & Material Planning (m/f/d) ________________________________ About the role: We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Business Process Lead to define the strategic direction, governance, and transformation roadmap for Supply & Material Planning processes across our six EMEA manufacturing sites. As the company transitions from multiple ERP systems to a unified SAP S/4HANA platform, you will play a critical role in shaping the regional process model, driving alignment with global standards, and ensuring sustainable adoption across the organization. This role operates at a senior regional level, influencing cross-functional stakeholders, guiding major transformation decisions, and delivering measurable business impact in service, inventory, cost, and operational resilience. This position requires deep expertise in end-to-end planning, strong business process ownership, and the ability to lead change across a complex, multinational manufacturing environment. You will make a difference in the following ways (weighting of the areas of responsibility indicated in parentheses): Strategic Process Ownership & Design (35%) Own the strategic EMEA Supply & Material Planning process framework, covering demand translation, MRP, capacity planning, replenishment, and planning governance. Performance Management & Continuous Improvement (30%) Define and monitor process performance through a robust KPI framework focused on service, inventory, planning accuracy, adherence, and cost. Identify structural performance gaps and lead cross-site corrective actions to improve planning effectiveness and business outcomes. Change Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement (20%) Lead regional change initiatives that strengthen process maturity, functional capability, and organizational readiness. Coach and guide local planning teams and business stakeholders through transformation, ensuring strong engagement and sustainable adoption. ERP Consolidation & Transformation (15% with increasing weighting over the next 1–2 years) Lead process design decisions, fit-gap assessments, solution validation, and business readiness activities during implementation. Provide direction on data, process, and system migration requirements to support a successful transition from legacy environments. Drive simplification, automation, and digital enablement opportunities through S/4HANA capabilities, including advanced planning functionality and integration opportunities such as IBP. Act as the key escalation point for complex process issues, trade-off decisions, and cross-functional alignment challenges. What you bring: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in supply chain management, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field. Minimum 10 years of experience in supply planning, material planning, manufacturing operations, or supply chain process leadership in a multinational environment. Strong expertise in MRP, production planning, material management, and end-to-end supply planning processes. Deep working knowledge of SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA; experience with SAP IBP and/or GIB is a strong advantage. Proven experience leading regional or enterprise-wide process harmonization, ERP transformation, or operating model redesign initiatives. Demonstrated success in influencing senior stakeholders and leading cross-functional initiatives in functional organizations. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities. Comfortable working across multiple cultures, sites, and functions in a complex international business. Fluent in English; additional European languages are an asset. Why Join Us? Opportunity to lead the transformation and optimization of Supply & Material Planning across the EMEA manufacturing network. High-impact role with strategic visibility and strong cross-functional exposure. Be part of a major digital and process transformation journey with tangible business outcomes. Work in a dynamic, international environment focused on operational excellence and continuous improvement. Let’s Create Possibilities Together. Join a global community shaping the future of intelligent connectivity. At Belden, you’ll help push the boundaries of technology and write the next chapter of innovation, creating possibilities for your career, your future, and the world around you. These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job.