Director Network Optimization

Description  

The Director Network Optimization will lead enterprise-wide efforts in designing and optimizing our global manufacturing and supply chain network.

In this high-impact role, this role will act as a central thought leader, partnering with business units across the company to identify network optimization opportunities, run complex scenario analyses, and guide long-term footprint decisions. This role will also develop the structure, standard processes and governance to standardize the network project process approach from ideation to closure. This role will enable the enterprise to deliver improved service, cost, agility, and sustainability outcomes through a well-aligned, data-driven network strategy.

As the Director Network Optimization, you will:

• Lead enterprise-level network modeling and scenario planning across manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution
• Partner with business units to identify and evaluate optimization opportunities (e.g., regional consolidation, nearshoring, dual sourcing, DC placement).
• Support business unit network optimization project execution
• Act as a trusted advisor to Business Unit leaders, helping translate business strategy into network design implications
• Align cross-functional stakeholders around recommendations that balance service, cost, and risk
• Develop enterprise playbooks, frameworks, and tools to support ongoing network decision-making
• Develop enterprise structure, standard processes and governance for network optimization projects from ideation to closure
• Serve as a connector across the enterprise, facilitating knowledge sharing, best practice exchange, and capability building
• Monitor trends (e.g., logistics markets, geopolitical risks, capacity shifts) and proactively identify strategic network risks and opportunities

Required education, experiences & skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in network strategy, operations strategy, operations consulting, or enterprise supply chain roles
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to influence across functions, geographies, and levels
• Strong and curious analytical skillset, identifying patterns, exceptions to patterns, and identifying drivers of these outliers
• Flexible to manage time across pivots in task prioritization of oneself and the team, and communicate for impact the necessary support to navigate through issues and challenges
• Strong communication skills, capable of communicating for impact the key messages for an audience and associating asks through both oral and written mediums
• Bias for action and excited to use voice in meetings to cut through ambiguity and seek clarity
• Strong experience partnering with multiple business units in a matrixed environment
• Deep understanding of end-to-end supply chain functions (sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, distribution)
• Experience leading large-scale, enterprise-wide transformation projects and network optimization exposure 

Preferred education, experiences & skills:

• MBA or Master’s preferred
• Proficiency in advanced analytical and modeling skills using tools such as LLamasoft (Coupa), AnyLogic, or equivalent

Remote Work Arrangement:

This role is fully remote. As a remote colleague, you may be required to travel to a Copeland site regularly to collaborate with your team or customers as needed. Copeland is committed to fostering a productive and connected culture, so you will have the opportunity to work with your team and leader to understand your team operating principles to collaborate effectively. Our compensation philosophy is simple: we pay a competitive base salary, within the local market in which we operate, and reward performance during our annual merit review process. In accordance with Colorado EPEWA, the salary/pay range for this role is $126,000-227,000 annually, commensurate with the skills, talent, capabilities, and experience each candidate brings to a role.

#LI-FS1

#remote