Manager, OE Supply Chain
Date: May 16, 2026
Location: San Giovanni Teatino, CH, IT, 66020 Torello, B, ES, 08570 Granville, 50, FR, 50400 Rueil-Malmaison, 92, FR, 92500 Leeds, GB, LS27 0LL Ceske Budejovice, Jihocesky, CZ, 37001 Charleval, 27, FR, 27380 Manoppello Scalo, PE, IT, 65024 Rueil-Malmaison, 92, FR, 92500 Annecy, 74, FR, 74000 Rueil-Malmaison, 92, FR, 92500 Milton Keynes, ENG, GB, MK15 0DF Madrid, ES, 28045 Radolfzell, BW, DE, 78315 Ceske Budejovice, Jihocesky, CZ, 37001 Radolfzell, BW, DE, 78315 Eigeltingen, BW, DE, 78253 Menden, NW, DE, 58706 Cwmbran, Wales, GB, NP44 3WY BH RUEIL-MALMAISON, 75, FR, 92500 Milton Keynes, GB, MK15 0DF Oyonnax, 01, FR, 01100 Vladimir, RU, 600033 Rueil-Malmaison, 92, FR, 92500 Niederbronn-les-Bains, 67, FR, 67110 Brecey, 50, FR, 50370 Le Vaudreuil, 27, FR, 27100 Mezzovico, TI, CH, 6805 Granville, 50, FR, 50400 Val de Reuil, 27, FR, 27100 Rueil-Malmaison, 92, FR, 92500 Sant Cugat del Vallès, B, ES, 08173 Dortmund, NW, DE, 44319 Istanbul, Istanbul, TR, 34394 Chavanod, 74, FR, 74650 Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton, 27, FR, 27130 Rueil-Malmaison, 92, FR, 92500 Villingen-Schwenningen, BW, DE, 78052 Villepinte, 93, FR, 93420 Le Neubourg, 27, FR, 27110 Freyung, BY, DE, 94078
Company: Aptar Group
Who we are
At Aptar, we use insights, design, engineering and science to create innovative packaging technologies that build brand value for our customers, and, in turn, make a meaningful difference in the lives, looks, health and homes of people around the world. Every day, Aptar creates “a-ha moments” for its customers and their consumers and patients by continually bringing innovations to market that convert non-dispensing packaging into breakthrough product-dispensing systems, including those that give people more effective ways to put on their favorite fragrance, kids the opportunity to pour ketchup without making a mess and patients connected technologies that help them more easily adhere to treatment.
We have manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe, Asia and South America and over 13,000 dedicated employees in some 20 countries.
You should work here because we:
- Attract and develop high performing people.
- Promote a diverse and inclusive work environment.
- Allow for failure by allowing people to make mistakes through an open and trusting environment.
- Invest in the development of employees through local, regional and global career opportunities.
- Contribute to the communities where we reside.
What’s new with Aptar
The Manager, Operational Excellence Supply Chain drives global performance improvement by standardizing, scaling, and deploying best practices and by leading cross-regional initiatives that improve customer satisfaction, safety, and P&L impact across Aptar’s supply chain network. This role operates “from analysis to deployment,” mobilizing site and regional teams and strengthening capabilities through standardized and increasingly automated processes.
Scope & Key Interfaces
Scope: Global, multi-site / multi-region supply chain processes and performance, leveraging Aptar BPM communities and governance, working with site leadership and supply chain teams to build and execute improvement roadmaps and master plans.
Key Interfaces
- Site Supply Chain teams (Planning, Customer Service / SOM, Warehouse, Transportation, Master Data)
- Regional OE / Process stakeholders (BPC/BPE networks and communities)
- Business & Digital/IS stakeholders for systems/process adoption and automation initiatives
This is how your journey begins
1) Standardize & Scale Global Best Practices
- Identify, document, and deploy standard processes, templates, governance, and tools across regions and sites.
- Drive harmonization efforts for core SC ways of working
- S&OP, Planning, Customer Service, Logistic
2) Lead Cross-Regional OE Programs & Projects
- Manage multi-site initiatives with strong execution discipline (scope, timeline, stakeholders), ensuring consistent roll-out and knowledge transfer.
- Contribute to the governance and cadence of global project review
- Support both CapEx and non-CapEx improvement initiatives; coordinate with sites to clarify scope, timing, and readiness.
3) Performance Management, Benchmarking & Analytics
- Monitor global supply chain performance through KPI tracking and benchmarking, and translate insights into prioritized improvement actions.
4) Build Capability & Strengthen the Community Model
- Play an active role in leading/animating communities of process experts and supporting continuous improvement culture across the network.
- Ensure effective networking and communication routines across process experts (BPE ecosystem).
- Coach sites on defining and executing OE roadmaps/master plans aligned to value creation (risk reduction, lead time, productivity, cost optimization, working capital improvement).
- Support adoption of OE frameworks and tracking routines for initiatives.
5) Partnering & Change Management
- Act as a strategic partner to global/regional/local stakeholders to align OE supply chain initiatives with business priorities and customer expectations.
- Ensure clear, timely communication across all phases of work (analysis → deployment → sustainability).
What you will bring on the journey
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business or related field.
- Operational experience in supply chain 5+ years (planning / S&OP, customer service/SOM, logistics/warehouse, or end-to-end).
- Functional experience in transversal position in multinational organizations in deployment of supply chain processes and/or systems
- Strong knowledge of global/regional systems used in supply chain (examples listed internally include SAP PP, IBP, Supplier Hub, etc.).
- Proven record of supply chain improvements
- Fluency in English (global role)
Preferred
- Lean / Six Sigma experience and/or certification (Green/Black Belt).
- Experience in international manufacturing industries
- French and/or Spanish Language
Core Skills & Competencies
- Program/Project leadership across time zones (influence without authority, stakeholder management).
- Process excellence & problem solving (Lean, CI mindset, root cause, standard work).
- Data & performance orientation (KPI definition, dashboard usage, benchmarking).
- Change management & communication (enable adoption and sustainability).
- Digital/system literacy in core SC toolsets (to actively support system’s usage and improvements).