Job Description

Solenis is a leading global producer of specialty chemicals, delivering sustainable solutions for water-intensive industries, including consumer, industrial, institutional, food and beverage, and pool and spa water markets. Owned by Platinum Equity, our innovative portfolio includes advanced water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, and state-of-the-art monitoring and control systems. These technologies enable our customers to optimize operations, enhance product quality, protect critical assets, and achieve their sustainability goals.

At our Global Excellence Center (GEC) in Hyderabad, we support Solenis’ global operations by driving excellence in IT, analytics, finance, and other critical business functions. Located in the heart of the IT hub, the GEC offers a dynamic work environment with strong career development opportunities in a rapidly growing yet stable organization. Employees benefit from world-class infrastructure, including an on-campus gym, recreation facilities, creche services, and convenient access to public transport.

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Solenis operates 70 manufacturing facilities worldwide and employs over 16,100 professionals across 130 countries Recognized as a 2025 US Best Managed Company for the third consecutive year, Solenis is committed to fostering a culture of safety, diversity, and professional growth.

For more information about Solenis, please visit www.solenis.com

🚨 We're Hiring: Supply Chain Manager
📍 Location: Hyderabad India - Hybrid
🕒 Full-Time | Permanent Position

We are seeking a forward-thinking leader to drive end-to-end supply chain transformation by translating business needs into data-driven insights and AI-enabled solutions. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and technology, partnering with global supply chain and business leaders to design, develop, and scale high-impact solutions that enhance decision-making, efficiency, and value realization. The ideal candidate will act as a bridge between business and advanced analytics/AI teams, shaping the roadmap, building scalable solutions, and driving enterprise-wide adoption.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Strategy & Leadership

• Define and lead the global supply chain intelligence and AI strategy, aligned with business priorities and growth objectives
• Partner with senior leadership (Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations) to identify value creation opportunities
• Drive a transformation roadmap focused on digital, AI, and advanced analytics capabilities
• Establish governance, prioritization frameworks, and success metrics for AI and insights initiatives

2. Business Insights Translation

• Translate complex supply chain challenges into actionable analytics and AI solutions
• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, ensuring insights drive tangible outcomes (cost, service, working capital)
• Lead the design of decision-support frameworks, dashboards, and predictive models
• Enable a shift from reporting to proactive, insight-led decision-making

3. AI & Digital Solution awareness

• Drive the development and deployment of AI/ML use cases alongside preferred vendors (forecasting, inventory
• optimization, OTIF improvement, etc.)
• Partner with data science and technology teams to build scalable, reusable solutions and platforms
• Oversee end-to-end lifecycle: ideation → prototyping → deployment → adoption → value tracking
• Promote automation and intelligent workflows across supply chain processes

4. Value Realization & Impact

• Own and track business impact (cost savings, service improvements, inventory reduction, productivity gains)
• Ensure solutions are aligned with measurable KPIs such as OTIF, forecast accuracy, backorders, and cost-to-serve
• Drive adoption across regions and functions, ensuring sustained value delivery

5. Stakeholder Collaboration & Change Management

• Work closely with global, regional, and site teams to embed solutions into day-to-day operations
• Lead change management efforts to drive digital adoption and capability building
• Act as a connector across functions—supply chain, IT, analytics, and business teams
• Build and mentor a high-performing team across analytics, strategy, and solution development

Qualifications & Experience

• 10–18+ years of experience in Supply Chain, Analytics, or Digital Transformation roles
• Strong domain expertise across planning, order fulfillment, inventory, logistics, and procurement
• Expertise in Snowflake, Tableau, Power BI
• Proven experience in AI/ML-driven initiatives and advanced analytics solutions
• Track record of delivering large-scale transformation programs with measurable business impact
• Experience working in GBS / Global operating models is a strong advantage
• Strong stakeholder management experience

Key Skills & Competencies

• Strategic thinking & execution excellence
• Supply chain domain expertise + analytics acumen
• AI/ML and digital transformation understanding (hands-on not mandatory, but strong conceptual depth
• required)
• Business storytelling & insights translation
• Program & product management mindset
• Change leadership and influencing skills
• Data-driven decision-making orientation

Success Measures

• Measurable improvement in key supply chain KPIs (OTIF, inventory turns, forecast accuracy, cost-to-serve)
• Scaled adoption of AI-enabled solutions across regions/functions
• Quantified value realization (cost savings, working capital improvement, productivity gains)
• Maturity shift from descriptive reporting → predictive & prescriptive insights
• Strong stakeholder satisfaction and engagement

Some benefits of working with us

• Access to a huge array of internal and external training courses on our learning system (free)
• Access to self-paced language training (free)
• Birthday or wedding anniversary gift of INR 1500
• Charity work once a year, to give back to the community
• Company car, phone if required for role
• Competitive health and wellness benefit plan
• Continuous professional development with numerous opportunities for growth
• Creche facility
• Employee Business Resource Groups (EBRGs)
• Electric car charging stations
• Hybrid work arrangement eg. 3 days in office
• Internet allowance
• No-meeting Fridays
• Parking on site (free)
• Relocation assistance available
• Staff hangout spaces, enjoy games like carrom, chess
• Transport by cab if working the midnight – 7am shift
• Well connected to public transport, only a 10 min walk to office

We understand that candidates will not meet every single desired job requirement. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.

Solenis is constantly growing. Come and grow your career with us.

At Solenis, we understand that our greatest asset is our people. That is why we offer competitive compensation, and numerous opportunities for professional growth and development. So, if you are interested in working for a world-class company and enjoy solving complex challenges, consider joining our team.