[Hiring] Senior Program Manager, Enterprise Supply Chain Transformation @Lincoln Electric

Role Description

The Senior Program Manager, Enterprise Supply Chain Transformation will lead program integration and execution for a complex, global supply chain transformation initiative. Partnering closely with the Executive Sponsor and transformation leadership, this role will translate strategic priorities into an integrated roadmap and provide the governance, coordination, visibility, and execution discipline needed to deliver transformation outcomes.

This role serves as the central orchestration point across business, technology, process, data, and change workstreams, ensuring leaders and program execution teams have clear visibility to priorities, progress, dependencies, risks, and decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of large, multi-year-long global programs composed of multiple workstreams and sub projects.
• Define and maintain the program's vision, roadmap, phases, milestones, success metrics, and value realization.
• Develop and maintain the integrated transformation program roadmap, including scope, schedule, milestones, budget dependencies, risks, decisions, accountabilities and change management.
• Establish and manage program governance, executive reporting, decision forums, and escalation processes.
• Integrate activities across global and regional functions, ensuring workstreams operate as one cohesive transformation program.
• Drive clarity of priorities, ownership, sequencing, deliverables, and expected business outcomes.
• Proactively identify cross-functional dependencies, risks, resource conflicts, and execution gaps.
• Facilitate executive decision-making by providing clear options, trade-offs, and recommendations.
• Drive accountability and follow-through on key commitments, actions, and decisions.
• Partner with business, technology, finance, and change leaders to align implementation and support benefits realization.
• Ensure organizational readiness, communications, and change activities are integrated into the overall transformation plan.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience, including experience leading complex, enterprise-scale programs or digital transformations across multiple functions and/or geographies.
• Candidates with additional relevant experience and demonstrated expertise may be considered for a higher-level position.
• Position requires up to 30% travel, including both domestic and international locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant experience leading complex, enterprise-scale transformation programs across multiple functions and geographies.
• Experience in global supply chain, operations, ERP-enabled transformation, or large-scale digital transformation strongly preferred.
• Strong expertise in program governance, integrated planning, dependency and risk management, and executive reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into executable plans and drive results in complex, ambiguous environments.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to influence and drive accountability without direct authority.

Company Description

Lincoln Electric is a high-performance industrial machinery and technology leader who helps customers manufacture and maintain vital equipment and infrastructure. Lincoln Electric’s innovative solutions enable higher quality and productivity across a variety of processes including welding, cutting, brazing, machining, process automation, and field repair. The Company leverages proprietary technologies and expertise in materials science, power electronics, automation, and intelligent software to help customers build better and achieve resilience in their operations. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is the essential ‘Linc’ that keeps the economy running. The Company operates 71 manufacturing and automation facilities across 20 countries and serves customers in over 160 countries.