Director of Supply Chain Operations Strategy, Performance and Transformation

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The leader of Supply Chain Operations Strategy & Performance provides enterprisewide leadership and strategic direction across all facets of Supply Chain Operations. This role is accountable for shaping longrange strategy, advancing operational excellence, strengthening governance, and enabling modernization across a multijurisdictional footprint. The leader oversees a highly specialized organization responsible for strategy development, performance management, innovation, safety alignment, and supplier governance - ensuring that Supply Chain Operations delivers exceptional reliability, efficiency, and value in support of corporate and enterprise priorities.

This leader influences at the highest levels of the company, serving as a trusted advisor to senior executives and driving decisionmaking for largescale transformation initiatives that impact all six operating states, 300+ facilities, $3B in inventory, and over $2B in annual material movement across the system. The leader translates enterprise and corporate strategy into actionable operating plans while championing modernization, digital enablement, simplification, and consistent performance across the organization.

The role leads a diversified organization responsible for enterprise strategy development, performance governance, innovation, operational excellence, and safety oversight. This leader builds rapid trust with ELT and SMC stakeholders, influences enterprise decisionmaking, and secures alignment for largescale transformation initiatives. This position translates corporate and enterprise strategy into actionable, measurable operating plans for Supply Chain Operations while driving modernization, simplification, digital enablement, and bestinclass operational execution.

The leader oversees multiple functions and teams. The Strategy & Innovation function is focused on longrange planning, futurestate operating model design, enterprise transformation, digital enablement, and analyticsdriven insight generation. This function partners closely with all Enterprise strategy organizations to ensure alignment within the company, as well as benchmarking with industry peers and consultant organizations to create a best-in-class operation. Additionally, this leader oversees an Operational Excellence & Governance function accountable for performance models, KPI and reporting architecture, continuous improvement frameworks, operational assessments, benchmarking, and safety and humanperformance programs. Through these teams, the leader drives simplification, standardization, and technologyenabled process optimization across jurisdictions, ensuring consistent, reliable, and bestinclass operational practices.

This leader also provides strategic oversight for contractor and supplier governance, including alignment on safety, quality, cost, delivery expectations, risk mitigation strategies, and KPI monitoring. The leader works crossfunctionally with Operations, EHS, Finance, Supply Chain, and Technology, serving as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and enabling effective decisionmaking through highquality performance insights and executivelevel reporting. The position requires strong strategic judgment, advanced problemsolving capability, and the ability to influence at all levels while developing and inspiring a highperforming team committed to innovation, accountability, and operational excellence.

Enterprise Strategy, Innovation & Transformation Leadership

• Leads creation and continuous refinement of the longterm Supply Chain Operations strategic roadmap, aligned with enterprise priorities, regulatory expectations, and emerging technologies.

• Directs the Strategy & Innovation function responsible for futurestate operating model design, AI and digitallyenabled transformation, analyticsdriven insights, and longhorizon planning.

• Conducts enterpriselevel strategic reviews, scenario planning, and capability assessments to guide investment decisions and operational readiness.

• Serves as sponsor for highvalue innovation initiatives that modernize processes, elevate customer value, and enable stepchange operational performance.

• Synthesizes complex data and insights into strategic recommendations for ELT/SMC decisionmakers.

Operational Excellence, Governance & Safety Performance

• Leads the Operational Excellence & Governance organization with authority over enterprise performance frameworks, KPI architecture, scorecards, and executivelevel reporting.

• Ensures robust governance structures that reinforce safety, regulatory compliance, and consistent operational practices across jurisdictions.

• Oversees enterprise benchmarking, operational assessments, and continuous improvement programs to drive reliability, quality, and disciplined execution.

• Partners closely with EHS, Operations, and Quality to strengthen safety culture, human performance programs, and riskreduction initiatives.

• Drives adoption of modern, technologyenabled performance management tools and practices.

Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership

• Acts as a strategic advisor to senior leaders across Operations, Supply Chain, EHS, Finance, Technology, and Enterprisewide strategy organizations.

• Drives alignment across diverse stakeholder groups, ensuring strategic clarity and unified execution of enterprise priorities.

• Communicates complex strategies, performance outcomes, and transformation progress with clarity and executive presence.

• Develops and leads a highperforming, multidisciplinary team that excels in innovation, analytics, governance, and operational excellence.

• Builds a culture of collaboration, inclusion, continuous learning, and forwardlooking strategic thinking.

3rd Party Governance, Performance Risk & Strategic Partnerships

• Provides executive oversight of contractor and supplier governance frameworks, ensuring alignment on safety, cost, capability, delivery, quality, and risk mitigation.

• Oversees development of enterprise supplier performance metrics, dashboards, and riskmonitoring mechanisms.

• Partners with category management, sourcing, and operational leaders to strengthen supplier strategy, workforce planning, and operational readiness.

• Ensures supplier strategies support innovation, reliability, and longterm enterprise value.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, Economics, Finance, Operations Management, Computer Science, or Other Related Degree

• Minimum of 10 years' experience in operations, supply chain, strategy, performance management, contractor oversight, or related disciplines.

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing complex organizations or initiatives.

• Demonstrated leadership of complex, enterprisewide change initiatives involving technology modernization and process transformation.

• Proven ability to influence senior executives and shape enterprise strategy, investment decisions, and transformation direction.

• Strong background in developing business cases, leading multifunctional teams, and achieving targeted outcomes in large, complex organizations.

• Ability to influence at all organizational levels.

• Strong interpersonal and relationshipbuilding skills.

• Ability to navigate complexity, adapt to change, and drive transformation effectively.

• 5+ years of leadership experience in matrixed or multifunctional environments.

• Strong background in strategy development, operating model design, and longrange planning.

• Experience with operational excellence, continuous improvement methodologies, and safety leadership.

• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to synthesize insights across multiple sources.

• Familiarity with utility operations, supply chain operations, contractor oversight, or largescale transformation.

• Demonstrated ability to influence, negotiate, and build relationships across organizational levels.

• Strong communication and executive presentation skills.

• Experience leveraging technology, automation, and data analytics for business improvement.

• Hybrid Mobility Classification - Work will be performed from both remote and onsite locations after the onboarding period. However, hybrid employees should live within a reasonable dailycommute to a Duke Energy facility.

• Travel required to operational jurisdictions as needed.

• Primarily office environment with occasional field or site visits.

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