Vice President, Global Supply Chain

Job Family Group: Supply Chain Are you ready to do something remarkable? Ready to collaborate with an incredible team to solve problems that improve people’s lives? Meet Ingevity. At Ingevity, we develop innovations that purify, protect and enhance the world around us. Our products enable oil to flow better, crops to grow fuller, roads to last longer and ensure that the air we all breathe is cleaner. Our people come from all different backgrounds and help reimagine new possibilities daily. We understand there is no challenge too big and no contribution too small. We seek out new ideas for tackling complex problems and celebrate achieving the improbable. We value each person’s unique talents and synergize them to create meaningful impact and sustainable solutions for our customers and our world. Bold. Energetic. Ingenious. Genuine. If these qualities describe you, we’d love for you to join Ingevity! Vice President, Global Supply Chain Position Overview We are looking for a strategic, enterprise-minded leader to lead Ingevity's global supply chain organization. This role is responsible for ensuring our supply chain enables business growth, supports manufacturing excellence, and delivers exceptional service to customers while balancing cost, inventory, working capital, compliance, and risk objectives.   The Vice President, Global Supply Chain will provide enterprise leadership across global procurement, strategic sourcing, integrated business planning, logistics, transportation, customer fulfillment, inventory management, global trade compliance, and related supply chain functions. This leader will be accountable for developing and executing procurement and sourcing strategies that ensure supply continuity, enable growth, optimize cost structures, and create competitive advantage across the enterprise. This leader will work closely with Commercial, Manufacturing, Finance, Technology, and business leaders to ensure demand, supply, sourcing, and operational priorities remain aligned across the enterprise.   This role requires someone who can operate effectively at both the strategic and operational levels. Success will require the ability to connect long-term business objectives with day-to-day execution, make decisions in complex and dynamic environments, build organizational capability, and drive continuous improvement across a global manufacturing network.   The ideal candidate is a collaborative leader who can balance service, cost, quality, compliance, and risk while creating a culture of accountability, performance, innovation, and customer focus. This individual will serve as a key member of the operations leadership team, helping shape enterprise strategy while ensuring the supply chain organization delivers results today and is prepared for tomorrow's challenges.   How You'll Impact Ingevity Shape and execute the enterprise supply chain and procurement strategy Develop and execute a global supply chain and procurement strategy that supports business growth, operational excellence, and customer success. Align supply chain capabilities with evolving business priorities, market demands, and long-term strategic objectives. Anticipate risks, constraints, and opportunities across the supply chain and proactively develop mitigation strategies. Drive strategic initiatives that improve resilience, agility, sustainability, and overall supply chain performance. Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on supply chain performance, capabilities, investments, and strategic priorities. Lead integrated planning and business alignment Own the processes that connect customer demand, manufacturing capacity, inventory strategy, and supply availability. Lead the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process to ensure alignment across Commercial, Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain teams. Establish clear performance measures and accountability around forecasting, inventory management, service performance, and working capital. Help the organization make informed trade-off decisions that balance customer commitments, operational realities, and financial objectives. Create visibility into supply chain performance and drive actions that improve reliability, responsiveness, and business outcomes. Build a strategic sourcing and procurement advantage Lead the company's global procurement and sourcing strategy to ensure reliable supply, competitive cost structures, and effective risk management across direct and indirect spend categories. Provide strategic leadership and governance for Ingevity's global procurement organization, ensuring sourcing, supplier management, contracting, and category strategies are aligned with business objectives and enterprise priorities. Develop strong partnerships with key suppliers while creating sourcing strategies that support growth, innovation, and operational excellence. Drive supplier performance through disciplined management of quality, service, delivery, innovation, and cost expectations. Identify opportunities to leverage enterprise purchasing scale, optimize contracts, and reduce total cost of ownership. Partner closely with Manufacturing, Technology, and Commercial leaders to ensure sourcing decisions support business performance and customer commitments. Anticipate and mitigate supply market risks, including raw material availability, geopolitical concerns, inflationary pressures, supplier concentration, and other business continuity risks. Partner with Legal and other key stakeholders to ensure effective global trade compliance practices that support compliant, efficient, and reliable international operations. Collaborate with Legal, Finance, Logistics, Procurement, and business leaders to identify and mitigate trade-related risks while supporting efficient and compliant global operations. Champion sustainable, responsible, and compliant sourcing practices that support business objectives and customer e