Director, Business Planning

Thorne•Summerville, SC

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Business Planning follows established department procedures to assist the Planning and Distribution functions through coordination of multi-site and cross functional activities involved with the daily execution of requirements to meet demand operationally. The Supply Chain Manager works within current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and uses current Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) to ensure the consistency and quality of the product as well as efficient utilization of Thorne resources.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree and 5–10 years of manufacturing experience are required
Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Products such as Word and Excel, as well as the ability to utilize the computer systems at Thorne Research.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

Nice To Haves

An MBA is preferred.

Responsibilities

Leads and continuously improves the Sales & Operations Planning for Supply Chain.
Responsible for the Demand Consensus, Supply Consensus, New Product Development Consensus, and the Executive S&OP roll-up on a monthly basis.
Leads the translation of latest view demand requirements by SKU into supply chain requirements for production planning, scheduling, distribution, and operations.
Responsible for the monthly demand consensus to reach a sales forecast across Sales, Marketing, New Product Development, and Finance, ensuring alignment.
Identifies and communicate variances between the financial plan and the bottom-up demand forecast, providing latest view (LV) adjustments throughout the year.
Manages safety stock levels and lead-time assumptions to maintain a world class fill rate while minimizing excess and obsolete (E&O) inventory.
Tracks and reports on key S&OP metrics, including Forecast Accuracy.
Prepares and presents decks to senior leadership, highlighting risks, opportunities, and resource requirements.
Reviews raw material availability and current on-hand inventories coupled with production activities to facilitate the planning and scheduling of the production of Thorne products.
In consultation with Production Planning Manager and Master Scheduler, updates applicable information within the ERP system to ensure planning and scheduling assumptions are continuously updated to reflect current business requirements and operations capabilities.
Distributes production schedules or work orders, with explanations, clarifications, and descriptions, as needed, to departments.
Creates demand updates for rolling 12-month periods based on the projected number of mixes, capsules, and bottles that are needed to keep the Production Department informed of future demand.
Makes financial decisions for pre-mix demand based on analysis and creates work orders to meet the projected production plan.
Compiles information, such as production rates and progress, materials inventories, materials used, and customer information, so that status reports can be completed.
Makes sound financial decisions for the Company on large big buyer and distributor sales orders.
Maintains a professional attitude, particularly when under the recurring stress of deadlines and demonstrates sound judgment in such situations.
Supports and assists Master Scheduler in creating, managing and communicating the Production Schedule to ensure Production operates as efficiently as possible.
Meets Company customer service goals and expectations by collaborating with Master Scheduler, Production Planning Manager, and Procurement to assist in ensuring the Production Department has the materials and resources available required to meet established manufacturing objectives.
Interacts with other departments in a positive and supportive manner.
Demonstrates initiative and industry knowledge by suggesting ideas, devising new and better ways of accomplishing collective and personal goals, and finds innovative, well thought-out solutions to problems.
Communicates with the warehouse, QC Lab, QA, Document Control, Procurement, and manufacturing groups on material, packaging, component, and document flow.
Provides Master Scheduler and Production Planning Manager updates to manage and maintain the Back-Order Report and At-Risk Report.