Head, Global Supply Planning

Agilent Technologies

About The Position

The Head of Global Supply Planning is accountable for enterprise‑wide supply planning, ensuring global consistency, governance, and alignment across demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and financial plans. This role acts as the enterprise orchestrator of the IBP supply cycle, driving transparency, scenario‑based decision‑making, and leadership alignment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Data/Analytics, or Business preferred.
12–15+ years of experience, including 10+ years of increasing managerial experience, in end‑to‑end supply chain planning, manufacturing, operations, or integrated business planning (IBP).
Proven leadership roles managing global planning, multi‑region operations, or enterprise‑wide supply functions.
Demonstrated mastery of constrained supply planning, capacity planning, inventory optimization, and scenario‑based planning
Strong understanding of IBP processes including demand–supply balancing, financial alignment, and executive decision forums
Experience integrating NPI, scale‑up, and manufacturing tech‑transfer into supply plans
Ability to act as the enterprise orchestrator for cross‑functional planning across Commercial, Finance, Operations, MSAT, Procurement, and Quality
Experience leading large cross‑functional teams and driving governance, planning standards, and enterprise‑wide processes.
Strong capability in data‑driven decision‑making, including scenario modeling, constraint analysis, and risk assessment
Technical fluency with planning systems, optimization tools, supply modeling, and analytics environments.
Ability to simplify complex trade‑offs and present clear, transparent recommendations to executive leadership.
Skilled at leading high‑stakes decision forums, influencing senior stakeholders, and driving alignment under uncertainty.
Experience driving operating model transformation, planning standardization, or global capability building.
Strong ability to define guardrails, governance, and processes for a newly established or scaled planning function.
Proven track record delivering improvements in: Supply plan attainment Inventory health (including obsolescence reduction) Customer OTIF Planning cycle quality and stabilit

Responsibilities

Own the global constrained supply plan, including scenario modeling and guardrail definitions.
Lead the global supply review forums, unifying sites, regions, procurement, MSAT, commercial, and finance toward one global plan.
Set global processes, standards, horizons, and planning assumptions for supply planning.
Drive identification and escalation of supply risks, constraints, and infeasible demand.
Align supply scenarios with financial implications; partner with Finance to ensure revenue and cost alignment.
Integrate new product introductions (NPI), tech transfers, and scale‑up activities into executable supply plans.
Provide leadership across the six global supply‑planning pillars (Finished Goods, Direct Materials, Capacity, Inventory, Allocation, Scenario Planning).