Integrated Business Planning Lead (S&OE Workstream)

Ashley Furniture • Tampa, FL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Integrated Business Planning Lead (S&OE Workstream) owns the end-to-end IBP process and governance framework that aligns planning and execution across Ashley's vertically integrated value chain, including Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Distribution, Wholesale, Retail, and E-commerce operations. This role is accountable for ensuring that planning processes integrate demand signals, supply capabilities, inventory positioning, and financial implications across all channels and internal manufacturing operations. You will not own commercial or operational performance; instead, you ensure leaders across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Distribution, Wholesale, Retail, and E-commerce operate from a single, aligned, decision-ready plan that enables effective trade-off decisions at the enterprise level while delivering exceptional customer service.
Two IBP Leads fill complementary roles:
IBP Lead – Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP): Mid- to long-range planning and alignment (3–24 months)
IBP Lead – Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE): Near-term execution alignment and exception governance (0–13 weeks) ← This role

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required (Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Engineering, or related field)
• 6–10 years of IBP, S&OP, or S&OE experience in multi-channel environments
• Experience in manufacturing and/or retail operations
• Proven track record facilitating cross-functional planning processes at enterprise scale
• Strong facilitation skills – Ability to lead executive-level planning forums and drive alignment
• Project management – Manage complex processes with multiple stakeholders and dependencies
• Analytical rigor – Extract insights from data, build scenarios, quantify impacts
• Executive communication – Translate complex planning concepts into clear, decision-ready recommendations
• Manufacturing and/or Retail acumen – Understanding of operational constraints and trade-offs
• Financial KPI acumen – Understand how planning decisions impact revenue, margin, working capital, and budgets
• Proficiency with SQL, Excel, and Power BI to extract, manipulate, and display data
• Comfort working with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.)

Nice To Haves

• Experience operating in vertically integrated, omni-channel environments preferred
• APICS / ASCM certification (CPIM, CSCP, or similar)
• Experience with IBP software platforms
• Background in vertically integrated, omni-channel operations
• Advanced technical skills (SQL, Power BI, data visualization)
• Experience with IBP platforms (e.g., SAP IBP, Kinaxis, o9, Blue Yonder)

Responsibilities

• Own and operate the Integrated Business Planning operating model across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Distribution, Wholesale, Retail, and E-commerce
• Define and maintain S&OP monthly planning cadence (3–24 months) and S&OE weekly execution cadence (0–13 weeks)
• Ensure standardized planning inputs, outputs, timelines, governance forums, escalation paths, and decision rights
• Maintain decision logs, assumptions, and action tracking
• Integrate demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and financial views across manufacturing and all channels
• Align upstream manufacturing plans with downstream Wholesale, Retail, and E-commerce demand
• Evaluate decision trade-offs, implications, risks, and benefits across channels
• Translate inputs into gaps, constraints, risks, and scenario-based options with quantified impacts
• Facilitate fact-based enterprise decision discussions with cross-functional leaders
• Frame trade-offs clearly to enable executive-level alignment and accountability
• Own the monthly S&OP process across all channels and ensure approved plans cascade into execution
• Collaborate with S&OE workstream to anticipate and incorporate dependencies and impacts
• Drive alignment on mid- to long-range planning assumptions and constraints
• Own the weekly S&OE process to align manufacturing, wholesale, retail, and e-commerce execution
• Collaborate with S&OP workstream to anticipate and incorporate dependencies and impacts
• Manage near-term execution exceptions, escalations, and real-time trade-off decisions
• Ensure execution plans remain aligned with strategic S&OP commitments
• Define IBP process KPIs covering both operational (supply planning, manufacturing, distribution, inventory) and financial (revenue, margin, working capital, budget reconciliation) metrics
• Lead retrospectives and drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Partner with IT and Analytics teams to assess and maintain KPI integrity through data and calculation governance
• Partner with IT and Analytics to ensure tools support integrated enterprise planning
• Extract, manipulate, and display data using SQL, Excel, and Power BI
• Develop dashboards and reporting to provide transparency across the planning process

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Professional development opportunities
• Collaborative and innovative work environment
• Opportunity to shape enterprise planning at the world's largest furniture manufacturer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager