Integrated Business Planning Manager

Golding•Winston-Salem, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Manager leads the end-to-end planning function and is accountable for aligning demand, supply, and production scheduling into a consensus plan. The role governs near-term execution across a rolling 12-week horizon and longer-term planning across a rolling 12-month horizon, and owns the monthly IBP cycle connecting commercial, operational, and financial plans. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, this is an individual contributor role with direct ownership of inventory and accountability for balancing service levels against working capital. The manager partners closely with Sales, Manufacturing, Procurement, Production Scheduling, and other cross-functional teams to drive consensus and translate plans into executable actions that improve service levels, inventory performance, operational efficiency, and asset utilization. The position leads monthly product, demand, supply, integrated reconciliation, and management business reviews, as well as weekly short-term planning. It oversees demand and supply planning, inventory strategy and performance, planning systems, analytics, master data governance, KPI reporting, automation, and continuous improvement. The role is primarily office-based, with regular presence on the manufacturing floor, and may require flexibility during peak planning periods and month-end IBP cycles.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Business, or a related field.
7+ years of experience in supply chain planning, including demand planning, supply planning, and/or production scheduling.
3+ years of experience leading cross-functional planning processes or initiatives without direct authority.
Demonstrated experience leading or participating in an S&OP or IBP process.
Advanced proficiency with ERP and planning systems, Microsoft Excel, and data analytics or visualization tools such as Power BI.
Strong understanding of MRP, MPS, capacity planning, and inventory management principles.
Working knowledge of master data management and its impact on planning outcomes, with experience establishing data governance and quality controls.
Ability to influence cross-functionally without direct authority.
Clear, confident communication with all organizational levels, including executives.
Sound judgment in making trade-off decisions under uncertainty.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Deacom.
Experience in food manufacturing, preferably sauces, condiments, dressings, or similar processed food products.
Familiarity with shelf-life and lot/date-code management, allergen-driven sequencing and changeovers, and seasonal or promotional demand patterns.
Experience in a manufacturing environment with multi-site or complex production operations.
Experience implementing or upgrading planning systems or IBP processes.
Experience applying AI/machine learning, advanced analytics, or process automation to planning and scheduling.
Strategic thinking balanced with strong operational execution.
Commitment to continuous improvement and change leadership.

Responsibilities

Own and facilitate the monthly IBP cycle, including product review, demand review, supply review, integrated reconciliation, and management business review.
Lead weekly short-term planning for the rolling 12-week horizon and the monthly IBP cycle for the rolling 12-month horizon, ensuring decisions across the horizons remain reconciled and communicated.
Identify gaps, risks, and opportunities between plans; use analytics and simulation tools to develop scenarios and recommend trade-offs to senior leadership.
Establish and maintain the IBP calendar, governance, decision rights, and meeting standards.
Partner with Production Scheduling to align the master production schedule with the approved consensus plan, address capacity constraints and schedule stability, and resolve disruptions affecting plan attainment.
Partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations, and Procurement to establish plan ownership and accountability.
Direct development of statistical, machine-learning-driven, and consensus demand forecasts at appropriate levels of aggregation.
Incorporate commercial intelligence, promotions, new product introductions, and phase-outs into forecasts, and use order, point-of-sale, and market signals to refine near-term forecasts.
Monitor forecast accuracy and bias through automated performance tracking; lead root-cause analysis and continuous improvement of forecasting methods.
Facilitate demand reviews and secure commercial alignment on the unconstrained demand plan.
Oversee translation of demand plans into materials, capacity, and inventory requirements.
Lead rough-cut capacity planning and constraint analysis using scenario modeling and optimization tools to identify resource, material, and supplier limitations.
Set and maintain analytics-driven inventory strategies, including safety stock, target levels, and segmentation policies.
Own inventory performance, including levels, investment, and turns against plan; lead monthly inventory reviews, reconcile planned versus actual inventory with Finance, and drive actions to prevent and reduce excess, slow-moving, and obsolete inventory.
Collaborate with Procurement to mitigate supply risks and ensure material availability.
Define and report planning KPIs, including forecast accuracy, bias, schedule attainment, OTIF, inventory turns, and days of supply, through automated, near-real-time dashboards.
Serve as business owner for planning systems and drive adoption, process standardization, and use of advanced analytics and AI capabilities.
Establish and enforce master data disciplines, including ownership, governance standards, and routine audits of critical planning parameters and item and location attributes.
Identify and implement automation for routine planning work, including data preparation, exception alerts, and reporting.
Lead planning process improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
Provide clear, concise insights and recommendations to executive leadership.