Manager, Business Unit Planning

Chamberlain Group•Oak Brook, IL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Chamberlain Group (CG) is a global leader in intelligent access and Blackstone portfolio company. Powered by our myQ technology, we make access simple and secure for millions of homeowners, businesses, and communities worldwide. Our flagship brands, LiftMaster® and Chamberlain® , are found in 51+ million homes, and 14 million+ people rely on the myQ® app daily. This role will lead the Supply Chain Planning team for a Business Unit, responsible for all aspects of demand and inventory planning. The position requires aligning the S&OP/IBP vision, strategy, and processes with the BU vision and strategic initiatives to optimize sales growth, margin realization, inventory management, and asset utilization. The Manager will lead cross-functional team meetings and engage with BU Executives to drive decision-making and alignment on monthly consensus demand and supply forecasts, presenting rigorous analysis with options, risk scenarios, and recommendations. Responsibilities include overseeing the team's consensus of the monthly S&OP/IBP volume process, maintaining rolling future month consensus demand plans, developing demand drivers and assumptions, and gaining stakeholder alignment. The role involves determining optimal inventory levels for key items across the supply chain by establishing target levels, assessing safety stock needs, understanding customer requirements, and developing a market-driven inventory strategy. Additionally, the Manager will utilize inventory management tools to rationalize SKUs and optimize inventory while meeting Product Availability targets, lead the Product Life Cycle Management process (new product launches, discontinuations, portfolio optimization), and contribute to the annual budget and operating plan development by leveraging S&OP/IBP plans and assumptions. The role also includes ensuring compliance with health and safety guidelines, protecting company information, maintaining professional knowledge, contributing to team efforts, and motivating and leading a high-performance team through performance management, transparent communication, and fostering a positive workplace culture consistent with company values.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering or IT
5+ years of supply chain and people management
SAP or similar planning software

Nice To Haves

Masters in Business Administration
APICS CPIM / CIRM, CSCP, Lean / Six Sigma, and/or PMP certifications
managing S&OP / IBP processes

Responsibilities

Lead Supply Chain Planning team for a BU responsible for all aspects of demand and inventory planning activities
Align the S&OP/IBP vision, strategy and processes with BU vision and strategic initiatives in support of optimizing sales growth, margin realization, inventory management and asset utilization
Lead meetings with cross-functional teams and with the BU Executives to drive decision-making and alignment on the monthly consensus demand and supply forecasts with rigorous analysis resulting in options, risk scenarios and recommendations
Oversee team consensus of the monthly S&OP/IBP volume process including maintenance of rolling future month consensus demand plans, development of demand drivers and assumptions and gaining full alignment with the appropriate stakeholders
Determine optimal inventory for key items across entire supply chain by establishing target levels, assessing safety stock need, customer requirements and establishing a market-driven inventory strategy
Utilize inventory management tools to rationalize SKU’s and optimize inventory while meeting Product Availability targets
Lead Product Life Cycle Management process including new product launches, discontinuations and portfolio optimization
Contributes toward the annual budget and operating plan development process by leveraging ongoing S&OP/IBP demand and supply plans and underlying casual assumptions.
Comply with health and safety guidelines and rules; managers should also ensure compliance across their teams.
Protect Chamberlain Group’s reputation by keeping information confidential.
Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing related results and participating on projects as needed.
Motivate and lead a high performance team by attracting, developing, engaging and retaining team members
Drive the performance management and compensation processes by communicating job expectations, monitoring and evaluating performance, providing feedback and facilitating employee development per the company’s policies
Maintain transparent communication by appropriately communicating organization information to team through department meetings, one-on-one meetings, appropriate email, IM and regular interpersonal communications
Lead and motivate individuals and teams to create a workplace culture that is consistent with the Chamberlain Group mission, vision and values.