Manager - Supply Chain Planning

Westlake•Town 'n' Country, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Manager, Supply Chain Planning, leads the team responsible for integrated demand and production planning for the Polyethylene business unit. The role owns the forecast cycle, supply/supply balancing, and development of feasible production plans aligned with Sales, Operations, and Logistics. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with a passion for developing others, has strong analytical capability and business acumen and understands key concepts such as system constraints, inventory optimization, and the value tradeoffs required in plastics, chemicals or other similar manufacturing supply chain.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related discipline.
10+ years total work experience in supply chain, operations, or business function.
2+ years experience in business management or supply chain planning.
2+ years people leadership.
Experience in chemicals, plastics, polymers, or product manufacturing.
Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional influence skills.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or MBA.
Experience with advanced planning tools.
APICS/ASCM certifications (CPIM, CSCP).
Knowledge of Polyethylene or similar polymer production.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop a team of analysts and production planners.
Ensure consistent planning processes, playbooks, and performance expectations.
Provide daily/weekly guidance on priorities, exceptions, and risk management.
Lead the S&OP cycle across all Polyethylene production units.
Oversee rolling demand forecasts ensure accuracy, bias control, and alignment with macro environment and sales forecast.
Facilitate the monthly demand reviews and prepare consolidated S&OP.
Manage production planning considering economic run lengths, grade sequencing, outages, and capacity constraints.
Develop and present supply/demand scenarios, risks, and opportunities for monthly executive alignment.
Drive execution of the agreed operating plan and communicate supply positions.
Set and maintain inventory and safety stock targets.
Monitor inventory health (turns, aging, SLOB) and drive mitigation.
Optimize inventory positioning across domestic and export channels.
Develop strategy around turnarounds.
Coordinate shipments and inventory reconciliation.
Champion planning system enhancements and tool utilization.
Identify and lead improvement in forecast accuracy, scheduling stability, and cycle adherence.
Build and maintain dashboards/KPIs supporting planning performance.
Maintain planning master data and documentation.