Principal SIOP Planner

II-VI Incorporated • Warrendale, PA

370d • Remote

About The Position

The position focuses on building a consistent, firm-wide culture of process excellence aimed at eliminating revenue and margin losses due to a lack of a centralized and integrated planning process. The role involves designing best-in-class SIOP (Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning) processes that standardize planning across the enterprise and enable integrated end-to-end supply chain visibility. Responsibilities include developing policies, procedures, playbooks, and standardized tools for the Integrated Supply Chain and Business Planning (IDSC & BP) teams at both central and segment levels, ensuring a harmonized SIOP process. The role also entails designing process audit templates and SOPs, defining audit cadence, and monitoring compliance of defined planning processes. Continuous improvement, lean, and sustainability initiatives are key components of the role, along with establishing a cross-functional segment planning council and governing the adoption of the IDSC & BP operating model across segments and business units. The position requires effective communication with leadership to drive adoption of defined processes and interaction with planning leads to gather feedback for prioritizing continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Minimum 9 years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.
• Minimum 7 years of experience with a Master's Degree.
• Process design and operating model design experience.
• Supply Chain and SIOP process experience.
• Experience with process improvement tools (e.g., VSM, Kaizen, DMAIC/DMADV, 8D).
• Proficient in SIOP processes and systems.
• Strong familiarity with the Oracle SCM module.
• Certifications: Six-Sigma, PMP.
• Working knowledge of process improvement methodologies (e.g., SDLC, CMMI, TOGAF, Agile).

Responsibilities

• Build a consistent, firm-wide culture of process excellence to eliminate loss of revenues and margins.
• Design best-in-class SIOP planning processes that standardize planning across the enterprise.
• Develop policies, procedures, playbooks, and standardized tools for IDSC & BP teams.
• Design process audit templates & SOPs and define audit cadence and responsibilities.
• Consolidate feedback and drive continuous improvement, lean, and sustainability initiatives.
• Establish a process for cross-functional segment planning council and develop assets for it.
• Govern the adoption of IDSC & BP operating model and best practices across segments.
• Perform process audits to monitor compliance of defined planning processes.
• Harmonize current pockets of process excellence across BUs.
• Communicate key process excellence programs to leadership to drive adoption.
• Interact with BU/Site planning leads to gather feedback for CI initiatives.
• Act as SMEs to site planning leads and drive process improvement.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree