Process Lead, Supply Chain Planning

LGC Group • Middleton, WI

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

LGC is seeking a Process Lead, Supply Chain Planning, to help ensure seamless supply chain operations in a high-growth, purpose-driven life science tools organization. This is a 12-month contract position with a hybrid work arrangement.

The role directs planning for complex, high-impact, or strategically important supply demands. It integrates demand, supply, inventory, capacity, quality, and operational risks into practical scenarios and recommendations. As a senior individual contributor and process owner, the position serves as a subject-matter expert and point of contact for critical issues, influences cross-functional decisions, mentors other planners, and improves planning processes and capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and progressively responsible experience.
• Five or more years of relevant experience in supply, production, materials, or manufacturing planning.
• Established background in managing intricate restrictions and formulating supply, inventory, and capacity scenarios.
• Advanced knowledge of ERP/MRP concepts and planning transactions, plus strong data-analysis and performance-measurement skills.
• Strong knowledge of planning parameters, inventory strategy, capacity modeling, order management, master-data governance, and SIOP processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional discussions, influence decisions without direct authority, and present clear recommendations to leadership.
• Ability to lead through influence and serve as a trusted point of contact for blocking issues on complex planning decisions.
• Ability to translate ambiguity and data into clear scenarios, recommendations, and decisions.
• Ability to anticipate risk, challenge assumptions constructively, and drive balanced corrective action.
• Ability to build effective relationships with leadership and cross-functional collaborators.
• Ability to manage multiple strategic priorities and adapt to changing business needs.
• Resonate and operate in line with LGC’s core value behaviors: Passion, Curiosity, Integrity, Brilliance, and Respect.
• Current U.S. work authorization; the company is unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship for temporary visas.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SAP, IFS, or a comparable coordinated platform.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Tableau, Snowflake, or approved AI-enabled analytical tools.
• Regulated-industry experience and SIOP leadership.
• APICS/ASCM certification and continuous-improvement training.

Responsibilities

• Direct integrated supply, production, inventory, and capacity planning for complex, high-impact, or strategically important areas.
• Convert demand, inventory strategy, and service requirements into actionable production, purchasing, transfer, and replenishment plans.
• Develop scenarios that measure service, inventory, capacity, cost, quality, and operational trade-offs.
• Analyze complex MRP outcomes and direct solutions for shortages, surplus inventory, delayed supply, rescheduling needs, and schedule interruptions.
• Lead SIOP forums by presenting assumptions, scenarios, risks, and recommended decisions.
• Predict and guide resolution of major shortages, bottlenecks, backlog, excess inventory, and expiry risks.
• Assess service risks and recommend customer priorities when supply is constrained.
• Lead cross-functional reviews of supply, capacity, inventory, and operational constraints.
• Establish supply, availability, and customer commitment recommendations, and lead recovery reviews with documented decisions, owners, achievements, actions, and critical issue requirements.
• Partner with Purchasing and strategic suppliers to address recurring lead-time, delivery, capacity, and supply-continuity risks.
• Serve as the planning point of contact for complex production, material, quality-release, customer-commitment, and master-data blocking issues.
• Develop medium- and long-term capacity requirements and identify labor, equipment, testing, storage, and material constraints.
• Develop and improve production sequences, batch and campaign plans, and changeover assumptions for complex or capacity-constrained operations.
• Lead planning support for product launches, transfers, network changes, discontinuations, and other central initiatives.
• Establish and improve planning parameters, master data, metrics, dashboards, controls, standard work, governance, and cross-site alignment.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of production and supply orders, planning parameters, dates, quantities, lot sizes, safety stocks, priorities, and related ERP transactions within the assigned scope.
• Mentor planners, establish standards, and improve functional consistency without formal authority.
• Use data and approved analytical tools responsibly and reinforce quality, safety, compliance, and data-integrity requirements.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with strong bonus program.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and dependents.
• FSA/HSA pre-tax savings plans for health care, childcare, and elder care.
• Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity programs.
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching employer contribution.
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability, life insurance, and employee assistance program.
• Pet insurance.
• Eight weeks of parental leave for qualifying life event.
• Monthly Town Hall meetings, employee recognition program, companywide social events, and frequent catered lunches.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior