IBPE Sr. Manager - Scenario Planning & Automation

KBI Biopharma•Durham, NC

20d

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Integrated Business Planning & Execution (IBPE) serves as the organization’s Supply Chain Control Tower Leader. The role proactively identifies, quantifies, and resolves supply chain risks and inefficiencies across inventory, procurement, manufacturing, and planning execution. It connects supply chain operations, analytics, data engineering, automation, and business execution so that critical decisions are supported by accurate data, advanced modeling, and actionable insights. The position combines supply chain management expertise with SAP Production Planning, Python, SQL, process automation, and advanced simulation techniques to improve inventory performance, working capital utilization, material availability, production readiness, and operational efficiency. Unlike a traditional planning role, it is accountable for driving cross-functional issues and corrective actions through resolution, validating outcomes, and ensuring benefits are realized and sustained. The Senior Manager leads supply chain monitoring and risk resolution; inventory optimization and working capital initiatives; SAP planning and data improvements; analytical, automation, and simulation solutions; and cross-functional execution. The role works with Supply Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, Operations, Finance, Quality, Commercial Operations, and Digital organizations, and presents findings, business cases, risk assessments, and improvement opportunities to senior leadership. Success is measured by quantifiable operational and financial improvements, including inventory performance, risk resolution, automation, realized savings, and improved planning decisions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Operations Management, or a related discipline.
At least 10 years of progressive experience in Supply Chain Planning, Inventory Management, Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain Analytics, Procurement, Production Planning, or related functions.
Demonstrated expertise in supply chain management, including inventory optimization, procurement, manufacturing operations, MRP, and capacity planning.
Proven experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives and driving measurable business outcomes.
Strong business acumen and ability to connect operational decisions to financial results.
Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, communication, and influencing skills.
Ability to lead through influence and drive accountability across organizations without direct reporting relationships.
Advanced expertise in SAP ERP, including Production Planning (PP), Materials Management (MM), Inventory Management, MRP planning and execution, production orders, procurement processes, and master data governance.
Deep understanding of bills of material, routings, work centers, production versions, material master data, capacity planning, manufacturing execution processes, and supply chain planning logic.
Ability to challenge planning assumptions and validate SAP outputs using operational and technical expertise.
Advanced Python proficiency, including scripting, ETL automation, data pipelines, data transformation, process automation, predictive analytics, supply chain modeling, and exception monitoring.
Advanced SQL proficiency, including complex query development, data extraction and transformation, data validation, reporting optimization, and large-scale data analysis.
Experience building scalable, production-ready analytical solutions.
Advanced experience developing MRP simulations, inventory optimization models, capacity-constrained simulations, supply-demand balancing models, material availability models, inventory shelf-life forecasting models, supply chain risk models, and what-if scenario analysis tools.
Experience applying quantitative methods to executive and operational decision-making, with a strong understanding of simulation techniques, sensitivity analysis, and supply chain optimization methodologies.
Experience with or working knowledge of AWS S3, AWS EC2, AWS Lambda, and AWS CloudWatch.
Understanding of data warehousing, dimensional modeling, star schema design, data governance, and data quality management.
Practical software engineering experience with modular code development, Git/GitHub version control, CI/CD fundamentals, code testing and documentation, and production-ready solution development.
Advanced Power BI experience, including development of executive dashboards and operational reporting solutions.
Ability to create KPI frameworks for proactive supply chain management and operational performance monitoring.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Computer Science, Analytics, Operations Research, or Business Administration.
APICS/ASCM CPIM, CSCP, CLTD, or equivalent certification.
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
Experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, cell and gene therapy, life sciences, diagnostics, or regulated manufacturing environments.
SAP S/4HANA experience.
Experience integrating ERP, manufacturing, planning, quality, and procurement data into enterprise analytical platforms.
Experience applying machine learning or AI solutions within supply chain environments.

Responsibilities

Serve as the central point of visibility for inventory, procurement, material availability, production readiness, and supply chain risk.
Establish proactive monitoring and automated exception-management frameworks to surface operational risks, inventory exposures, system issues, and efficiency opportunities.
Translate supply chain data into actionable insights and lead critical issues through identification, mitigation, resolution, validation, and closure.
Track and validate operational and financial benefits resulting from implemented improvements.
Drive inventory-efficiency and working-capital initiatives, including controls for excess, obsolete, slow-moving, and expiring inventory; shelf-life extension opportunities; and material liability exposure.
Identify purchase orders requiring cancellation, rescheduling, delay, acceleration, or enhanced monitoring, and lead inventory mitigation and procurement actions.
Partner with Procurement, Manufacturing, and Finance to optimize inventory investments while maintaining supply continuity; measure and report realized savings and inventory improvements.
Serve as the business subject matter expert for SAP Production Planning, Materials Management, Inventory Management, and MRP execution.
Evaluate planning inputs and outputs; analyze and resolve issues involving bills of material, routings, production versions, work centers, material and procurement master data, MRP parameters, and lead-time assumptions.
Assess the impact of SAP configurations and data structures on inventory, procurement, and manufacturing execution; drive system and process improvements with IT and Digital teams.
Lead development of analytical and automation solutions, including data pipelines integrating ERP, planning, procurement, manufacturing, and operational data.
Use Python and SQL to develop automated reporting, exception monitoring, data validation, inventory optimization models, performance dashboards, and predictive analytics tools.
Build and maintain executive dashboards for inventory management, procurement optimization, capacity planning, and supply chain risk management; collaborate on sustainable analytics and reporting infrastructure.
Develop and execute simulations covering demand variability, supplier delays, capacity constraints, material shortages, production bottlenecks, lead-time fluctuations, inventory policy changes, and shelf-life limitations.
Build MRP simulation and capacity-constrained modeling capabilities to support planning accuracy, material availability, manufacturing, and production decisions.
Apply scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and quantitative methods to assess operational and financial impacts and provide data-supported recommendations to leadership.
Develop methodologies to identify supply chain risks and vulnerabilities; monitor shortages, supplier performance, inventory liabilities, capacity limitations, and execution risks.
Lead cross-functional risk mitigation plans; establish accountability, milestones, and governance; track corrective actions, validate outcomes, and conduct post-resolution reviews to prevent recurrence.
Partner across Supply Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, Operations, Finance, Quality, Commercial Operations, and Digital organizations.
Lead cross-functional initiatives, influence decisions through fact-based analysis, present findings and business cases to senior leadership, align stakeholders, drive agreed action plans, and remove implementation barriers.