Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning & Operations
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning & Operations establishes and manages end-to-end processes that convert commercial demand and accepted orders into executable supply, material, inventory, production, and inbound logistics plans. The role integrates forecasts, bills of material, supplier lead times, inventory, labor capacity, engineering and technology milestones, and production readiness to support customer commitments while balancing service, cash, inventory, and supply risk. The position leads planning, procurement, supplier coordination, and inventory management activities while developing scalable processes, operating controls, and team capabilities for a growing production-oriented business. The role owns the integrated supply schedule and ready-for-loading commitments, incorporating Manufacturing’s labor-capacity inputs and Engineering and Technology deliverables, software readiness, provisioning milestones, and customer priorities. Manufacturing retains ownership of labor planning, daily work assignment, and production execution; Engineering and Technology retain ownership of their respective deliverables. The position also establishes inventory and purchasing controls, leads cross-functional planning reviews, and builds the planning and supply chain team.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 7 years of demonstrated experience leading cross-functional demand and supply planning in a production-oriented environment, including translating forecasts and bills of material into material requirements and capacity schedules.
- Deep knowledge of demand and supply planning, MRP, BOM planning, master scheduling, inventory management, purchasing, supplier lead times, production scheduling, and ERP/MRP or planning systems.
- Ability to translate uncertain demand and configurable product requirements into practical material, supply, inventory, and production decisions.
- Strong analytical and spreadsheet skills for developing scenarios, dashboards, controls, and forward-looking operating measures.
- Ability to anticipate supply and capacity constraints, evaluate tradeoffs, and balance customer service with working capital, inventory, and obsolescence risk.
- Cross-functional leadership and executive communication skills, including explaining assumptions, recommending action, and aligning diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to establish scalable processes, standard work, planning records, governance, and team capabilities in a growing production environment.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience leading teams and building scalable planning processes in a growing or evolving organization.
- Experience in low-volume, high-mix, configurable-product, or project-based manufacturing.
- Relevant supply chain or operations certification, such as APICS CPIM or CSCP.
Responsibilities
- Lead integrated demand and supply planning, translating forecasts, commercial opportunities, and accepted orders into rolling demand plans, material requirements, production schedules, and ready-for-loading dates.
- Own the integrated supply schedule and ready-for-loading commitments, incorporating labor-capacity inputs, material availability, Engineering and Technology deliverables, software readiness, provisioning milestones, and customer priorities.
- Identify constraints, evaluate alternatives, and communicate risks, assumptions, and recommended actions to stakeholders.
- Establish component-level material and inventory policies based on demand confidence, bills of material, supplier lead times, component commonality, value, storage limitations, supply risk, and obsolescence exposure.
- Make authorized, forecast-backed purchases of selected long-lead materials before confirmed orders when supported by high-confidence demand and within approved purchasing and inventory-exposure limits; maintain controls to prevent over-ordering while supporting production continuity.
- Lead sourcing, procurement, supplier performance, and inbound material coordination for production materials, assemblies, and consumables.
- Partner with Engineering, Quality, Procurement, and Operations on technical specifications, supplier qualification, supply continuity, delivery recovery, and material readiness.
- Lead recurring cross-functional demand, capacity, and operational planning reviews with Commercial, Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology Operations, Quality, Finance, and channel partners.
- Communicate planning decisions and assumptions, resolve routine exceptions, and escalate material tradeoffs with clear recommendations.
- Establish and oversee inventory-control and purchasing processes, including receiving, kitting, staging, cycle counting, reconciliation, purchasing controls, planning records, dashboards, standard work, and system requirements.
- Monitor on-hand, committed, inbound, short, excess, quarantined, and uncommitted materials, as well as forecast quality, schedule attainment, supplier delivery, inventory health, purchasing exposure, and material cost variance.
- Build and lead the planning and supply chain team and supporting capabilities by setting operating expectations, developing team processes and planning disciplines, coordinating functional priorities, and adapting resources to production needs.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage starting on the first day of employment.
- Six free licensed-therapist sessions each year.
- 18 paid time off days annually for full-time employees, prorated based on employment start date.
- Six company holidays per year.
- 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, with no employee contribution required.
- Employee discounts.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Student loan refinancing.
- Free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
- Maternity support programs and nursing benefits.
- Up to 14 weeks of paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks of paid leave for non-birth parents.
- Incentive target of up to 20%, based on individual and company performance objectives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
