Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning

Palmetto Clean Technology•Charlotte, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning will own Palmetto’s Safe Harbor program, which coordinates customer-owned equipment built by six OEMs, held by distribution partners on consignment, and installed by more than 500 EPC partners across 32 states and Puerto Rico. The role is responsible for ensuring equipment is available at the right branches at the right time, installations stay aligned with plan, and OEM and distributor relationships perform effectively. The position sets program strategy, manages commercial relationships, and presents trade-offs and recommendations to executive leadership. It leads the team, processes, and tools supporting the program and represents Palmetto with OEM executives, distributor leadership, and company executives. The position is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and reports to the Senior Director, Supply Chain.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience in supply chain, operations, or program management.
At least 3 years of experience leading teams.
Track record running S&OP at scale and presenting to executives.
Experience negotiating commercial terms with suppliers or OEMs, including volume commitments and payment terms.
Strong understanding of working capital, credit exposure, and how supply decisions affect cash.
Experience leading through influence across sales, finance, legal, and operations.
Strong Excel and data skills.
Experience with an ERP system such as NetSuite.
Clear, direct communication with executives and external partners.

Nice To Haves

Experience in solar, energy storage, electrical distribution, HVAC, or similar equipment channels.
Experience with consignment or customer-owned inventory models.
Experience selecting and rolling out planning platforms such as Pigment, Kinaxis, or o9.
Experience managing a large, fragmented partner base.
Experience with supply chain financing programs.

Responsibilities

Own the Safe Harbor program end to end, from OEM orders through distributor branches to EPC installations; set priorities, targets, and KPIs, identify risks to volume, timing, and cash, and maintain the issues and decisions log.
Serve as the senior Palmetto contact for six OEM programs; negotiate volume commitments, lead times, payment terms, and credit limits; manage escalations, develop supplier-risk options, and plan new OEM programs through 2027–2030.
Own distributor relationships and performance; determine how OEM volume is allocated across distributors and branches, expand and onboard the network, and manage the fee structure and rate card with Finance.
Drive EPC participation by setting expectations for forecasts, job data, and equipment handling; work with regional leadership to improve compliance and recommend enforcement, including pausing program access.
Own the supply plan and its assumptions, including yield, safety stock, days of supply, and lead times; run monthly demand and supply reviews and present constraints, options, financial impacts, and recommendations to leadership.
Partner with Finance by providing the supply plan, purchase-order schedule, and installation data for cash and working-capital planning; model scenarios with the CFO’s team and make the case for working capital when needed.
Lead requirements, platform selection, and adoption for the supply-planning tool, and work with Product and Engineering on required program portal fields.
Track success through installs versus plan by OEM program and region; days of supply by SKU and branch; forecast accuracy; EPC forecast submission rates; supply-driven install delays; OEM commitments, payments, and credit limits; distributor fee variance; planning-tool adoption; and timely closure of commercial items.