Senior Manager, Supply Planning
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Supply Planning leads the site's supply planning function and ensures delivery of an accurate, integrated supply plan that supports customer demand, operational performance, and financial objectives. The role is a key liaison between Commercial Operations, Manufacturing, and GQO, providing visibility into supply risks, opportunities, capacity constraints, and execution performance. This leader develops and leads a team of supply planning professionals while driving planning excellence, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement across the site. The role also represents supply planning in the Integrated Business Planning process and provides data-driven insights to support operational and financial decisions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
- 10 or more years of professional experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations, Commercial Operations, or related disciplines.
- People management experience leading a group or team.
- Knowledge of project management software tools to support best-practice project management.
- Hands-on ERP system knowledge, including SAP, JDA, JDE, Oracle, or PRMS.
- Experience supporting IBP, S&OP, Supply Planning, or Manufacturing Planning processes.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop Supply Planners, Senior Supply Planners, Associate Managers, and Supply Analysts through performance management and talent development.
- Own the quality, execution, and performance of the site's supply plan, aligning it with customer demand, business objectives, and operational capabilities.
- Represent the manufacturing site on supply planning matters and communicate supply performance, risks, and mitigation strategies to commercial and operations leadership.
- Lead supply planning activities in the Integrated Business Planning process, including Executive Supply Reviews and cross-functional planning forums.
- Partner with Manufacturing, Finance, Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Commercial Operations, and Demand Planning teams to develop and execute strategic supply plans.
- Monitor and improve capacity planning, master resource planning, inventory optimization, supply execution, and safety stock management.
- Identify and mitigate supply risks, backorders, capacity constraints, and service challenges.
- Provide data-driven insights and recommendations for budgeting, capital planning, operational performance, and long-range capacity strategies.
- Establish and monitor key performance indicators, ensure corrective actions are implemented when performance deviates from targets, and communicate results to leadership in a timely manner.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning effectiveness, service levels, inventory health, and operational efficiency.
- Support deployment and sharing of supply chain best practices across the broader organization.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
