Sr. Director Analyst – Integrated Business Planning (IBP), S&OP (Remote-US)

Gartner

9h•Hybrid

About The Position

Gartner is seeking a Supply Chain Planning Analyst to drive new thought-leading insights around improving supply chain planning processes, organization, and metrics to solve client’s business challenges. These insights will primarily target Supply Chain Planning Leaders across various industries globally. Gartner Analysts are industry thought leaders who create essential insights, market predictions, and best practices for world-leading organizations. A Senior Director leads within Gartner’s Business and Technology Insights (BTI) group, establishing credibility in their market at local, regional, and global levels. They use research and analytical skills to produce pragmatic and provocative insights that clients use to achieve key objectives. They serve as a trusted advisor, engaging clients through various meetings and conferences to discuss complex challenges and offer recommendations. As an industry thought leader in supply chain planning, this role involves building insights and advising senior supply chain planning leaders on leading trends and best practices in product portfolio planning, demand planning, supply and inventory planning, S&OP, and S&OE processes for clients of different industries, organizational sizes, and maturity levels.

Requirements

12+ years of experience in supply chain planning, with at least 5 years as a supply chain planning leader in roles such as S&OP leader, IBP leader, SC Planning transformation leader, or Global SC Planning process owner.
Experience in managing supply chain planning for manufacturers across multiple industries.
Demonstrate executive presence; can immediately establish credibility with executives and additional stakeholders.
Strong organizational skills; ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high quality deliverables.
Demonstrate excellence in research and writing ability.
Strong written and verbal proficiency, analytical and presentation skills; ability to engage clients and respond effectively to questions.
Proficient in analyzing and synthesizing data; can effectively apply patterns and frameworks while drawing and defending conclusions to client challenges.
Strong communication skills - able to explain complex concepts concisely and simply.
Subject matter expertise; comfortable presenting at large and small-scale speaking engagements.
Strong business and financial acumen.
Deep knowledge of the global and competitive landscape within subject area as well as the interplay in that market.
Ability to work independently, while also being intrinsically motivated to collaborate across teams and support the workflow of others, in a multicultural global team.
Learning agile and adept with navigating highly matrixed environments.
Ability to represent Gartner's research methodology and strategies effectively at all levels.
Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (where applicable).

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with both process and discrete operations.
Industry experience: ideally in medical devices or life science.

Responsibilities

Support client’s mission critical priorities of supply chain planning leaders on the following processes: Product portfolio planning, Demand Planning, Supply and Inventory Planning, S&OP and S&OE. This includes supporting our clients to evolve and mature their processes, building the right organization and talent as well as improving their planning technology roadmap.
Advise Senior Supply Chain planning leaders across all subsectors of manufacturing – including, but not limited to, CPG, apparel and footwear, high tech, medical devices, life science, industrial, chemical and process, automotive and A&D – on leading practices in supply chain planning.
Lead process and capability assessments to help supply chain planning leaders align current performance with desired strategy.
Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged “must-have insights” content.
Develop new insights and ideas through thought leadership and offer compelling, actionable approaches to client's needs and requests that accelerate the client's ability to act.
Develop in-depth analysis to identify the root cause of a client’s barriers or overall needs and reframe thinking to drive strategy forward.
Demonstrate thought leadership in establishing Insights positions across a team of analysts.
Bring provocative, independent insights to Gartner leaders that can evolve the course of a research agenda.
Research, analyze and predict market trends and shifts to provide clients and vendors with actionable insights.
Provide clients and prospects with actionable advice aligned to their designated content area via virtual or face-to-face interactions.
Create and deliver high value presentation materials on and off stage for Gartner events, industry and professional association conferences, and client briefings.
Provide sales support serving as voice of the market to help Insights teams create content and to drive engagement with clients to make progress against their critical priorities to grow their business.
Provide high quality and timely content peer review.
Build credibility as an industry expert to represent Gartner insights, methodology and strategy.
Actively participate in innovation, ideation, and research discussions and collaborate effectively with peers in the Insights community.
Identify research process improvements or develop new processes that help the team and BTI provide excellent service delivery.
Be a mentor and a coach by supporting more junior team members.
Be client-centric while actively seeking to help clients engage regularly and often with Gartner insights and interactions.