Supply Planner

Vanderlande•Marietta, GA

11d

About The Position

Are you energized by balancing demand, supply, capacity and financial outcomes in a complex, project-driven environment? Do you thrive when working across organizational boundaries to create a single, aligned plan? We are looking for a Supply Planner who operates at the heart of our Integrated Business Planning (IBP) cycle for the domain Distribution, working in a matrix organization with other domains and corporate planning. As a Supply Planner, you are responsible for translating demand signals into a realistic, feasible supply plan, taking into account constraints across materials, suppliers, capacity and execution. In this context, you: Translate demand into supply scenarios Identify constraints and risks Enable cross-functional decision-making within your domain and x-domains Support meaningful discussions in monthly S&OP / IBP meetings

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or a related field
Experience in supply planning, material planning, S&OP or IBP environments
Experience in working in a matrix organization and cross-functional teams
Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into insights and decisions
Strong (senior) stakeholder management and communication skills
Experience with ERP and planning tools (e.g. SAP, JDE, Anaplan, or similar)
Ability to balance short-term execution with mid- to long-term planning
Cross-functional collaboration: effectively working across domains and hierarchy levels
Analytical thinking: translating data into decisions and scenarios
Influencing without authority: effective in a matrix organization
Decision-making: balancing trade-offs across service, cost, inventory and capacity
Process orientation: contributing to structured IBP / S&OP processes

Responsibilities

Develop realistic supply plans based on available capacity, supplier capabilities and network constraints
Identify critical components and capacity constrain and drive mitigation action
Identify gaps between demand and supply capability and define mitigation scenarios
Evaluate trade-offs across service, inventory, cost and working capital
Work closely with supply planners in and across your domain to align supply plans
Ensure consistency between local plans and the integrated plan
Act as a connector between central planning, domains and execution functions
Contribute to the monthly supply planning step within the IBP / S&OP cycle
Prepare inputs for planning and decision meetings
Highlight risks, assumptions and decision points
Ensure alignment between: Demand planning, Supply planning, Resource/capacity planning, Financial planning
Handover decision from S&OP towards S&OE to execute
Collaborate with procurement, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, finance and project teams
Align top-down financial targets with bottom-up operational plans
Support resolution of supply constraints and operational challenges
Linking pin with NPI to ensure new product data available in the planning tool and properly embed in the planning process
Provide visibility on shortages and surpluses across sites and suppliers
Enable network-level decision making by consolidating planning inputs
Align with procurement to ensure material availability and supplier performance
Translate approved supply plans into ERP / execution systems
Manage plan changes, project updates and supply chain exceptions
Ensure alignment between tactical plans and operational execution
Improve planning processes, data quality and KPI transparency
Contribute to increasing planning maturity in areas such as: Inventory alignment, Execution prioritization, Structured decision making