VP, Integrated Business Planning

Novolex • Lake Forest, IL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The VP, Integrated Business Planning (IBP) serves as the enterprise owner of Novolex’s IBP process, driving forecasting accuracy, business visibility, and effective decision-making. The role leads the processes, governance, analytics, and operating rhythms that align Commercial, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, and Business Unit leadership around a common planning process. The VP also partners closely with commercial leaders to improve sales-force forecast accuracy.

This is a hybrid position based out of the Charlotte, NC or Lake Forest, IL office. The role leads enterprise-wide demand planning, sales forecasting, and IBP capabilities, connecting commercial strategy with operational execution and financial commitments. It works across independent, highly matrixed organizations and provides planning insights in support of major business initiatives.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in Integrated Business Planning, Sales Operations, Demand Planning, Forecasting, Supply Chain Planning, Commercial Excellence, or related disciplines.
• Proven experience leading enterprise planning and forecasting processes in a complex organization.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen, with the ability to turn data into actionable business insights.
• Experience driving cross-functional alignment across Commercial, Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain organizations.
• Compelling influencing capabilities and proven ability to work in a highly matrixed environment across independent Sales, demand planning, supply planning, operations, and finance organizations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in manufacturing, packaging, industrial, consumer products, or other complex B2B environments.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead Novolex's enterprise-wide Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process.
• Implement a standardized planning framework that aligns Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance around common assumptions and business priorities.
• Build and lead enterprise-wide demand planning, sales forecasting, and IBP capabilities.
• Develop governance, metrics, and reporting to continuously improve planning effectiveness.
• Own enterprise sales forecasting processes and methodologies across all business units.
• Improve forecast accuracy through disciplined forecasting practices, analytics, and accountability.
• Partner with Sales Leadership to translate pipeline, customer, and market insights into actionable demand forecasts.
• Identify forecasting risks and opportunities and develop mitigation plans with business leaders.
• Develop forecasting analytics, dashboards, and performance reporting.
• Leverage customer, market, and commercial data to improve forecast quality and decision-making.
• Establish enterprise KPI reporting and forecasting performance metrics.
• Drive visibility into demand trends, customer activity, and commercial performance.
• Partner with Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Revenue Operations, and Strategy leaders.
• Align growth objectives, demand planning, operational capacity, and financial commitments.
• Support major business initiatives with demand, forecast, and planning insights.
• Connect commercial strategy with operational execution as the executive leader responsible for this alignment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Well-being resources focused on mental, physical, and financial health.
• Training and development opportunities, including skills development, advanced education programs, and company and industry training curricula.
• Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed