Director, Integrated Supply Chain Planning & Execution
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Remove boilerplate etc. Include a section only when posting has real, specific content for it—never emit heading with filler. Prefer few substantive sections.
We need to parse the posting.
Key content:
- Intro paragraph: "Join our Supply Chain team at Helen of Troy and make an immediate impact on our trusted brands: OXO, Hydro Flask, Osprey, Honeywell, PUR, Braun, Vicks, Hot Tools, Drybar, Curlsmith, Revlon, and Olive & June. Together, we build innovative and useful products that elevate people's lives everywhere, every day. Look around your home, and you'll find us everywhere, in your kitchen, living room, bedroom, and bathroom. We are already making your everyday lives better. We are powered by knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking people committed to developing a culture of inclusion. Whether you are just starting your career or in need of a challenge, we recognize, develop, and empower talent!"
That's about the role/company. Could be "About the role" or maybe "About the company". Use
About the role
with containing that paragraph.
- Work location and hybrid schedule: "Work Location (s): Bend, OREl Paso, TXMarlborough, MABoston, MANew York, NY Hybrid Schedule: At Helen of Troy, we embrace a flexible hybrid work model designed to support collaboration and productivity. For roles eligible for hybrid work, our standard schedule includes in-office collaboration from Tuesday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Any updates to this model will be communicated in advance. Please note that hybrid eligibility and schedules may vary based on business needs and manager expectations."
We need to include Schedule section if real content. There's schedule info. Also location info maybe part of About? Could be separate but we only need sections with real content. Could embed location in About? But we have a Schedule heading for hybrid schedule. Provide
Schedule
with containing that schedule paragraph. Also maybe location could be part of About? Could also be separate but not required. We'll include location in About paragraph? Might be better to include location in About? The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe combine location and schedule into one "Work Details" but we only have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So location could go under About the role (makes sense). Schedule separate.
- Responsibilities: The "What You Will Be Doing" section with bullet-like paragraphs. We need to extract responsibilities as list items. The text includes many paragraphs each starting with a bold heading? Actually they are headings like "Lead Supply Chain Integration and Operational Excellence", then bullet-like sentences. We'll treat each bullet as
- . We'll create
Responsibilities
with - items.
List responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary point of contact for cross-functional Supply Chain Operations initiatives and process improvement activities.
- Identify, prioritize, and lead operational improvement opportunities across Supply Chain Operations.
- Develop and maintain the Supply Chain Operations operational excellence roadmap.
- Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives from opportunity identification through implementation and sustainment.
- Establish project governance, success metrics, and benefits realization plans.
- Drive organizational adoption and sustainability of process improvements through effective change management.
- Coordinate stakeholders and resources required to support successful initiative delivery.
- Lead Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Governance:
- Lead execution and continuous improvement of the monthly IBP process.
- Coordinate Finance, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Sales, Marketing, Product, Operations, and Shared Services participants.
- Consolidate demand, supply, inventory, and financial assumptions into an integrated business view.
- Prepare executive-level summaries, recommendations, and decision requirements.
- Facilitate executive planning reviews and ensure accountability for resulting actions.
- Enhance IBP governance, metrics, and process effectiveness.
- Lead Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE):
- Establish and manage a near-term S&OE process focused on the current month and quarter.
- Monitor short-term demand, supply, inventory, and service performance.
- Facilitate resolution of execution issues impacting revenue, inventory, customer service, or supply continuity.
- Coordinate recovery plans and corrective actions across operational teams.
- Escalate critical execution risks and constraints to leadership.
- Ensure short-term execution decisions remain aligned with longer-term planning objectives.
- Provide Leadership Oversight for Inventory Management and Inventory Health:
- Provide leadership, direction, and accountability for the Inventory Management function.
- Review inventory health, working capital performance, and excess & obsolete inventory.
- Guide inventory optimization and reduction strategies.
- Oversee retailer returns and liquidation programs.
- Ensure inventory disposition activities follow approved governance and business processes.
- Provide Leadership Oversight for Production Planning, CWOM, and Supply Execution:
- Provide leadership and direction for the Production Planning organization.
- Oversee Production Planning, open order management, CWOM, and VAS activities through the Production Planning Manager.
- Ensure supplier execution remains aligned with business priorities.
- Review ETD performance, supply constraints, and execution risks.
- Ensure production planning and CWOM priorities support inventory and service objectives.
- Manage Direct & Indirect Resources:
- Provide leadership, coaching, development, and performance management for direct reports.
- Align organizational resources to business priorities.
- Develop talent and organizational capabilities.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
We'll include all as
- .
- Skills Needed To Be Successful In This Role: list of skills. Could be under Skills heading. Provide
Skills
with - .
Skills list:
- Operational excellence and practical continuous improvement methods.
- Program/project management and cross-functional governance.
- Executive-level reporting, KPI development, variance analysis and risk communication.
- Practical, hands-on operator who can implement improvements with teams rather than relying only on textbook methodology.
- Role is intended to integrate and govern planning and operational execution processes; Demand Planning and Supply Planning functional ownership remain with the respective planning leaders.
That's more description than skill but okay.
- Minimum Qualifications: list. Could be under Requirements or Qualifications. We have both Requirements and Qualifications headings allowed. We need to decide. Usually Requirements = minimum qualifications, Qualifications = preferred qualifications. We'll put Minimum Qualifications under
Requirements
and Preferred Qualifications under Qualifications
(or vice versa). Let's map: Requirements = minimum qualifications. Qualifications = preferred qualifications.
Thus:
Requirements
with - items:
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Engineering, Operations Management or equivalent experience.
- 8 + years of progressive supply chain leadership experience.
- Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and/or S&OP process management.
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent continuous improvement certification.
- Inventory management and working capital optimization.
- Supply planning, production planning and supplier order execution.
- Ability to travel domestically as required up 30-40%.
- Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Qualifications
with - items:
- Consumer-goods experience.
- PMP, ACP, CSM or equivalent project/program management certification.
- Pay: The posting includes: "In Massachusetts and New York, the standard base pay range for this role is $150,000.00 -$180,000.00 annually. This base pay range is specific to Massachusetts/ New York and may not be applicable to other locations. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to location, experience, skill level, and performance. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees."
We need to include Pay section only if real specific content. Yes we have pay range for MA/NY. So include
Pay
with containing that sentence(s). Could also include note that it's specific to MA/NY. We'll keep as
.
- Benefits: list: "Benefits: Salary + Bonus, Healthcare, Dental, Vision, Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, 401(k) with company match, Basic Life Insurance, Short Term Disability (STD), Long Term Disability (LTD), Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Charitable (volunteer) Leave, and Educational Assistance."
We'll create
Benefits
with - each benefit.
- Schedule: we already have schedule paragraph.
We should not include sections like "About the role" duplicate with intro? We'll include About the role with the introductory paragraph plus maybe location? We'll include location in About? Could add location sentence there. But we have schedule separate.
Let's craft About the role paragraph: combine the intro paragraph and work locations? The location list: "Work Location (s): Bend, OREl Paso, TXMarlborough, MABoston, MANew York, NY". There's a typo missing commas. We'll preserve as is but maybe format nicely. We'll include in About the role
after intro.
Thus About the role
includes: "Join our Supply Chain team at Helen of Troy and make an immediate impact on our trusted brands: OXO, Hydro Flask, Osprey, Honeywell, PUR, Braun, Vicks, Hot Tools, Drybar, Curlsmith, Revlon, and Olive & June. Together, we build innovative and useful products that elevate people's lives everywhere, every day. Look around your home, and you'll find us everywhere, in your kitchen, living room, bedroom, and bathroom. We are already making your everyday lives better. We are powered by knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking people committed to developing a culture of inclusion. Whether you are just starting your career or in need of a challenge, we recognize, develop, and empower talent! Work Location(s): Bend, OR; El Paso, TX; Marlborough, MA; Boston, MA; New York, NY."
We need to ensure we didn't invent content. We kept the brand list, etc. We added punctuation for clarity but that's okay as not adding new info. Should we keep exactly as in text? It's okay to adjust punctuation as long as not adding info. Adding commas and semicolons is fine.
Now schedule section: Provide the hybrid schedule paragraph.
Now responsibilities: We'll list as above.
Now skills: list.
Now requirements: list.
Now qualifications: list.
Now pay: paragraph.
Now benefits: list.
Now output only HTML fragment.
Check for any boilerplate to remove: EEO, legal, application instructions, etc. We removed those.
Check for duplicate lines: we removed.
Now ensure we don't have empty sections.
Let's craft HTML.
We'll start with
About the role
...
Then Responsibilities
...
Then Skills
...
Then Requirements
...
Then Qualifications
...
Then Pay
...
Then Benefits
...
Then Schedule
...
Order could be any but logical.
Now ensure we use proper escaping for any special characters like & etc. In benefits list we have "Short Term
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Remove boilerplate etc. Include a section only when posting has real, specific content for it—never emit heading with filler. Prefer few substantive sections. We need to parse the posting. Key content: - Intro paragraph: "Join our Supply Chain team at Helen of Troy and make an immediate impact on our trusted brands: OXO, Hydro Flask, Osprey, Honeywell, PUR, Braun, Vicks, Hot Tools, Drybar, Curlsmith, Revlon, and Olive & June. Together, we build innovative and useful products that elevate people's lives everywhere, every day. Look around your home, and you'll find us everywhere, in your kitchen, living room, bedroom, and bathroom. We are already making your everyday lives better. We are powered by knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking people committed to developing a culture of inclusion. Whether you are just starting your career or in need of a challenge, we recognize, develop, and empower talent!" That's about the role/company. Could be "About the role" or maybe "About the company". Use
About the role
withcontaining that paragraph. - Work location and hybrid schedule: "Work Location (s): Bend, OREl Paso, TXMarlborough, MABoston, MANew York, NY Hybrid Schedule: At Helen of Troy, we embrace a flexible hybrid work model designed to support collaboration and productivity. For roles eligible for hybrid work, our standard schedule includes in-office collaboration from Tuesday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Any updates to this model will be communicated in advance. Please note that hybrid eligibility and schedules may vary based on business needs and manager expectations." We need to include Schedule section if real content. There's schedule info. Also location info maybe part of About? Could be separate but we only need sections with real content. Could embed location in About? But we have a Schedule heading for hybrid schedule. Provide
Schedule
withcontaining that schedule paragraph. Also maybe location could be part of About? Could also be separate but not required. We'll include location in About paragraph? Might be better to include location in About? The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe combine location and schedule into one "Work Details" but we only have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So location could go under About the role (makes sense). Schedule separate. - Responsibilities: The "What You Will Be Doing" section with bullet-like paragraphs. We need to extract responsibilities as list items. The text includes many paragraphs each starting with a bold heading? Actually they are headings like "Lead Supply Chain Integration and Operational Excellence", then bullet-like sentences. We'll treat each bullet as
Responsibilities
with- items. List responsibilities: - Serve as the primary point of contact for cross-functional Supply Chain Operations initiatives and process improvement activities. - Identify, prioritize, and lead operational improvement opportunities across Supply Chain Operations. - Develop and maintain the Supply Chain Operations operational excellence roadmap. - Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives from opportunity identification through implementation and sustainment. - Establish project governance, success metrics, and benefits realization plans. - Drive organizational adoption and sustainability of process improvements through effective change management. - Coordinate stakeholders and resources required to support successful initiative delivery. - Lead Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Governance: - Lead execution and continuous improvement of the monthly IBP process. - Coordinate Finance, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Sales, Marketing, Product, Operations, and Shared Services participants. - Consolidate demand, supply, inventory, and financial assumptions into an integrated business view. - Prepare executive-level summaries, recommendations, and decision requirements. - Facilitate executive planning reviews and ensure accountability for resulting actions. - Enhance IBP governance, metrics, and process effectiveness. - Lead Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE): - Establish and manage a near-term S&OE process focused on the current month and quarter. - Monitor short-term demand, supply, inventory, and service performance. - Facilitate resolution of execution issues impacting revenue, inventory, customer service, or supply continuity. - Coordinate recovery plans and corrective actions across operational teams. - Escalate critical execution risks and constraints to leadership. - Ensure short-term execution decisions remain aligned with longer-term planning objectives. - Provide Leadership Oversight for Inventory Management and Inventory Health: - Provide leadership, direction, and accountability for the Inventory Management function. - Review inventory health, working capital performance, and excess & obsolete inventory. - Guide inventory optimization and reduction strategies. - Oversee retailer returns and liquidation programs. - Ensure inventory disposition activities follow approved governance and business processes. - Provide Leadership Oversight for Production Planning, CWOM, and Supply Execution: - Provide leadership and direction for the Production Planning organization. - Oversee Production Planning, open order management, CWOM, and VAS activities through the Production Planning Manager. - Ensure supplier execution remains aligned with business priorities. - Review ETD performance, supply constraints, and execution risks. - Ensure production planning and CWOM priorities support inventory and service objectives. - Manage Direct & Indirect Resources: - Provide leadership, coaching, development, and performance management for direct reports. - Align organizational resources to business priorities. - Develop talent and organizational capabilities. - Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We'll include all as
- .
- Skills Needed To Be Successful In This Role: list of skills. Could be under Skills heading. Provide
Skills
with- .
Skills list:
- Operational excellence and practical continuous improvement methods.
- Program/project management and cross-functional governance.
- Executive-level reporting, KPI development, variance analysis and risk communication.
- Practical, hands-on operator who can implement improvements with teams rather than relying only on textbook methodology.
- Role is intended to integrate and govern planning and operational execution processes; Demand Planning and Supply Planning functional ownership remain with the respective planning leaders.
That's more description than skill but okay.
- Minimum Qualifications: list. Could be under Requirements or Qualifications. We have both Requirements and Qualifications headings allowed. We need to decide. Usually Requirements = minimum qualifications, Qualifications = preferred qualifications. We'll put Minimum Qualifications under
Requirements
and Preferred Qualifications underQualifications
(or vice versa). Let's map: Requirements = minimum qualifications. Qualifications = preferred qualifications. Thus:Requirements
with- items:
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Engineering, Operations Management or equivalent experience.
- 8 + years of progressive supply chain leadership experience.
- Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and/or S&OP process management.
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent continuous improvement certification.
- Inventory management and working capital optimization.
- Supply planning, production planning and supplier order execution.
- Ability to travel domestically as required up 30-40%.
- Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Qualifications
with- items:
- Consumer-goods experience.
- PMP, ACP, CSM or equivalent project/program management certification.
- Pay: The posting includes: "In Massachusetts and New York, the standard base pay range for this role is $150,000.00 -$180,000.00 annually. This base pay range is specific to Massachusetts/ New York and may not be applicable to other locations. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to location, experience, skill level, and performance. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees."
We need to include Pay section only if real specific content. Yes we have pay range for MA/NY. So include
Pay
withcontaining that sentence(s). Could also include note that it's specific to MA/NY. We'll keep as
. - Benefits: list: "Benefits: Salary + Bonus, Healthcare, Dental, Vision, Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, 401(k) with company match, Basic Life Insurance, Short Term Disability (STD), Long Term Disability (LTD), Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Charitable (volunteer) Leave, and Educational Assistance." We'll create
Benefits
with- each benefit.
- Schedule: we already have schedule paragraph.
We should not include sections like "About the role" duplicate with intro? We'll include About the role with the introductory paragraph plus maybe location? We'll include location in About? Could add location sentence there. But we have schedule separate.
Let's craft About the role paragraph: combine the intro paragraph and work locations? The location list: "Work Location (s): Bend, OREl Paso, TXMarlborough, MABoston, MANew York, NY". There's a typo missing commas. We'll preserve as is but maybe format nicely. We'll include in About the role
after intro. Thus About the role
includes: "Join our Supply Chain team at Helen of Troy and make an immediate impact on our trusted brands: OXO, Hydro Flask, Osprey, Honeywell, PUR, Braun, Vicks, Hot Tools, Drybar, Curlsmith, Revlon, and Olive & June. Together, we build innovative and useful products that elevate people's lives everywhere, every day. Look around your home, and you'll find us everywhere, in your kitchen, living room, bedroom, and bathroom. We are already making your everyday lives better. We are powered by knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking people committed to developing a culture of inclusion. Whether you are just starting your career or in need of a challenge, we recognize, develop, and empower talent! Work Location(s): Bend, OR; El Paso, TX; Marlborough, MA; Boston, MA; New York, NY." We need to ensure we didn't invent content. We kept the brand list, etc. We added punctuation for clarity but that's okay as not adding new info. Should we keep exactly as in text? It's okay to adjust punctuation as long as not adding info. Adding commas and semicolons is fine. Now schedule section: Provide the hybrid schedule paragraph. Now responsibilities: We'll list as above. Now skills: list. Now requirements: list. Now qualifications: list. Now pay: paragraph. Now benefits: list. Now output only HTML fragment. Check for any boilerplate to remove: EEO, legal, application instructions, etc. We removed those. Check for duplicate lines: we removed. Now ensure we don't have empty sections. Let's craft HTML. We'll start with
About the role
...
ThenResponsibilities
- ...
Skills
- ...
Requirements
- ...
Qualifications
- ...
Pay
...
ThenBenefits
- ...
Schedule
...
Order could be any but logical. Now ensure we use proper escaping for any special characters like & etc. In benefits list we have "Short Term
- each benefit.
- Schedule: we already have schedule paragraph.
We should not include sections like "About the role" duplicate with intro? We'll include About the role with the introductory paragraph plus maybe location? We'll include location in About? Could add location sentence there. But we have schedule separate.
Let's craft About the role paragraph: combine the intro paragraph and work locations? The location list: "Work Location (s): Bend, OREl Paso, TXMarlborough, MABoston, MANew York, NY". There's a typo missing commas. We'll preserve as is but maybe format nicely. We'll include in About the role
- items:
- Consumer-goods experience.
- PMP, ACP, CSM or equivalent project/program management certification.
- Pay: The posting includes: "In Massachusetts and New York, the standard base pay range for this role is $150,000.00 -$180,000.00 annually. This base pay range is specific to Massachusetts/ New York and may not be applicable to other locations. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to location, experience, skill level, and performance. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees."
We need to include Pay section only if real specific content. Yes we have pay range for MA/NY. So include
- items:
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Engineering, Operations Management or equivalent experience.
- 8 + years of progressive supply chain leadership experience.
- Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and/or S&OP process management.
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent continuous improvement certification.
- Inventory management and working capital optimization.
- Supply planning, production planning and supplier order execution.
- Ability to travel domestically as required up 30-40%.
- Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
- .
Skills list:
- Operational excellence and practical continuous improvement methods.
- Program/project management and cross-functional governance.
- Executive-level reporting, KPI development, variance analysis and risk communication.
- Practical, hands-on operator who can implement improvements with teams rather than relying only on textbook methodology.
- Role is intended to integrate and govern planning and operational execution processes; Demand Planning and Supply Planning functional ownership remain with the respective planning leaders.
That's more description than skill but okay.
- Minimum Qualifications: list. Could be under Requirements or Qualifications. We have both Requirements and Qualifications headings allowed. We need to decide. Usually Requirements = minimum qualifications, Qualifications = preferred qualifications. We'll put Minimum Qualifications under