Director, Supply Planning
ŌURA · San Francisco Bay Area · 1 mo ago
HybridManufacturing$201k–$270k/yrFull-time
What you will do
- Leadership and Team Management
- - Lead and manage a team of supply planners and managers across multiple geographic regions.
- - Hire, develop, and mentor direct reports through coaching, performance management, and career development planning.
- - Establish team goals, KPIs, and performance metrics aligned with organizational objectives.
- - Manage day-to-day team execution priorities, both delegating effectively and engaging in the details when needed.
- - Foster a culture of continuous improvement and analytical excellence.
- - Lead cross-functional collaboration with Supply Chain, Finance, Go To Market, Business Systems, and Product Management.
- - Present S&OP insights and recommendations to executive leadership.
Set strategy and for Supply Planning
- - Establish the strategy and roadmap for Supply Planning within Supply Demand Management (SDM), aligned to the product roadmap, supply chain roadmap (manufacturing and logistics), and financial targets.
- - Translate strategy into an operating model (roles, cadences, decision rights) across programs, CMs, and hubs, ensuring clear ownership with cross-functional teams.
End-to-end production, capacity, and allocation
- - Own the 1-year+ global MPS (Master Production Schedule / Production Plan) by contract manufacturer for all rings and accessories by SKU, connecting supply plans with forecast, materials, capacity, tooling, and inventory strategies.
- - Own weekly build priorities when materials, tools, or capacity are constrained or demand exceeds supply.
- - Own global inventory and allocation strategy and its governance across hubs, in partnership with Demand Planning, Sourcing, Materials, Logistics, Finance, and GTM.
S&OP and cross-functional impact
- - Serve as the primary owner of current and projected supply available to sell-in for weekly Supply Chain Ops Reviews and monthly executive S&OP forums, clearly articulating constraints, supply risk and opportunity, and recommendations/plans.
- - Partner with Demand Planning, Materials Planning, NPI Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Logistics, and Finance to align assumptions and resolve cross-functional issues.
- - Represent Supply Planning in company-level trade-offs, focusing on the customer and ensuring decisions consider both short-term revenue and long-term resiliency and cost.
Tools, data, and process excellence
- - Drive function-wide process and tooling improvements in partnership with Program Management, Data, and system teams (e.g., new supply planning tools, integrations into the data lake, AI dashboards), with a focus on scalability and quality of decisions, not manual heroics.
- - Define and own Supply Planning KPIs (service levels, TWOS/WOS, fill rate, adherence to plan, capacity utilization) and use them to hold teams accountable and to guide continuous improvement across CMs and hubs.
- - Identify and lead cross-functional improvement projects tied to Monthly S&OP, Weekly SDM Ops Review, and CM reporting, eliminating recurring fire drills and improving predictability.
Requirements
- - 10+ years of specific supply and inventory planning experience with at least 3+ years in management and leadership roles.
- - Deep understanding of end-to-end planning – sales/demand, materials, manufacturing, and logistics — and how Supply Planning integrates those into one coherent, executable plan for NPI, EOL, and sustaining products.
- - A proven track record of planning across multiple regions, CMs/OEMs, and distribution hubs to support customers globally, with demonstrated improvements in service levels, inventory efficiency and availability, and reliable execution.
- - Strong proficiency with ERP and planning tools (e.g., NetSuite/MRP, advanced planning systems) and spreadsheets, plus comfort defining requirements for new tools, working with BI/analytics teams and using AI to build dashboards.
- - A consistent track record of executing efficiently against strategy, detecting and resolving the biggest cross-functional problems around execution, and driving a culture of operational excellence.
- - Excellent communication and collaboration skills across all levels and teams, with the ability to influence without authority and lead cross-company efforts that improve how we plan and execute.
- - Strong executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex supply and inventory scenarios to C-level stakeholders.
Nice to have
- - Experience standing up or significantly evolving a centralized supply planning function (e.g., new CM onboarding, international expansion, new planning system roll-out).
- - Background in health tech and/or consumer electronics; fast-paced supply chains.
Benefits
- - Competitive salary and equity packages
- - Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
- - An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
- - 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
- - Paid sick leave and parental leave
- - Amazing culture of collaborative and passionate coworkers
Pay
Region 1: $200,600 - $270,000
Schedule
Hybrid role based out of San Francisco office with the expectation to be onsite 3 days per week.