Sr. Director of Planning and Purchasing

Looking for a role where you’ll lead the planning and purchasing strategy behind a complex, multi-site supply chain network? This position is responsible for integrated planning, purchasing execution, and cross-functional alignment that supports customer service, schedule commitments, quality performance, inventory, and material cost.

About the role

As a key supply chain leader, you'll guide a distributed team in a matrix environment while driving one-plan execution through Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), and Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE). This role is located in Warroad, MN. If you're considering relocating to Warroad, you may be eligible for a relocation benefit package to assist with your move, including the movement of your household goods, temporary housing, and a relocation counselor to support you throughout the process.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop planning and purchasing teams across multiple locations, establishing governance, decision rights, escalation paths, and consistent performance routines across sites.
• Lead enterprise-wide ERP system transformation initiatives, driving process optimization, stakeholder engagement, change management, and successful adoption of new technology solutions.
• Drive IBP processes that align demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and financial targets from corporate forecasts to plant-level execution.
• Lead S&OP and S&OE processes, identifying constraints, driving tradeoff decisions, monitoring performance against plan, and ensuring effective recovery actions across sites.
• Oversee supply, demand, and capacity planning while standardizing planning practices and improving planning tools and data accuracy across the network.
• Provide functional leadership to purchasing teams, ensuring purchasing strategies and execution align with business plans while strengthening supplier engagement and accountability.
• Own supplier continuity, risk mitigation, inventory strategy, and working capital improvement initiatives to support operational and financial performance.
• Partner across operations, finance, quality, and engineering to drive one-plan alignment, decision clarity, and operational excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 10+ years of supply chain experience.
• 5+ years of leadership experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) is preferred.
• Proven success implementing IBP, S&OP, and S&OE processes.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives across geographically diverse sites.
• Experience leading planning, purchasing, supplier performance, inventory, and cost initiatives within a multi-site manufacturing or supply chain environment.
• Ability to build strong partnerships across operations, finance, quality, engineering, and leadership teams.
• Demonstrated success translating strategic plans into operational execution and measurable results.

Benefits

• Health insurance from day one.
• Paid holidays and paid parental leave.
• 401(k) retirement savings match.
• $300 annual wellbeing account to spend on what helps you feel happy and healthy.
• Better Living Day (a paid day off to go have fun).
• Annual profit sharing – recognizing everyone’s contribution to success.
• Organized volunteer opportunities (Giving at Marvin).
• Brighter Days Fund – financial support from colleagues and the Marvin family during personal hardships.

Pay

$190,000 - $240,000