Sr. Manager, ITBP - Planning & Procurement
About the role
The Senior Manager, IT Business Partner – Planning & Procurement is a senior, business-facing IT leader responsible for partnering with Planning and Procurement leaders to shape, deliver, and optimize technology-enabled business capabilities. This role acts as a strategic advisor and delivery leader, translating business strategy and operational needs into integrated, scalable, and value-driven IT solutions.
Responsibilities
- Act as the primary IT partner for Planning and Procurement leadership, building trusted relationships and deep functional understanding
- Shape the business technology strategy for Planning and Procurement aligned to enterprise and supply chain priorities
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve planning accuracy, supplier performance, cost management, and operational efficiency
- Constructively challenge business requests that are misaligned to strategy or enterprise standards
- Lead business process redesign and optimization across demand planning, supply planning, S&OP/IBP, sourcing, contracting, and procure-to-pay
- Translate end-to-end business processes and data flows into integrated system and solution designs
- Drive adoption of new processes and systems, influencing new ways of working across cross-functional teams
- Own the IT demand and project portfolio for Planning and Procurement functions
- Provide visibility into scope, timelines, risks, dependencies, and budgets across initiatives
- Escalate and resolve competing priorities across functions and stakeholders
- Ensure delivery discipline across Agile and waterfall methodologies
- Oversee the delivery, enhancement, and sustainment of planning and procurement technology platforms
- Maintain working knowledge of application architecture, integrations, and data dependencies
- Partner with IT delivery teams to manage upgrades, patches, and releases with minimal business disruption
- Ensure solutions can be extended, integrated, and optimized as business needs evolve
- Determine priorities and sequencing of Planning and Procurement IT initiatives
- Define scope, delivery approach, and solution options
- Escalate and resolve competing functional points of view
- Authorized to adjust processes and delivery approaches to meet business objectives
Requirements
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Supply Chain, or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of progressive IT experience in business-facing roles
- Demonstrated experience supporting Planning and/or Procurement functions
- Strong background in process improvement, project delivery, and stakeholder management
- Proven ability to influence senior business and IT leaders
Qualifications
- Strategic thinker with strong business acumen
- Deep curiosity and ability to diagnose root causes of complex problems
- Comfortable operating across multiple business partners with competing priorities
- Strong communicator who can translate between business and technology audiences
- Skilled at driving change, adoption, and cross-functional alignment
Skills
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA, planning (IBP/APO or equivalent), and procurement platforms
- Experience in CPG, manufacturing, or process industries
- Knowledge of enterprise integration platforms and analytics solutions
- Certifications such as PMP, ITIL, Agile, APICS/CPIM
Benefits
At Ferrara, we’re proud to support our employees by providing comprehensive benefits such as health insurance, dental insurance, a 401(k), and paid time off (PTO). Eligible employees may also receive an annual bonus based on company performance. Learn more about our benefits at https://flimp.live/Ferrara-Candy-2025-OE-QR.
Pay
The salary range for this role is $125,875 - $176,225 annually.