Supply Planner, Bromine S&OP

About the role

This position is hybrid (3 days/week in office) and located in Charlotte, NC. The Bromine Supply Planner develops and maintains an integrated supply plan that balances demand, inventory, production capability, and business priorities across a complex, highly integrated manufacturing network spanning multiple production sites and external manufacturing partners. This role serves as a key link between Manufacturing, Demand Planning, Product Management, Logistics, Finance, and Commercial teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated supply and production plans aligned to demand, inventory targets, production capability, and business priorities across a complex manufacturing network.
• Support the monthly S&OP process and near-term S&OE activities by identifying supply risks, constraints, opportunities, assumptions, and recommended actions to balance supply and demand.
• Develop and evaluate supply scenarios to support business decisions related to capacity, inventory, customer demand, network optimization, asset utilization, and supply risk mitigation.
• Partner with manufacturing and plant teams to understand capacity, operating constraints, maintenance activity, outages, yield impacts, and supply chain risks.
• Facilitate alignment across Manufacturing, Commercial, Product Management, Logistics, Finance, and Supply Chain stakeholders by presenting data-driven recommendations and driving timely decision-making.
• Analyze supply, inventory, production, and capacity data to identify trends, risks, trade-offs, and planning opportunities, while evaluating business impacts related to customer service, inventory investment, working capital, and operating costs.
• Communicate supply assumptions, risks, mitigation strategies, and recommendations clearly to both operational teams and senior leadership.
• Support planning master data governance and continuous improvement of planning processes, systems, analytics, reporting capabilities, and cross-functional workflows.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, Business, or a related field.
• Experience in supply chain, production planning, manufacturing, operations, logistics, analytics, or a related role.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work through complex operational constraints.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to interact with plant personnel and senior leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across functions and build effective stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, adapt to changing business needs, and work with appropriate urgency.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• A few years of experience in supply planning, inventory planning, production planning, S&OP, S&OE, or production scheduling.
• Experience conducting scenario analysis and developing recommendations to support strategic supply chain and business decisions.
• Understanding of the relationship between supply planning decisions and business performance metrics, including customer service, inventory, working capital, and cost.
• Experience in chemical, process manufacturing, industrial manufacturing, or another complex manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting a highly integrated production network where changes in one area can impact multiple downstream processes or tolling partners.
• Ability to influence stakeholders who do not report to the role and communicate effectively from the plant floor to senior leadership.
• Experience with SAP, SAP IBP, or similar ERP/planning systems.
• Experience with reporting or visualization tools such as Power BI, Think-Cell, or similar tools.
• Exposure to tolling, multi-site manufacturing operations, or integrated supply networks.

Skills

• Collaboration and relationship building
• Critical thinking and problem-solving
• Adaptability and comfort with change
• Ability to influence and drive alignment across cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority
• Ability to synthesize complex operational challenges into concise executive-level recommendations
• Planning discipline and attention to detail
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Strong business and financial acumen

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits package
• A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally
• Partnership in pioneering new ways to be better for ourselves, our teams, and our communities