Supply Planning Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the SME for SAP S/4HANA supply planning processes, diagnosing and resolving system and data issues.
• Analyze and optimize key planning parameters including: Planned delivery times, Lot sizes and grouping strategies, Minimum order quantities (MOQs), Purchase info records vs. contract hierarchies, Identify and correct inconsistencies across system settings influencing outputs and PO creation.
• Improve planner trust in system outputs by ensuring accurate, reliable data and configuration.
• Design and implement standardized, scalable workflows.
• Establish best practices for order grouping, tier pricing optimization, and supplier collaboration.
• Document end-to-end processes with clear roles, responsibilities, and decision frameworks.
• Reduce reliance on manual workarounds by building robust, system-driven processes.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, reduce variability, and improve service levels.
• Develop structured supplier communication and forecasting processes, including standardized formats and cadence.
• Enhance visibility into forecast changes (e.g., month-over-month tracking) to improve supplier alignment.
• Partner with procurement to optimize supplier performance and strengthen collaboration with key strategic vendors.
• Cook and develop a small but growing team of planners, increasing system proficiency and analytical capability.
• Lead change management efforts to transition the organization from legacy/manual processes to standardized, system-driven planning.
• Support organizational design evolution as planning and procurement functions continue to mature.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in supply planning.
• Deep, hands-on SAP S/4HANA experience specifically: Supply planning execution and troubleshooting, Planning parameter optimization, Understanding of system interactions (info records, contracts, master data).
• Proven experience stabilizing or optimizing planning processes post-ERP implementation or transformation.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to diagnose system and process issues and implement solutions.
• Experience working in manufacturing or CPG environments.
• Preferred: Experience in post-M&A integration or harmonizing multiple operating models, Background in both planning and procurement collaboration models, Experience building processes from the ground up in a growth or transformation environment.