Supply Planning Manager

About the role

Gorilla Commerce is seeking a Supply Planning Manager to own the accuracy, rigor, and strategic direction of analytical tools and solutions used by the Planning team.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large and complex datasets to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and operational inefficiencies impacting supply planning, inventory investment, and customer service.
• Develop analytical frameworks that improve inventory investment decisions, replenishment strategies, service levels, and working capital performance.
• Create solutions that enhance visibility, strengthen inventory strategies, and drive operational efficiency across the supply chain.
• Own the design, development, automation, and continuous improvement of analytical models, dashboards, and decision-support tools.
• Develop scenario planning and optimization models that improve supply planning effectiveness and support proactive business decision making.
• Build analytical tools that improve inventory planning workflows, replenishment strategies, and operational visibility across all channels.
• Conduct scenario modeling and supply-demand analyses that allow the business to evaluate alternative planning strategies before decisions are made.
• Apply strong planning fundamentals—including demand and supply variability, lead times, safety stock methodologies, service-level tradeoffs, and inventory investment principles—to improve planning recommendations.
• Establish and continuously improve key planning metrics, dashboards, and analytical frameworks that measure inventory health, service levels, forecast alignment, inventory investment, and supply performance.
• Leverage existing datasets to build scalable analytical solutions that improve planning visibility and decision quality.
• Validate, interpret, and transform data from multiple business systems to ensure analytical outputs accurately reflect business conditions.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement initiatives that simplify recurring analytical activities and improve team productivity.
• Document analytical models, assumptions, business logic, and workflows to support adoption, governance, and long-term sustainability.
• Partner closely with Demand Planning, Sourcing, Logistics, Commercial, Finance, and Technology teams to understand business needs and develop analytical solutions that improve planning decisions.
• Challenge assumptions through data-driven analysis and provide objective recommendations that improve inventory investment, supply planning, and operational performance.
• Refine analytical models, dashboards, and planning tools to support evolving business priorities.
• Translate business needs into effective technical or analytical solutions, ensuring tools and insights directly support decision-making.
• Communicate with clarity and adaptability, tailoring messaging and presentation style to different audiences.
• Operate effectively as an individual contributor today, with the interest and capability to build and lead a team as the supply planning analytics function grows.

Requirements

• 5+ years of dedicated supply planning experience, ideally as a Senior Supply Chain Analyst (or equivalent) within a larger organization, with exposure to mature planning processes, systems, and analytical rigor.
• Demonstrated mastery of core supply planning fundamentals, including demand and supply variability, lead time, safety stock methodology, and the trade-offs inherent in inventory planning decisions.
• Proven experience independently owning and leading the design, development, and enhancement of analytics, reporting, and decision-support tools within a supply chain or inventory environment, with accountability for the accuracy and rigor of planning models.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management or Operations Research, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics or Statistics, Business, or a related field.
• Expert-level proficiency in Excel is required, with the ability to build complex formulas, and automated analytical tools.
• Strong quantitative, analytical, and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to structure, interpret, and draw insights from large, complex datasets while moving fluidly between low-level detail and high-level conclusions.
• Proficiency in data analysis, modeling and optimization techniques, with experience developing automated reporting solutions and dashboards.
• Familiarity with supply planning and forecasting systems (e.g., NetSuite, Toolio) and the ability to leverage system outputs to inform decision-making.
• Experience with advanced data science tools or programming languages (such as Python or R) is preferred but not required.
• Detail-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset, consistently identifying opportunities to refine tools, processes, and analytical approaches.
• Able to translate business needs into effective technical or analytical solutions, ensuring tools and insights directly support decision-making.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to distill complex analysis into clear, actionable insights for business partners.
• Skilled at structuring analytical outputs into clear, actionable insights that guide partners toward informed business actions.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative abilities, building effective partnerships with cross-functional teams.
• Operates effectively as an individual contributor today, with the interest and capability to build and lead a team as the supply planning analytics function grows.
• Communicates with clarity and adaptability, tailoring messaging and presentation style to different audiences.
• Works confidently in a highly ambiguous, fast-changing environment, while independently maintaining focus and driving tasks to completion.
• Holds self accountable to clear standards and commitments, fostering reliability and trust across cross-functional teams.
• Brings a creative, solution-oriented mindset, introducing innovative ideas that improve processes, solve problems, and elevate outcomes.

Qualifications

• Expert-level proficiency in Excel is required, with the ability to build complex formulas, and automated analytical tools.
• Strong quantitative, analytical, and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to structure, interpret, and draw insights from large, complex datasets while moving fluidly between low-level detail and high-level conclusions.
• Proficiency in data analysis, modeling and optimization techniques, with experience developing automated reporting solutions and dashboards.
• Familiarity with supply planning and forecasting systems (e.g., NetSuite, Toolio) and the ability to leverage system outputs to inform decision-making.
• Experience with advanced data science tools or programming languages (such as Python or R) is preferred but not required.
• Detail-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset, consistently identifying opportunities to refine tools, processes, and analytical approaches.
• Able to translate business needs into effective technical or analytical solutions, ensuring tools and insights directly support decision-making.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to distill complex analysis into clear, actionable insights for business partners.
• Skilled at structuring analytical outputs into clear, actionable insights that guide partners toward informed business actions.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative abilities, building effective partnerships with cross-functional teams.
• Operates effectively as an individual contributor today, with the interest and capability to build and lead a team as the supply planning analytics function grows.
• Communicates with clarity and adaptability, tailoring messaging and presentation style to different audiences.
• Works confidently in a highly ambiguous, fast-changing environment, while independently maintaining focus and driving tasks to completion.
• Holds self accountable to clear standards and commitments, fostering reliability and trust across cross-functional teams.
• Brings a creative, solution-oriented mindset, introducing innovative ideas that improve processes, solve problems, and elevate outcomes.

Skills

• Excel Proficiency
• Data Analysis & Modeling
• Supply Planning Fundamentals
• Collaboration & Communication
• Continuous Improvement Mindset

Benefits

Competitive benefits package including health coverage, 401(k) with company match, paid time off, parental leave, commuter assistance, pet-friendly office, and wellness programs.

Pay

Competitive compensation package based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Hybrid schedule with three in-office days (Monday–Wednesday) and one fully remote week per year.