Supply Planning Manager

About the Role

The Supply Planning Manager is responsible for overseeing Supply Management across assigned categories and planners, ensuring seamless coordination and optimization. This role involves aligning mid-term to long-term supply plans with near-term manufacturing and working capital requirements, balancing demand, production capacity, and inventory efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Supply Planning and Inventory Management: Ensure master scheduling, product replenishment, and inventory management metrics are met. Identify action items, marshal resources, and follow up on supply planning issues. Optimize inventory levels at distribution centers and plants through strategic stocking policies.
• Performance and Capacity Optimization: Manage key business factors to achieve a 98.5% customer order fill rate. Reduce inventory alert levels and distress sales. Enforce capacity planning models and provide strategic direction to marketing and sales on capacity availability.
• Collaboration and Issue Resolution: Collaborate with cross-functional partners to manage inventory within constraints. Identify and address capacity constraints. Engage with demand management, manufacturing, quality, warehousing, and transportation teams to resolve finished goods issues and analyze consumption patterns. Oversee escalation and contingency planning processes.
• Leadership: Drive a positive employee experience through coaching and development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year college or university and 5+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience in team management/development or project leadership.
• Proven successful track record in handling complex networks within supply planning, inventory control, logistics management, and/or manufacturing production.
• Experience with Advance Planning Systems (Logility/JDA/APO/etc.).
• Strong communication skills (oral and written) and ability to communicate with stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Project management and process improvement experience.
• Hands-on experience with modeling, analysis, and simulation tools.
• Ability to multitask, deal with ambiguity, and work under pressure with limited supervision.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to analyze process needs, balance competing interests, and determine resources needed to meet objectives.
• Team-oriented with strong working relationship-building skills.
• Willingness to travel 5-10% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP and its related supply chain applications.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Capable of sitting for extended periods.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
• Frequently required to sit, stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Able to travel as needed.

Pay

The expected pay range for this position is $85,000 - $120,000 annually. Individual compensation will be determined based on factors such as the scope of the role, location, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and market pay.