Unison Sales and Operations Planning Leader

Roles and Responsibilities

• Support S&OP Senior Leadership Team (SLT) meetings and reviews, including development of presentation materials, business insights, and recommendations.
• Utilize MS Excel, MS Access, Spotfire, and Oracle ERP/APS systems to build analyses, reporting tools, and models that improve the demand forecasting process.
• Analyze internal and external data sources to identify historical demand patterns, perform statistical analysis, and recommend forecast changes as needed.
• Perform root cause analysis for demand shifts and forecast accuracy defects to identify issues and drive corrective actions.
• Create optimal monthly product and channel forecasts.
• Improve forecasts through integration of market intelligence and sales insights.
• Serve as the key contact for demand management inquiries and activities for assigned customers, products, and markets.
• Collaborate across the Unison enterprise with critical S&OP partners including supply chain, operations, sourcing, sales, customer programs, and finance.
• Develop and present S&OP materials and SLT recommendations as required.
• Communicate complex demand and supply planning messages across the 3-year production horizon and 10-year long-range planning horizon.
• Build alignment across teams by collaborating with peers to gain consensus on gaps between demand and supply.
• Own the current state Value Stream Map (VSM) and lead annual updates to the future state VSM through continuous improvement events.
• Maintain alignment with upstream and downstream enterprise VSMs.
• Own and execute items on the continuous improvement roadmap, including event planning, roadmap maintenance, stakeholder communication, sponsorship, prioritization, and business impact tracking.
• Act as a connector across teams and disciplines, proactively identifying risks, solving problems, and finding opportunities to reduce cost, mitigate risk, and improve service levels and on-time delivery.
• Dive into operational details to ensure adherence to process standards, data quality, and data completeness needed to achieve cross-functional objectives.

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university plus a minimum of 5 years of experience in Sales, Supply Chain, Engineering, and/or Commercial Operations, OR;
• A High School Diploma / GED with a minimum of 9 years of experience in Sales, Supply Chain, Engineering, and/or Commercial Operations.

Desired Characteristics

• Minimum 7 years of experience in sales, supply chain, engineering, and/or commercial operations.
• Leadership experience preferred.
• APICS or similar supply chain certification preferred, such as CPIM.
• Advanced degree in Business, Operations Management, Engineering, or related field; MBA preferred.
• Functional experience with demand and supply planning, including a strong understanding of production constraints and customer impacts.
• Strong analytical capability and confidence working with large, complex data sets.
• Demonstrated proficiency with production planning software and tools.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence, align stakeholders, and drive change.
• Comfortable managing the conflict and debate often associated with organizational change and S&OP decisions.
• Proven problem-solving mindset, including critical thinking and willingness to challenge existing processes.
• Demonstrated FLIGHT DECK / lean fundamentals experience, including use, implementation, and continuous improvement of standards.
• Exhibits humility, respect, resourcefulness, initiative, inclusiveness, and professional will.
• Transparent and candid communicator who shares critical information constructively.
• Focused, quick learner who prioritizes strategically and executes with commitment.