VP - Global Planning

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the global Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes.
• Establish a single, integrated operating plan balancing demand, supply, capacity, inventory, service, and financial objectives.
• Drive executive decision-making through scenario planning, risk assessment, and data-driven recommendations.
• Facilitate monthly executive IBP reviews and ensure alignment across all business functions.
• Lead global supply planning processes to ensure alignment between demand, inventory, capacity, and financial objectives.
• Partner with Manufacturing to develop and maintain a level-loaded annual production forecast and capacity strategy.
• Develop contingency plans to address supply disruptions, capacity constraints, and changes in market demand.
• Ensure alignment between strategic growth plans and long-term supply network capabilities.
• Lead global demand planning process in partnership with Commercial, Product Management, and Regional Business Leaders.
• Establish forecast governance, demand reviews, and consensus planning processes.
• Drive continuous improvement in forecast accuracy and demand signal visibility.
• Develop scenario-based demand plans to support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Own global inventory strategy and inventory optimization.
• Establish inventory policies, safety stock methodologies, and deployment strategies.
• Drive continuous improvement in inventory turns, days of inventory, and overall working capital performance.
• Balance inventory investment with customer service expectations and operational risk.
• Lead capacity planning across manufacturing operations.
• Identify long-term capacity requirements and constraints.
• Support network optimization initiatives and footprint decisions.
• Provide planning support for new product introductions and strategic growth initiatives.
• Lead development of the annual supply, inventory, and capacity plan in support of the Company's budgeting and operating plan processes.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Procurement, Finance, and Commercial teams to develop a level-loaded annual production forecast that balances customer demand, manufacturing capacity, inventory objectives, and financial targets.
• Establish capacity assumptions and planning scenarios to support growth, working capital, and profitability objectives.
• Translate the annual operating plan into executable demand, supply, inventory, and capacity plans.
• Cross-Functional Leadership:
• Partner closely with Global Manufacturing on capacity planning assumptions, supply planning alignment, and constraint management.
• Partner with Procurement on material availability and supplier capacity.
• Partner with Logistics on inventory deployment and distribution strategies.
• Partner with Commercial leadership on demand planning and customer priorities.
• Partner with Finance on financial forecasts, inventory investment, and working capital objectives.
• Planning Excellence:
• Establish best-in-class planning processes, governance, and performance metrics.
• Lead digital transformation initiatives within planning, including advanced planning systems, automation, AI, and analytics.
• Build organizational capability through talent development and succession planning.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and accountability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, Business, or related field; MBA preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in global supply chain planning, operations, or manufacturing.
• Deep expertise in demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, capacity planning, and Integrated Business Planning.
• Experience leading large cross-functional organizations in a Fortune 500 or similarly complex environment.
• Strong financial acumen with demonstrated experience improving working capital and inventory performance.
• Experience implementing advanced planning systems and digital planning capabilities.
• Proven ability to influence executive leadership and drive enterprise-wide decision making.

Leadership Competencies

• Enterprise mindset with a focus on optimizing total business performance.
• Strategic thinker capable of translating long-term strategy into operational execution.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision maker.
• Collaborative leader who builds alignment across diverse stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication and executive presentation skills.
• Change agent with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Ability to lead through complexity and ambiguity.

Success Measures

• Within the first 18 months, establish an integrated global planning organization that serves as the single source of truth for enterprise planning.
• Improve forecast accuracy and supply plan reliability.
• Reduce inventory while maintaining or improving customer service levels.
• Strengthen executive IBP governance and decision quality.
• Improve supply plan stability and planning predictability across the global supply network.
• Enhance working capital performance through optimized inventory and planning disciplines.
• Develop a high-performing global planning organization recognized for operational excellence.