Supply Chain Planning Manager

Job Description

Title: Supply Chain Planning Manager
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Department: Supply Chain
Reports to: Director of Planning & Procurement
Salary: $80,000 - $100,000 + Bonus

Date: November 2024

Job Summary:

As the Supply Chain Planning Manager, you will work alongside the Sales, Marketing, Innovation, Production, Operations and Finance teams to support the Director of Planning & Procurement in all planning horizons. This position will play a critical role in all aspects of supply chain planning. The goal of this position will be to ensure demand and supply is efficiently balanced across the business through data driven decisions to ensure the company’s strategic goals are met. This is a remote role with up to 5% travel.

Supervisory Responsibilities: 

• This position does have direct supervisory responsibilities

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor and coach team of planners
• Develop employee performance goals
• Establish, manage, and facilitate the Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) process to drive alignment between demand, supply, and business goals in near term planning horizons
• Establish, manage, and facilitate the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process to drive alignment between demand, supply, and business goals in mid to long term planning horizons
• Responsible for gaining alignment across sales, marketing, finance, and operations teams to consensus demand plan that reflects both market trends and business priorities
• Identify and close plan variances by working cross-functionally to adjust forecasts, resolve discrepancies, and align all teams on corrective actions
• Effectively communicate forecast updates and consensus demand plan to ensure alignment across the business 
• Implement critical metrics and processes to improve planning team efficiencies and performance 
• Implement core planning strategies that aligns to key business objectives
• Continuously improve the planning process, focusing on areas such as forecasting accuracy, process automation, and adoption of advanced planning tools to increase the business’s planning maturity
• Contribute and play key roles in special projects and strategy initiatives
• Support in the process of setting annual budget and strategic plans for planning function
• Support the planning team in all aspects of demand, supply, and capacity planning, ensuring smooth coordination with procurement, production, and logistics teams
• Continuously assess network planning assumptions collaboratively with various teams
• Identify and present potential opportunities and risks to demand, supply, capacity and inventory to leadership
• Contribute to key strategic initiatives such as capacity planning, network optimization, or new product introductions, playing an active role in aligning planning activities objectives
• Ensure planning outcomes are aligned to business’s fiscal goals
• Identify and implement improvements to optimize planning workflows
• Evaluate and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) such as forecast accuracy, forecast bias, inventory days on hand, COGS, etc. Ensuring continuous improvement in planning outcomes
• Responsible for outcomes of supply and demand planning
• Identify and implement advanced planning tools and technologies to improve workflows, data analysis, and decision-making
• Ad hoc requests from leadership 

Required Skills/Abilities: 

• Understands all supply chain planning concepts 
• Understanding of planning technology and tools
• Ability to effectively collaborate cross functionally
• Develop creative solutions to complex problems
• Thinks of goals in both short term and long term
• Clearly communicate results of analysis in verbal and written format
• Ability to use data software such as Excel, Google Sheets, and PowerBI
• Excellent communication, planning, and organizational skills.
• Meets deadlines and work under pressure, with limited supervision
• Well-organized and high level of attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with key internal customers
• Ability to thrive in fast paced environment
• Motivated to make a difference and contribute to the company's growth and success
• Ability to lead, motivate, coach and mentor team

Education/Experience:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering or a related field is preferred, but not required
• Education: Certification from APICS or ISM is desired but not required
  
• Experience: Minimum 6 years of Supply Chain Planning Management experience
• Experience: Leading, motivating, coaching and mentoring team

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.