Supply Planning Manager

Customer Facing Supply Chain Role

About Our Client

Our client is a global, operations-driven organization operating in a complex manufacturing and supply network environment. They are investing in strengthening supply planning, inventory strategy, and SIOP capabilities to better balance service, cost, and risk across regions. This role sits at the center of those efforts and will have meaningful visibility and influence across the business.

The Opportunity

This is a highly impactful supply planning leadership role for someone who enjoys both running the planning engine and fixing what's not working. The Supply Chain Manager will own finished goods (FG) and FF&P supply planning, ensuring demand signals, constraints, and inventory policies translate into executable, accurate plans. This person will partner closely with regional and global stakeholders, drive continuous improvement, and play a key role in scenario planning and decision support.

• Key Responsibilities
  Lead FG and FF&P supply planning, ensuring alignment with demand priorities, business rules, and operational constraints
• Own dependent requirements planning from FG to FF&P, generating netted AI demand signals and completing constrained supply plans
• Execute MRP with defined freeze periods to generate accurate planned orders; own demand netting within the supply region
• Manage MRP exception handling, validating and resolving issues sequentially and ensuring completeness and accuracy of MRP outputs
• Own FG and bulk inventory planning in partnership with Inventory Management, including lead times, safety stock, and inventory targets
• Implement and refine safety stock policies to balance service levels and working capital
• Prepare supply plans by reviewing planning data, netting policies, BoMs, capacity alignment, and data accuracy (including data cleaning and validation)
• Support the SIOP process by preparing inputs for regional supply reviews and incorporating allocation decisions and global constraints
• Perform scenario modeling to evaluate trade-offs, assess risks, and support data-driven decision-making
• Coordinate execution feasibility across key stakeholders, including Tollers, Material Planners, AI Planners, and Schedulers
• Validate intercompany