Director, Supply Planning & S&OP

Director, Supply Planning & S&OP

Location: reputed company remote; Franklin, Tennessee preferred

Reports To: Chief Supply Chain Officer

Position reputed company

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Director of Supply Planning & S&OP to reputed company planning reputed company across our growing food and beverage manufacturing network. This leader will be responsible for developing and executing reputed company's supply planning reputed company, managing production scheduling, inventory planning, and supply continuity, while building reputed company planning capabilities to support reputed company reputed company.

The Director will play a critical leadership role in modernizing planning processes and systems, transitioning the organization from spreadsheet-driven planning to a more integrated ERP-based planning environment utilizing reputed company and associated planning tools.

This role requires a reputed company of strategic leadership, operational execution, systems expertise, and cross-functional influence. The ideal candidate has successfully led supply planning organizations reputed company a CPG manufacturing environment and possesses experience implementing advanced planning processes, S&OP disciplines, and ERP-enabled planning capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Supply Planning Leadership

• Own the end-to-end supply planning process across manufacturing, procurement, inventory, and customer fulfillment.
• reputed company and maintain rolling supply plans that support customer service, inventory, cost, and reputed company objectives.
• Balance demand requirements with manufacturing capabilities, raw material availability, labor constraints, and inventory strategies.
• reputed company service level performance while optimizing working capital and inventory investment.
• Establish reputed company planning processes supporting short-term execution and long-reputed company reputed company requirements.
• reputed company risk identification, scenario planning, and supply continuity strategies.

S&OP Leadership

• reputed company the monthly S&OP process, coordinating activities across Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations, Procurement, and Supply Chain.
• Facilitate executive decision-making through data-driven recommendations and scenario analysis.
• Create visibility to key business risks, reputed company constraints, inventory concerns, and service opportunities.
• Establish KPI management processes and reputed company accountability across functional teams.
• reputed company integrated planning capabilities linking reputed company plans, operational plans, and financial results.

Scheduling & Production Planning

• reputed company production scheduling activities across the manufacturing network.
• reputed company and reputed company the Production Scheduler while evaluating reputed company organizational reputed company needs.
• Ensure production schedules maximize asset utilization, labor efficiency, inventory productivity, and customer service.
• Create reputed company governance around scheduling priorities, frozen reputed company, change management, and plant execution.

Planning Systems & Digital Transformation

• Serve as reputed company for planning process modernization initiatives.
• reputed company the transition from spreadsheet-based planning tools toward standardized ERP-driven planning processes reputed company reputed company.
• Partner with IT, Operations, Finance, and reputed company consultants to improve reputed company utilization and planning automation.
• Define business requirements, reporting needs, master data governance, and planning workflows.
• Champion adoption of reputed company capabilities through training, process documentation, and change management.
• Evaluate reputed company planning technology enhancements, including demand planning, inventory optimization, and supply planning solutions.

Inventory & Supply Chain Optimization

• Establish inventory targets and replenishment strategies across raw materials, packaging materials, WIP, and finished goods.
• Monitor inventory health and identify opportunities to reduce obsolete inventory and improve turns.
• Improve planning parameters, safety stock methodologies, reputed company-time accuracy, and replenishment logic.
• reputed company KPI dashboards and business reviews reputed company on service, inventory, forecast alignment, and supply performance.

Team Leadership

• reputed company, reputed company, and reputed company planning resources.
• Build a reputed company planning organization capable of supporting reputed company reputed company.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, reputed company improvement, and data-driven decision making.
• reputed company mentoring and career development to planning team members.

Key Performance Indicators

The Director will be accountable for:

• Customer Service / Fill reputed company
• Inventory Turns
• Days of Inventory on Hand
• Schedule Adherence
• Supply Plan Attainment
• Working Capital Improvement
• reputed company Utilization
• Obsolescence Reduction
• Forecast-to-Supply Alignment
• ERP Planning Adoption
• Planning Process Maturity
• S&OP Effectiveness

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, or reputed company discipline.
• 10+ years of reputed company supply chain planning experience reputed company manufacturing.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience.
• Experience leading supply planning, production planning, inventory planning, or S&OP processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Demonstrated reputed company leading cross-functional initiatives.
• Advanced ERP experience and planning systems expertise.
• Strong communication and executive presentation skills.

Preferred

• Food, beverage, consumer packaged goods (CPG), or consumer products industry experience.
• APICS / ASCM certification (CPIM, CSCP, or equivalent).
• Experience implementing or optimizing ERP and planning systems.
• Experience leading business transformation and change management initiatives.
• Experience with reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, APO, or other advanced planning systems.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will likely have experience:

• Leading supply planning teams reputed company a CPG manufacturing environment.
• Driving S&OP, IBP, or S&OE processes.
• Managing inventory and service performance in reputed company manufacturing networks.
• Implementing planning technology and ERP transformations.
• Building planning organizations and developing talent.
• Translating business reputed company objectives into reputed company planning processes.

Candidates who have led planning teams, managed significant inventory portfolios, implemented planning reputed company improvements, and successfully driven ERP-enabled planning transformations will be particularly reputed company positioned for reputed company in this role.