Title: Director of Planning
Position Overview: The Director of Demand Planning will lead the end2end Demand and Supply Planning, and S&OP process and tools. This role is responsible for the development and implementation of strategies to improv forecasting, reduce working capital and deliver great customer service. The Director should drive results through strong collaboration with customer service supply chain, operations, procurement, logistics, and commercial sales leadership. The Director is accountable for driving continuous improvement and keeping current on industry tends and tech advances.
This position will be based out of Cincinnati, OH and will report into the VP, Global Supply Chain.
Responsibilities:
- Leads a team of 70 colleagues, with 6 direct reports
- Leads end2end global supply planning and processes and tools for Demand, Supply, and S&OP planning
- Develop/execute the global planning functional plan, addressing process, tech and organizational structure
- Monitors planning and inventory management processes
- Advocate for supply chain excellence
- Has and drives a significant influence on the global product supply
- Responsible for developing and executing forecast, supply planning and S&OP strategies to align with commercial strategies
- On-going leadership of the Sales and Operations Planning process
- Responsible for the global supply planning talent strategy
- Satisfy global leveraging of industry best practices and incorporation of industry trends and tech advances
- Member of the Global Supply Chain leadership team
- KPI accountability
- Accountability for global planning budget
Requirements:
- 10+ years of progressive leadership experience
- 5-10+ years of planning experience
- A. required
- Deep understanding of demand and supply planning and how it impacts company results
- Deep understanding of S&OP planning
- Strong business and financial acumen
- Analytical
- Experience with integrating acquisitions
- Strong communication skills verbally and in writing
- CPG background
- Strong leadership experience
- Global experience preferred
