Sr Materials Mgmt Manager

This Sr Materials Mgmt. Manager position reports to the Sr Director of Planning for the Refrigerants and Applied Solution business unit of Solstice Advanced Materials. They are part of a global planning team driving the Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) process to enable material flow from suppliers through manufacturing operations, across distribution networks, and to our customers. The scope of this position includes leading global supply planning processes for an assigned product line within the Refrigerants and Applied Solutions business unit.

This Sr Manager role drives collaboration across the functions to reach consensus on plans that support customer needs and business objectives which requires strong team leadership, financial acumen, and business process knowledge. This role will also lead and manage a team of production and materials planners responsible for daily and weekly scheduling to achieve on-time customer delivery and drive financial results.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Supply SIOP team in the creation of a consensus rolling production plan for the 18-month period by product line and by region, consistent with planning strategies, target inventory policies, and available capacity (RCCP or Rough-Cut Capacity Plan) across a global network.
• Generate a preliminary monthly purchase plan aligned to constrained production plan and considering supplier contracts and capacities.
• Generate and optimize a monthly inventory projection based on the demand and supply plans.
• Balance supply with demand and communicate risks and opportunities to highlight gaps and facilitate business decision-making.
• Lead segment supply meetings and actively participate in financial reconciliation and executive SIOP meetings to elevate key issues and drive decisions.
• Partner with inventory planner to set and optimize inventory targets and planning strategies for major products with input from business and segment leaders to improve working capital turns while supporting customer service levels.
• Maintain supply planning-related master data (inventory safety stock, lot sizing, planning time fences) within our SAP planning system of record.
• Implement replenishment strategies (Make to forecast, Make to order, etc.) and associate time fence policies through master data.
• Prepare and provide supply-related data as required to support sourcing, STRAP, AOP, financial, and SIOP business processes as required.
• Drive supply network optimization for cost, capacity, and customer service.
• Manage a team of production, distribution, and material planners to drive finite scheduling and execution of the supply plans to fulfill customer orders, including material planning and production at internal and external locations.
• Align team goals/objectives with process and systems implementation, including driving improved maturity in planning tools.
• Supply chain focal point for new product introduction, new business/policies & manufacturing footprint change initiatives.
• Partner with the business to drive alignment between the demand forecast, supply plan and financial outlooks that will enable success for the business.

YOU MUST HAVE

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience working in manufacturing, supply chain, commercial, or finance is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Engineering or similar field is required.

WE VALUE

• Experience in supply planning including global, constrained supply networks with demonstrated success in driving planning solutions.
• Knowledge of logistics and global supply chain challenges.
• Understand financial tradeoffs and ability to quantify scenarios for leadership decision making.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive accountability.
• Demonstrated ability to identify business process issues and opportunities and to implement effective improvements.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including ability to influence others and resolve conflicts to drive business results.
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing a team of direct reports.
• Experience using SAP functional modules (Planning, Sales and Delivery, Finance).
• Experie…