Supply Planner; Lead Material Planner

Job Title:

Supply Planner (Lead Material Planner)

Location:

Beaverton OR

Work Type:
Onsite

Schedule:

Flexible hours

Duration: 8 months

Hours:

40 hours / week

The Supply Planner (Lead Material Planner) is responsible for managing material planning for the apparel category focusing on mid- and long-range material plan health. This role ensures timely and accurate material forecasting identifies risks in material demand / capacity and drives strategies to support on-time finished goods delivery. The planner will lead cross-functional coordination partner on strategic planning initiatives and act as a subject matter expert (SME) for materials planning within a dynamic supply chain environment.

This role is ideal for a proactive analytical planner who excels in collaborative environments and thrives in driving innovation clarity and accountability across materials supply chain processes.

• Lead cross-functional efforts to identify and resolve risks and opportunities across the materials plan for a large sport and material class alignment.
• Collaborate with upstream partners to deliver clear accurate materials demand signals.
• Analyze material demand vs. capacity and implement mitigation processes to ensure timely material production.
• Help define and operationalize material lead-time strategies with internal supply chain partners.

• Coordinate seasonal readiness activities with sport category teams and senior planners.
• Serve as materials planning subject matter expert (SME) in key cross-functional engagements and special projects.
• Support tactical materials demand / supply management while contributing to long-range capability building.

• Partner with leadership to develop new strategies for a responsive and flexible materials supply chain.
• Identify opportunities to enhance processes in alignment with the broader materials supply chain strategy.
• Collaborate with technology and analytics teams to define system and reporting enhancements.

• Work closely with partners in materials sourcing materials manufacturing management costing development global supply planning merchandising planning and analytics.
• Build strong relationships across product and sport category teams to influence teams not directly aligned with supply chain functions.

• Develop tools and insights that support the analysis of key performance metrics.
• Communicate trends drivers and recommendations effectively through presentations and reports.
• Contribute to building an insights-first proactive planning culture.

Required

• Bachelors degree.
• 5-7 years of experience in supply chain materials planning demand planning production / manufacturing or logistics.
• Strong understanding of MRP fundamentals demand / supply planning production and capacity management.
• Knowledge of manufacturing best practices and ability to evaluate improvement opportunities.
• Strong analytical skills with experience creating tools for data and performance metric analysis.
• Excellent communication skills verbal written and presentation.
• Experience working cross-functionally in diverse environments.
• Proven ability to prioritize manage stakeholders and deliver results.
• Passion for product creation and continuous improvement.

Preferred

• Experience working with textiles or materials (not limited to apparel / footwear).
• Experience driving alignment across global or cross-cultural teams.
• Background in project management.
• Experience influencing non-supply-chain teams.

Onsite role requiring close collaboration with product sourcing planning and materials partners.

Work involves both system-based analysis and non-system collaborative planning.

Team is undergoing transformation emphasizing proactive insight generation over reactive system use.

• CAPACITY MANAGEMENT
• Material Planning
• Sport

• Kanban
• Inventory Control
• Purchasing
• Maximo
• SAP
• Supply Chain Experience
• Production Planning
• SAP ERP
• ERP Systems
• Materials Management
• Manufacturing
• MRP

Employment Type:

Full Time

Vacancy: 1