Global Capacity Planner

Role Overview

The Global Capacity Planner is an external-facing role that collaborates with Sales, Operations, Category Management, and Finance teams to ensure adequate component part capacity is in place for multi-branch shared external tooling and/or processes. The role continuously enhances the Capacity Planning process, manages supply constraints, and identifies and justifies capacity investment opportunities.

• Prepare models to plan tooling/process capacity of critical, multi-branch suppliers effectively and analyze short- and medium-term data from Sales, Operations, and Suppliers to monitor supply/customer demand balance.
• Develop recommendations to manage capacity/customer demand gaps and align with the Business, Sales, and Procurement teams.
• Identify continuous supply/demand gaps that represent opportunities to increase capacity and work with Category Management to develop cost-effective solutions; present recommendations to Purchasing, Finance, and Business Leadership.
• Design and maintain all performance capacity reports and statistics for management.
• Monitor multi-branch external supplier capacity to ensure adequate supply to meet customer demand.
• Prepare short-term and medium-term capacity adjustment recommendations; secure alignment with critical stakeholders.
• Develop processes to update and maintain effective capacity limits in supply-planning applications (Blue Yonder).
• Represent Procurement as the point of contact for critical supply-chain decisions tied to volume requirements.

Typical examples of metrics for this position include monitoring supply/demand balance, capacity utilization, and time to resolve supply constraints. (This is not a comprehensive list.)

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or Engineering.

• Strong ability to develop and maintain relationships, influence stakeholders, and drive outcomes.
• Business acumen and problem-solving skills.
• Strong data analysis and reporting skills.
• Experience collaborating with international teams including Asia and Europe.
• Familiarity with enterprise resource planning systems.
• Collaboration with other team members and departments.

Equal Employment Opportunity / Veterans / Disability Employer. Applicants in the United States:
Leggett & Platt Incorporated is an Equal Opportunity Employer.