Network Planning Manager

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Network Planning Manager (NPM) supports the Brita Business Unit (BU) by conducting medium term (3-24 months) supply planning and supply matching analysis, identifying key tradeoffs and framing potential strategies to achieve long term business objectives. In addition to Network Planning, they provide strategic thought leadership and own the long-term supply sufficiency process, driving cross‑functional collaboration and managing budgets within financial cycles.

This role will also serve as the on‑site liaison for the Brita IBP team, facilitating communication, coordination, and engagement across the team as well as acting in a mentorship capacity – providing guidance, trouble‑shooting support, and thought‑leadership for the other members of the team.

• Defines inventory policy and working capital requirements through end‑to‑end capacity planning over planning horizon, rough cut capacity planning during S&OP cycles, and scenario planning.
• Rebuild a robust process to monitor and facilitate lifecycle and portfolio management, including innovation, discontinuations, and managing against D&D targets and Financial Budgets, in coordination with Finance and Supply Chain resources.
• Owns medium term supply plan based on demand forecast, network capacity, and strategic inventory decisions.
• Plans against demand scenarios, highlighting risk and opportunities, capacity tradeoffs, and P&L implications.
• Develops supply narrative to communicate with leadership and cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Enhance current reporting and analysis capabilities through utilization of data, visualization and AI with a continuous improvement mindset.

• Monitors and adjusts constraints throughout planning cycle to ensure accuracy in plan.
• Responsible for reviewing KPIs and plan performance, identifying root cause if we are off‑track and recommending corrective actions as necessary.
  
  Assesses network bottlenecks and options to resolve (capacity, inventory policy, network design) in a long‑lead time business with unique challenges of an international supply chain.
• Coordinate supply planning efforts for multiple new adjacency launches within the next few fiscal years.

• Strengthen the Brita IBP team, providing valuable thought leadership, mentorship, and serving as a delegate of the IBP Lead for Leadership team meetings, as needed.
• Maintains close contact with S&O Manager & Inventory Planner to understand the impact of short‑term issues that could create risk to long‑term supply plan.
• Acts as primary IBP commercialization lead for the Supply Chain Squad and Innovation teams, to ensure end‑to‑end business decision making and execution.
• Communicates proactively to understand key supply plan inputs (marketing, sales, finance) to improve quality of plans.
• Actively fosters and contributes to community of like‑practitioners.
• Coaches and develops IBP team / commercialization project teams indirectly to upskill teammates.

• Develops and owns assumptions for business budget processes, including sourcing plans, inventory targets, plant production and warehousing requirements for each budget cycle.

• BS/BA Degree from an accredited institution in Engineering, Supply Chain or Predictive Analytics.
• 10+ years industry experience, CPG / fast moving consumer preferred.
• Recent S&OP / supply planning experience.
• Operational experience in supply chain operations (e.g., manufacturing, logistics, DC ops, inventory planning).
• Experience using advanced planning software tools including ERP / supply planning tools, with preference for Kinaxis & SAP S4
  
  Hana & Net Suite.
• Experience interfacing and influencing across multiple functions.
• Strategic Thinking:
  Develop forward‑looking business strategies from diverse data.
• Financial Acumen:
  Manage working capital and P&L impacts of supply chain decisions.
• Data Mastery:
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