Global Supply Planner

Job Description:

Title:

Global Supply Planner Department:
Supply Chain
- Global Supply Planning

Reports to:

Manager, Supply Chain
- Global Supply Planning

Location:

United States (Fremont, CA) - role supports domestic and global suppliers and may require periodic travel

The Global Supply Planner is a fully qualified, experienced professional and senior individual contributor who owns supplier allocation planning, supply continuity, and supplier performance across key suppliers and product families supporting Nextpower's large-scale solar project execution. The role applies advanced, wide-ranging supply-planning expertise to complex issues involving demand forecasts, supplier capacity, pricing agreements, contractual commitments, lead times, material readiness, and operational delivery requirements.

The role independently determines methods and procedures for new assignments, identifies and evaluates variable supply risks, develops mitigation and recovery strategies, and advises cross-functional and supplier stakeholders on tradeoffs that affect revenue, customer commitments, cost, service, and project execution. The Global Supply Planner partners with Sourcing, Engineering, Regional Delivery, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Project Operations to strengthen end-to-end visibility from purchase order through delivery and to drive tactical business targets without formal people-management responsibility.

• Own Complex Supply Allocation and Continuity
• Lead allocation planning and secure supply commitments using demand, capacity, pricing, contractual volume, lead-time, and project-priority inputs.
• Drive Supplier Performance and Accountability Improve OTS performance, establish supplier accountability, and lead cross-functional reviews and corrective actions.
• Resolve Complex Supply Risk and Protect Project Execution Identify gaps early, evaluate tradeoffs, and execute mitigation and recovery plans that protect revenue, schedules, and customer commitments.
• Advance Planning Systems, Visibility, and Scalable Practices Use MRP, Anaplan, Oracle, Excel, and Power BI to improve planning accuracy, end-to-end visibility, inventory health, and decision quality.

The Global Supply Planner independently owns supply planning execution for assigned suppliers and product families across domestic and global supply networks. Assignments routinely require in-depth evaluation of variable demand, capacity, pricing, contractual, lead-time, inventory, logistics, supplier-performance, and project-priority factors. Work is reviewed primarily upon completion for consistency with departmental objectives. Success is measured through supply continuity, OTS performance, material readiness, inventory health, business-risk reduction, project execution, and the ability to advise and influence stakeholders without formal authority.

• Supply Planning & Allocation Lead supplier allocation planning based on demand forecasts, supplier capacity, pricing agreements, contractual volume commitments, lead times, and project priorities.
• Secure supply commitments aligned with forecasted demand and sourcing strategies; balance availability with revenue and customer commitments.
• Monitor material readiness and communicate trade-offs to ensure alignment with production and project schedules.
• Supply Risk Management & Continuity Identify supply gaps early through proactive analysis of forecast, capacity, lead-time, inventory, and supplier constraints.
• Develop and execute mitigation and recovery plans; align owners, decision makers, and escalation paths to protect project timelines.
• Support supplier ramp-ups, capacity expansions, production readiness, and long-term supply agreements…