Materials Planning & Supplier Operations Manager

Major Accountabilities

• Accountable for ensuring end‑to‑end material and service availability required to support safe, compliant, and uninterrupted manufacturing operations at the Indianapolis manufacturing campus.
• Integrates material planning, purchasing execution, supplier performance management, and site procurement for services and capital investments (CAPEX).
• Translates demand and investment needs into executable supply and sourcing strategies, improving planning stability, safeguarding production continuity, and enabling disciplined capital deployment across the site.
• Operates effectively in a complex, multi‑technology manufacturing environment and scales with evolving operational scope.
• Owns site‑level materials planning execution, ensuring effective use of MRP logic, parameters, and planning calendars across operations.
• Drives time‑phased, exception‑based material planning to reduce replanning, manual overrides, and reactive purchasing.
• Leads root‑cause analysis for material‑driven production disruptions, including shortages, supplier constraints, and planning inaccuracies.
• Partners with Production Planning to ensure material feasibility is embedded in executable production schedules.
• Owns end‑to‑end procurement execution for Direct and indirect production materials, site‑based services supporting manufacturing operations, and Capital equipment and infrastructure (CAPEX).
• Ensures purchasing activities are compliant with global sourcing strategies, financial controls, and procurement policies.
• Provides governance and prioritization for CAPEX sourcing activities, ensuring alignment with project timelines, technical requirements, and budget constraints.
• Directly manages a dedicated CAPEX buyer, providing oversight, prioritization, and development.
• Owns site‑level supplier performance for materials, services, and CAPEX, including delivery reliability, responsiveness, and issue resolution.
• Proactively identifies and escalates supply, capacity, or commercial risks impacting production continuity or capital delivery.
• Drives corrective actions with suppliers, Engineering, Quality, and Global Procurement partners.
• Actively manages inventory risk, including excess, expired, blocked, slow‑moving, and obsolete materials.
• Defines coverage strategies and safety stocks aligned with criticality, lead times, and operational risk profiles.
• Supports working capital optimization while protecting operational continuity.
• Serves as the site owner for material readiness and procurement performance discussions in execution and escalation forums.
• Provides credible inputs into site S&OP processes, including material, supplier, and capacity risk scenarios.
• Establishes and continuously improves planning, procurement, and supplier governance standards, KPIs, and ways of working across the site.
• Acts as a capability builder for planners and buyers, reinforcing planning discipline, structured problem solving, and accountability.
• Ensures full compliance with GMP, SOX, financial controls, and procurement governance, including documentation and audit readiness.
• Maintains high data quality in ERP systems (D365, SAP), including material masters, purchasing info records, lead times, and planning parameters.
• Key Performance Indicators:
  • Supply & Execution
    • Production schedule adherence attributable to material readiness
    • Number and severity of material‑or supplier‑driven production disruptions
    • Supplier OTIF / delivery confirmation adherence
  • Planning Stability
    • Replanning frequency caused by material or supplier constraints
    • MRP exception aging and resolution speed
  • Planning parameter adherence (lead times, safety stocks)
• Procurement & CAPEX
  • CAPEX sourcing cycle time vs. project milestones
  • Compliance to procurement and financial controls
  • Quality and timeliness of supplier issue resolution
• Inventory & Cost
  • Inventory value vs. target by material class
  • Inventory write‑offs / expiry
  • Expedite, premium freight, and unplanned procurement costs

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Professional certification (CPIM, CSCP, PMP), or MBA is preferred.
• English fluency required.
• +5 years progressive experience in materials planning…