Supply Chain Manager

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Regular Full Time Libertyville, IL, US

5 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $93,500.00 To $ Annually

Headquartered in Libertyville, IL, Sumitomo Biorational Company is the Global Center of Excellence for Biorational Innovation, advancing integrated, science-driven solutions in agriculture, public health, forest health, and environmental markets. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Biorational operates through three divisions:
Agro Solutions, Environmental Health (MGK), and Public Health & Forest Health, leveraging decades of expertise to drive innovation and sustainability for customers worldwide.

The Supply Chain Planning Manager is responsible for leading the end-to-end supply planning process across outsourced manufacturing (tolling), Active Ingredient (AI) material planning, inventory management, and commodity planning governance. This role ensures the effective balance between customer service, inventory optimization, working capital, manufacturing capacity, and total supply chain costs while supporting business growth and strategic objectives.

The position serves as a key leader within the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process, translating demand signals into executable supply, inventory, and material plans. The Supply Chain Planning Manager collaborates closely with Procurement, Manufacturing, External Manufacturing, Customer Service, Finance, Quality, Regulatory, and Commercial teams to ensure resilient supply, optimized inventory investment, and strong planning discipline across the organization.

This role is accountable for developing planning capabilities, driving continuous improvement initiatives, governing MRP processes and parameters, and leading a team responsible for toll manufacturing planning, inventory planning, and material planning activities.

• Lead the end-to-end production planning process for external manufacturing partners (tollers), ensuring alignment with demand forecasts, inventory targets, service objectives, and financial plans.
• Develop and maintain short-, medium-, and long-term production schedules for outsourced manufacturing operations.
• Partner with external manufacturers to validate capacity, identify constraints, evaluate scenarios, and mitigate supply risks.
• Ensure availability of active ingredients, raw materials, and packaging materials required for tolling operations.
• Oversee subcontracting processes, including material staging, production execution, inventory reconciliation, and SAP transaction accuracy.
• Drive performance management and continuous improvement initiatives across the tolling network.
• Support new product introductions through integrated planning of materials, production capacity, logistics, and inventory readiness.
• Lead supply planning inputs for S&OP, IBP, and S&OE processes related to toll manufacturing operations.
• Lead MRP planning activities for Active Ingredients to ensure uninterrupted supply to internal plants and external manufacturing partners.
• Develop procurement and replenishment plans considering lead times, production requirements, inventory targets, and business priorities.
• Monitor supplier performance, material availability, and supply risks, implementing mitigation plans when necessary.
• Collaborate closely with Procurement to ensure strategic alignment and adequate material coverage.
• Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to support business continuity and risk management.
• Optimize inventory levels while minimizing obsolescence and excess inventory exposure.

• Develop and execute inventory strategies aligned with service level, working capital, and financial objectives.
• Own inventory projections and provide 24-to-36-month visibility for inventory and cash flow planning.
• Establish inventory policies, safety stock strategies, and inventory segmentation methodologies.
• Lead inventory optimization initiatives focused on reducing excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory.
• Monitor inventory health metrics including inventory turns, aging, service levels, and working capital performance.
• Lead cross-functional inventory governance forums and SLOB reduction initiatives.
• Provide inventory-related insights and recommendations to Finance and Executive Leadership teams.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve inventory visibility, analytics, and decision-making processes.

• Lead material planning processes for key commodities and strategic raw materials.
• Govern MRP processes, planning parameters, master data integrity, and replenishment policies across the supply chain.
• Ensure standardization and compliance with MRP planning…