Manager, Procurement - Inventory Planning

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.

What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model .

Job Description Join CHEP as a Manager, Procurement Inventory Planning and take ownership of strategic procurement, inventory optimization, and demand planning across a vast North American network of 140+ service centers. This is a high-impact opportunity for a results-driven supply chain professional to lead sourcing initiatives, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and drive cost, efficiency, and operational excellence on a continental scale.

Position

Purpose:

This role is responsible for the implementation, optimization, execution, KPI tracking, maintenance and improvements around procurement initiatives; vertical integration (VI) of raw materials and operation process improvements from a procurement perspective. Additional responsibilities will be demand planning, sourcing execution, and purchase order guidance of Cap Ex NPM lumber and OpEx repair lumber across the entire network to include the U.S., Canada and Latin America sourcing and demand.

This includes the optimization, planning and execution of the lumber needs for the entire plant and supplier network throughout North America to optimize supplier usage and inventory efficiency to drive the delivered cost of lumber and pallets to exceed budgeted objectives.

This position will guide the daily lumber planning with the optimal source points for each of the 140+ service centers across the network to ensure volume allocation and demand meet the business needs and ensure that the source points for the lumber is at the optimal level to meet or exceed the Weighted Average Cost OpEx budget. In addition, the position will also be responsible for the planning and execution around the Cap Ex requests for NPM on a quarterly basis working directly with the S&OP team to ensure compliance within given demand and forecasts.

What You Will Do Major/

Key Accountabilities:

To ensure timely execution of monthly and daily planning needs for the business

Partner with S&OP team to guarantee alignment between forecasts, demand and daily execution match the planning and daily PO requirements

Liaison between Internal stakeholders (Business), Suppliers, IT, Procurement organization, Vendors, and Sawmills to ensure efficiencies across operations

Communicate change with key internal and external stakeholders

Train, mentor, keep informed Procurement Ops members and stakeholders updated on progress and changes

Tracking and reporting of critical KPIsWhat You Will Bring

Qualifications:

Procurement Planning and Demand experience preferred

Project Management Certified, Lean Six Sigma Certified ideal

Optimization experience preferred

Java Script/coding experience preferred BS in Supply Chain and Engineering preferred. BS in Business Management, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent experience acceptable

Experience:

5 - 10 years of procurement planning and demand experience in operations

Demonstrated successful experience…