Senior Supply Chain Planner, SI&OP

Senior Supply Chain Planner, SI&OP — Build the Planning Engine, Don't Just Run It

The Opportunit

yMost planning jobs are autopilot. This one is a build

.Our client — the North American arm of a global industrial components group serving heavy-industry manufacturers — is moving from a reactive, manual planning environment to a proactive, well-structured one. They're activating MRP in a tier-one ERP, standing up a real Sales & Operations Planning (SI&OP) cadence, and they need a senior planner to own that transformation end to end

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If you're a high-performer who's bored maintaining someone else's system and wants to design, implement, and drive the process yourself, this is your sea

t.What You'll O

• wnThe material planning bra
  in of a finished-goods distribution operation: right parts, right place, right time, at the lowest sensible invento
• ryMRP activation and tuni
  ng — shaping parameters, safety stock, and reorder logic, not just maintaining defaul
• tsSI&OP from the ground up — building the forecasting engine and driving a monthly cadence with sal
• esLong lead-time global sourci
  ng — planning overseas inbound supply against limited forecast signal, and bringing the controllable variables under contr
• ol Process desi
  gn — diagnosing gaps, recommending fixes, getting the green light, and implementi

ng
What You  

• ing7+ years in materials, supply, or demand planning, with genuine SI&OP / S&OP ownership (not just participati
• on)
  A track record of standing up or maturing a planning process — MRP activation, parameter discipline, safety stock / reorder point / ABC optimizat
• ionERP fluency with MRP (SAP, Oracle, Infor, or comparab
• le)
  Experience managing long-lead global inbound sup
• ply Manufacturing or production-planning literacy — the factories and the customers are manufacturers, and you can speak their langu
• ageAPICS / ASCM credential (CPIM or CSCP) a strong p
• lusA collaborative, team-first working style: you listen, flex, and pitch in on a small, diverse team that covers for each ot

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Why This

• RoleA real build chall
  enge — the opposite of an autopilot
• jobWork-life balance treated as sa
• cred Leadership that lis
  tens — regular town halls and an open-door cul
• tureA growing, global organiza
  tion with a strong North American footprint and recent industry accol
• adesLoca
  tion — the O'Hare corridor, the heart of one of the strongest supply chain talent markets in the cou

ntryDet

• ails
  
  On-site role in the northwest Chicago sub
• urbs Individual contributor position — influence through process and partnership, not headc
• ount Competitive six-figure compensa

tes.
Our client is an equal opportunity empl