Sr. Manager, S&OP & Network Planning

Sr. Manager, S&OP & Network Planning

Location:

Vadnais Heights, MN | Hybrid

IP Corporation is a privately held, family-owned chemical manufacturing organization with more than 70 years of stability, innovation, and growth. Headquartered in Minnesota, IP Corporation supports a portfolio of operating companies that manufacture and distribute resins, gel coats, composite materials, and specialty polymer solutions used across a wide range of industrial applications.

Our operating companies—Interplastic Corporation, North American Composites, HK Research, and Molding Products—work together to deliver technical expertise, high-quality products, and long-term partnerships to customers around the world. We are known for our customer-first mindset, strong technical capabilities, and collaborative culture built on trust, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Lead Enterprise Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

• Design, implement, and continuously improve the end-to-end S&OP process across eight manufacturing locations and multiple operating companies.
• Establish governance, planning calendars, standard work, and decision-making frameworks that drive consistency across the organization.
• Facilitate executive-level S&OP meetings while driving alignment between commercial, operations, finance, and supply chain leadership.
• Integrate demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and financial objectives into a unified operating plan.
• Lead scenario planning and "what-if" analyses to support strategic business decisions.
• Translate business strategy into actionable supply, inventory, and capacity plans.
• Identify operational risks, capacity constraints, and business tradeoffs while developing mitigation strategies.
• Measure performance against S&OP plans and drive accountability across the enterprise.

Drive Demand & Supply Integration

• Partner with demand planning, procurement, manufacturing, and operations teams to develop feasible production plans.
• Balance customer demand with manufacturing capacity, inventory levels, and material availability.
• Develop contingency plans for supply, labor, or capacity constraints.
• Promote planning consistency across operating companies while accounting for site-specific operational needs.
• Oversee Network Planning & Production Scheduling
• Provide strategic oversight of production planning across the manufacturing network.
• Develop and maintain enterprise-level master production schedules aligned with S&OP outputs.
• Support and mentor plant schedulers to ensure local execution aligns with corporate priorities.
• Provide hands-on scheduling support during critical business needs or staffing gaps.
• Monitor capacity utilization and manufacturing constraints while communicating impacts to business leadership.

Leverage Data to Drive Better Decisions

• Develop dashboards and reporting that provide visibility into planning performance across the organization.
• Monitor key planning metrics including service levels, forecast accuracy, capacity utilization, inventory performance, and plan adherence.
• Deliver actionable insights around demand variability, operational performance, and supply chain risks.
• Support ongoing development of planning systems, reporting tools, and analytics capabilities.
• Champion Continuous Improvement
• Standardize planning processes across operating companies.
• Identify opportunities to improve forecasting accuracy, planning discipline, and overall S&OP maturity.
• Support implementation and optimization of ERP, planning, and digital supply chain tools.
• Build organizational capability through coaching, collaboration, and best-practice development.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Integrated Business Planning (IBP), supply chain planning, network planning, or production scheduling.
• Experience designing and leading enterprise S&OP processes across multiple manufacturing locations or business units.
• Strong background facilitating…