Supply Planning Manager
Listed on 2026-08-30
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Supply Chain/Logistics
Supply Chain Management, Logistics Coordination, Inventory Control & Analysis, Procurement / Purchasing
Supply Planning Manager Position Summary
The Supply Planner is responsible for developing and maintaining supply plans that support the company's Integrated Business Planning (IBP/SIOP) process across a 100% outsourced contract manufacturing network. This role translates demand forecasts into capacity-constrained supply plans, performs rough-cut capacity planning, identifies supply risks and opportunities, and supports executive decision-making through scenario analysis and supply planning insights. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in supply planning within a contract manufacturing environment, strong analytical capabilities, advanced Excel skills, and deep SAP expertise.
Experience in Medical Device or other highly regulated industries is preferred.
- Develop and maintain rolling supply plans that support the monthly IBP/SIOP process and planning horizon.
- Translate demand forecasts into feasible, capacity-constrained supply plans across a network of contract manufacturing partners.
- Lead rough-cut capacity planning (RCCP) activities to evaluate manufacturing capabilities and identify constraints, risks, and opportunities.
- Evaluate inventory, capacity, and service tradeoffs to support business objectives and customer requirements.
- Monitor supply-demand imbalances and develop recommendations to address potential shortfalls or excess capacity.
- Support annual operating plans, budget cycles, and long-range planning activities.
- Perform scenario modeling and what-if analyses to support strategic business decisions, product launches, demand fluctuations, and supply disruptions.
- Identify emerging supply risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure continuity of supply.
- Develop insights and recommendations related to inventory, capacity, service levels, and supply chain resilience.
- Prepare materials and analyses for Supply Review and Executive IBP/SIOP meetings.
- Utilize SAP planning tools to develop supply plans, analyze requirements, and maintain planning data.
- Create and maintain advanced Excel-based planning models, reports, dashboards, and analytical tools.
- Ensure planning assumptions, master data, and reporting structures remain accurate and aligned with business requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to planning processes, data quality, and reporting capabilities.
- Partner with Demand Planning to understand forecast assumptions, demand changes, product launches, and business priorities.
- Evaluate the supply and capacity implications of demand changes and provide recommendations to support consensus planning.
- Support alignment between customer demand expectations and supply capabilities.
- Collaborate with contract manufacturers to understand production capacity, lead times, operational constraints, and long-term capability plans.
- Facilitate discussions regarding capacity availability, inventory strategies, and supply risk mitigation.
- Ensure supply plans are aligned with manufacturing capabilities across the external network.
- Partner with Procurement to evaluate supplier constraints, material availability, and sourcing risks that may impact supply plans.
- Incorporate material availability assumptions into supply planning and capacity assessments.
- Support supplier and contract manufacturer performance reviews through planning insights and analytics.
- Collaborate with Finance to align supply plans with financial objectives, inventory targets, and annual operating plans.
- Provide supply planning assumptions and scenario analyses to support budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning.
- Assess the financial implications of inventory, capacity, and supply chain decisions.
- Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to ensure supply plans reflect product lifecycle requirements, validation activities, regulatory changes, and compliance considerations.
- Support planning decisions within FDA, ISO 13485, GMP, or other highly regulated environments.
- Present supply plans, capacity assessments, key risks, and scenario analyses during Supply Review and Executive IBP/SIOP meetings.
- Provide data-driven recommendations that support informed decision-making regarding service, inventory, capacity, and financial performance.
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5–8+ years of experience in Supply Planning, Capacity Planning, Network Planning, or Integrated Business Planning.
- Experience supporting a 100% contract manufacturing business model.
- Demonstrated expertise in rough-cut capacity planning (RCCP) and translating demand forecasts into executable supply plans.
- Minimum 5–8 years of SAP experience,…
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