Senior Supply Planner

Descripción del puesto

The Senior Supply Planner manages, analyzes, and executes strategic long-range supply and capacity planning, as well as pre-season and in-season supply planning, to optimize product availability across global markets.This role assesses and mitigates potential supply risks at critical go-to-market (GTM) milestones, including demand variations, capacity constraints, fabric and material shortages, and forecast variances.Success requires strong relationships with internal stakeholders—including product supply, brand, and commercial planning teams—and external vendors. You will use analytical insights to support decisions and ensure planning processes are integrated and aligned across regions.Key Responsibilities

• Support long-range planning (LRP) with internal and external stakeholders, developing robust plans aligned with sourcing strategy and key planning scenarios.
• Support the Planning Manager in validating forecasts and translating merchandise financial planning (MFP) forecasts into capacity, allocation, and material requirements.
• Use forecasts, historical data, and business insights to provide initial guidance to the vendor allocation team and validate plans at critical GTM milestones.
• Translate regional distribution center receipt plans into purchase order (PO) placement schedules.
• Interpret regional demand forecasts and market information to guide seasonal and long-range planning decisions.
• Validate and present consolidated supply forecasts to provide a consistent source of information for product supply decisions.
• Support existing planning processes and identify improvements aligned with team and company strategy.
• Create and maintain seasonal buying plans, optimize global PO placement schedules, and define buying strategies. Consider long lead times, minimum order quantities, surcharge avoidance, buying windows, holiday shutdowns, and material pre-positioning.
• Update buying plans monthly to reflect changes in requirements and capacity.
• Drive the monthly need-to-buy process and maintain seasonal buying and shipping calendars.
• Consolidate capacity risk assessments and coordinate resolutions with regional planning teams.
• Partner with capacity planning teams to identify risks and implement mitigation measures, such as fair-share allocation, pre-building, production deferrals, reallocation, and capacity increases.
• Work with material planning teams to optimize lead times while balancing inventory liability.
• Oversee buying execution to ensure alignment with decisions made during global consensus meetings.
• Coordinate data collection and system setup to support smooth buying execution.
• Consolidate capacity and production planning updates for regional stakeholders.
• Identify and implement process improvements that support a customer-focused approach.
• Drive departmental KPIs, including on-time production (OTP), acceptance rates, calendar execution, fill rates, and management reporting.
• Support quality, corporate social responsibility, and other relevant brand requirements

Requisitos

Key Competencies

• End-to-End Supply Chain Knowledge: Strong understanding of how supply planning connects with demand, production, materials, logistics, and merchandising.
• Capacity Modeling and Scenario Planning: Ability to model production capacity, identify constraints, and evaluate alternative scenarios.
• Analytical Decision-Making: Ability to analyze complex datasets and translate insights into actionable strategies.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration and Influence: Experience working across functions and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Process Discipline: Strong understanding of planning cycles, governance routines, and planning parameters.
• Communication and Presentation: Ability to clearly explain supply risks, options, and decisions to technical and executive audiences.
• Continuous Improvement: Experience improving planning efficiency through process redesign, automation, or better data.
• Change Management: Experience supporting new processes, technologies, and organizational structures.
• Global Mindset: Cultural awareness and sensitivity when working across diverse markets and environments.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations Management, Engineering, or a related field. An MBA or relevant master’s degree is preferred.
• Three to five years of experience in supply chain management, with a strong background in capacity and production planning or a related field.
• Proven experience managing global teams across multiple countries.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
• Proficiency in supply chain management software and tools, such as SAP, Oracle, or JDA.
• Advanced analytical skills to interpret data, identify trends, and support decisions. Experience with Excel, Power BI, or Tableau is a plus.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a track record of improving processes in a global setting

Beneficios

Competitive compensation
Hybrid work scheme