Industry: Enterprise Supply Chain Technology, AI-Enabled Planning, Consumer Goods, E-commerce Fulfillment, Manufacturing Operations, and Digital Logistics
Location: USA Remote
Compensation Package: $309K – $392K
We are a large, enterprise-scale organization supporting complex demand, supply, inventory, procurement, production, fulfillment, and customer delivery needs across the United States, spanning supply chain technology, AI-enabled planning, consumer goods, ecommerce fulfillment, and manufacturing operations. The company operates in a high-volume, data-driven environment where supply chain planning directly affects revenue continuity, service levels, inventory health, working capital, customer satisfaction, margin performance, and operational resilience.
This is not a traditional planning role focused only on forecasts, spreadsheets, or monthly supply reviews. Supply Chain Planning is treated as a strategic enterprise function that connects demand signals, inventory strategy, supplier readiness, production capacity, customer commitments, financial planning, logistics execution, and business growth. The organization expects planning leadership to create visibility, improve decision quality, reduce volatility, and help the company anticipate challenges before they impact customers or cost performance.
The company is continuing to invest in AI-enabled forecasting, demand sensing, inventory optimization, S&OP maturity, integrated business planning, capacity modeling, supply visibility, planning automation, exception management, supplier collaboration, and stronger analytics. As the business grows, leadership is seeking a Director of Supply Chain Planning who can bring structure, analytical depth, business partnership, and strong operating discipline to a complex enterprise planning environment.
The Director of Supply Chain Planning will lead planning strategy across demand planning, supply planning, inventory planning, capacity planning, replenishment, S&OP, forecasting accuracy, service-level planning, and planning governance. This leader will work closely with Supply Chain, Operations, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Finance, Sales, Customer Success, Data Analytics, Technology, Product, Vendor Management, and Executive Leadership to ensure planning decisions support customer demand, financial goals, and operational execution.
This role requires a leader who understands both planning strategy and the real-world complexity of supply chain execution. The ideal candidate will know how to improve forecast accuracy, balance inventory with service levels, manage supply constraints, strengthen cross-functional planning routines, improve data quality, lead planning teams, and translate demand signals into practical supply and inventory actions.
The selected candidate will help build a more mature, predictive, and scalable planning operating model. This includes improving planning governance, strengthening planning analytics, reducing manual processes, creating stronger decision routines, aligning demand and supply assumptions, improving inventory visibility, and supporting business leaders with clear recommendations.
This is a high-impact opportunity for a supply chain planning leader who wants to shape enterprise planning strategy, improve business predictability, and help a large operations-driven organization scale with stronger visibility, better decisions, and disciplined execution.
• Lead the company’s supply chain planning strategy across demand planning, supply planning, inventory planning, capacity planning, replenishment, S&OP, forecasting, and business planning routines.
• Build and execute a planning roadmap that improves forecast accuracy, inventory health, service levels, supplier readiness, operational efficiency, working capital discipline, and customer delivery performance.
• Oversee demand planning processes, including historical trend analysis, forecast modeling, customer demand signals, seasonality, promotional activity, market shifts, and sales input alignment.
• Lead supply planning activities to ensure inventory availability, supplier capacity, production readiness, procurement alignment, fulfillment support, and risk visibility.
• Strengthen inventory planning by improving safety stock strategy, reorder logic, replenishment models, slow-moving inventory visibility, excess inventory reduction, and stockout prevention.
• Own S&OP and integrated planning routines, including demand reviews, supply reviews, inventory reviews, executive planning meetings, risk reviews, and decision documentation.
• Partner with Finance to align planning assumptions with revenue forecasts, working capital targets, margin expectations, budget planning, and financial performance goals.
• Collaborate with Sales and Customer Success to understand customer demand, account growth, promotional plans, contract commitments, pipeline changes, and service expectations.
• Work with Procurement and Supplier Management to evaluate supplier lead times, capacity constraints, vendor readiness, purchase planning, and supply continuity risks.
• Partner with Logistics and Fulfillment teams to align planning decisions with warehouse capacity, transportation readiness, order flow, fulfillment timing, and customer delivery requirements.
• Develop planning dashboards and executive reporting covering forecast accuracy, demand variance, inventory turns, service levels, fill rates, supply constraints, capacity risk, and planning performance.
• Lead planning technology and automation improvements, including planning system enhancement, forecasting tools, demand sensing, AI-enabled analytics, exception-based planning, and data quality initiatives.
• Identify and resolve planning gaps, process breakdowns, inventory imbalances, forecast bias, supply risk, and cross-functional misalignment.
• Build, mentor, and lead planning team members while creating a culture of analytical discipline, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Logistics, Finance, Data Analytics, or a related field required.
• MBA, master’s degree, or advanced supply chain planning education strongly preferred.
• Professional certifications such as CSCP, CPIM, CLTD, IBF, Lean Six Sigma, PMP, or similar credentials preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in supply chain planning, demand planning, supply planning, inventory planning, S&OP, integrated business planning, production planning, or operations planning.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing planning teams, S&OP processes, demand planning functions, inventory planning programs, or enterprise planning operations.
• Experience within consumer goods, ecommerce fulfillment, manufacturing, retail operations, supply chain technology, logistics, healthcare products, industrial products, or large enterprise operations strongly preferred.
• Proven success in improving forecast accuracy, service levels, inventory turns, supply availability, planning visibility, and cross-functional planning discipline.
• Strong understanding of demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, capacity planning, replenishment, supplier constraints, lead times, S&OP, and integrated business planning.
• Experience with planning systems, ERP platforms, demand planning tools, inventory optimization systems, business intelligence platforms, and analytics tools.
• Familiarity with tools such as SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, Anaplan, o9 Solutions, E2open, Coupa, Power BI, Tableau, Snowflake, Excel, or similar platforms preferred.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret demand trends, planning signals, inventory data, forecast variance, financial assumptions, and operational constraints.
• Experience working with Supply Chain, Operations, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Finance, Sales, Customer Success, Data Analytics, Technology, and Executive Leadership.
• Excellent communication, leadership, process improvement, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
• Strategic planning leader with the ability to connect demand, supply, inventory, capacity, finance, logistics, and customer needs into one clear planning view.
• Highly analytical and detail-oriented, with strong ability to evaluate data, identify planning risks, and turn complex information into practical recommendations.
• Operationally strong, with a clear understanding of how planning decisions affect procurement, manufacturing, fulfillment, transportation, customer delivery, and cost performance.
• Financially aware, with the ability to balance service levels, inventory investment, working capital, margin impact, and operational efficiency.
• Strong cross-functional partner who can align Sales, Finance, Operations, Procurement, Logistics, Manufacturing, Technology, and Executive Leadership around shared planning assumptions.
• Comfortable leading through ambiguity, demand volatility, supplier constraints, inventory imbalance, data gaps, and fast-changing business priorities.
• Strong communicator who can explain planning tradeoffs, risks, constraints, and recommendations clearly to senior leaders and operating teams.
• Process-focused and improvement-minded, with the ability to build planning routines, standardize decision-making, reduce manual work, and improve planning maturity.
• Strong people leader who can develop planning talent, improve accountability, and build a team culture based on accuracy, ownership, and business partnership.
• High integrity and discretion when handling customer demand, supplier information, inventory data, financial forecasts, pricing assumptions, and executive planning materials.
The Director of Supply Chain Planning will provide strategic leadership by helping the organization improve planning visibility, reduce operational volatility, strengthen inventory decisions, and support profitable growth.
This role will support executive decision-making by providing clear insight into demand trends, supply constraints, inventory risk, forecast accuracy, capacity readiness, service-level exposure, and working capital impact. The Director will ensure planning is managed as a disciplined business capability rather than a reactive operational process.
Key areas of strategic support may include:
• Enterprise supply chain planning strategy and roadmap development.
• Demand planning and forecast accuracy improvement.
• Supply planning and supplier readiness visibility.
• Inventory optimization and working capital discipline.
• S&OP and integrated business planning leadership.
• Capacity planning and production readiness support.
• Demand sensing and AI-enabled forecasting improvement.
• Replenishment strategy and service-level planning.
• Planning analytics, dashboards, and executive reporting.
• Forecast bias, demand variance, and exception management.
• Cross-functional planning, governance, and decision routines.
• Planning technology modernization and automation.
• Risk management for supply constraints and demand volatility.
• Financial planning alignment and business performance support.
The Director of Supply Chain Planning will help ensure the organization can anticipate demand, prepare supply, manage inventory responsibly, and execute customer commitments with stronger confidence and control.
• Location: USA Remote.
• Primarily remote leadership environment with regular planning meetings, S&OP sessions, supply reviews, demand reviews, inventory reviews, financial planning discussions, and executive updates.
• Standard business hours with flexibility required during planning cycles, forecast reviews, supply disruptions, customer demand changes, seasonal volume periods, month-end reporting, or urgent inventory decisions.
• Occasional travel may be required for leadership off-sites, supplier meetings, distribution center visits, manufacturing planning sessions, customer planning meetings, technology workshops, or company gatherings.
• Regular collaboration with Supply Chain, Operations, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Finance, Sales, Customer Success, Data Analytics, Technology, Product, Vendor Management, and Executive Leadership.
• Fast-paced enterprise operations environment with high visibility around service levels, inventory availability, forecast quality, supply risk, working capital, and customer delivery performance.
• Role requires handling confidential demand forecasts, inventory plans, supplier constraints, customer commitments, financial data, planning assumptions, and executive materials with discretion.
• Supply Chain Planning Leadership
• Demand Planning
• Supply Planning
• Inventory Planning
• S&OP Leadership
• Integrated Business Planning
• Forecast Accuracy Improvement
• Capacity Planning
• Replenishment Strategy
• Planning Analytics
• Inventory Optimization
• Supplier Readiness Planning
• Working Capital Support
• AI-Enabled Forecasting
• Executive Planning Reporting
Compensation Package: $309K – $392K
The total compensation package may include base salary, performance-based bonus, supply chain planning incentives, operational performance incentives, long-term incentives, and additional leadership-level benefits depending on experience, qualifications, and final role alignment.
Benefits may include:
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Performance-based bonus eligibility.
• Supply chain performance and planning accuracy incentive opportunities.
• Long-term incentive opportunities.
• Retirement savings plan with company contribution.
• Paid time off and company holidays.
• USA remote work flexibility.
• High visibility across operations, finance, supply chain, and executive leadership.
• Professional development and planning leadership support.
• Support for supply chain planning, AI forecasting, S&OP, IBP, inventory optimization, Lean, Six Sigma, and analytics training.
• Wellness, employee assistance, and work-life support programs.
• Access to modern planning, ERP, supply chain visibility, analytics, forecasting, collaboration, and business intelligence platforms.
This is an opportunity to join a large operations-driven organization where supply chain planning directly influences customer experience, inventory performance, financial results, operational stability, and long-term business growth.
The Director of Supply Chain Planning will have the opportunity to improve planning maturity, strengthen S&OP routines, modernize forecasting, optimize inventory, reduce supply risk, and help the organization make better decisions across demand, supply, finance, and operations.
You will work in an environment that values analytical discipline, practical execution, customer commitment, data-driven planning, and continuous improvement. The company is investing in AI-enabled planning, supply chain visibility, planning automation, inventory intelligence, and stronger integrated business planning.
For a supply chain planning leader who enjoys improving forecast quality, aligning cross-functional teams, building scalable planning processes, and turning planning strategy into measurable business impact, this role offers the visibility, challenge, and platform to make a meaningful contribution.
