Planning Process Analyst

Role overview

Planning improvement projects

• Drive improvements across business lines and embedded planning teams.
• Roll out processes and close gaps to raise performance to company standards.
• Lead planning workstreams from kickoff through execution and align stakeholders on timely delivery.
• Set project trajectories, provide updates, identify blockers, and resolve them with urgency.

Process design and systems

• Identify and implement scalable demand, supply, and materials planning processes.
• Assess operating processes against standards and propose gap-closure actions.
• Develop and document standard operating procedures and planning tools and drive adoption.
• Translate planning challenges and use cases into system requirements; partner with systems and analytics teams on tool enhancements.
• Support dashboards and reporting on risk, availability, and constraints, and encourage adoption.

Analysis and continuous improvement

• Use data to analyze supply-demand imbalances, identify planning gaps, and communicate trade-offs and recommendations.
• Work across S&OP, NPI planning, and long-range forecasting to align business functions.
• Monitor planning KPIs and reduce waste, improve accuracy, and increase on-time delivery.
• Identify operational issues and implement fixes.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical or business field.
• Six or more years of experience in S&OP, S&OE, master scheduling, or demand, supply, or materials planning in a complex hardware or manufacturing environment.
• Track record of improving inventory, forecast accuracy, and supply reliability while enforcing accountability.
• Strong data analysis skills and ability to address systemic planning issues.
• Deep familiarity with ERP and planning systems, such as SAP, NetSuite, Oracle, Kinaxis, IBP, or similar.
• Demonstrated ownership, cross-functional leadership, and ability to build process rigor in fast-scaling environments.
• Ability to lead by influence and handle complex, ambiguous work with limited direction.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Preferred qualifications

• Hands-on New Product Integration experience is preferred.
• A bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.

Compensation

• Listed salary range is USD 142,000-188,000 per year.

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