Manager, Global Supply Planning

About the role

The Global Supply Planning Manager manages end-to-end supply planning and ensures global capacity is aligned with business demand, inventory targets and service levels. The role covers all vendors, developing supply strategies, identifying constraints and building mitigation plans. It acts as a strategic link between brand and regional planning, product supply, operations and supply chain leadership.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with Brand and Regional planning on long-range capacity and production requirements based on LRP, and own the supply signal so the product supply group has one source of forecast.
• Translate MFP forecast into capacity, allocation and material type, and use it to guide vendor allocation and validate against critical GTM milestones.
• Translate regional DC receipt plans into PO placement schedules and orchestrate cross-function work to build and maintain the seasonal buy plan, including buy windows, exceptions, MOQ reviews and material pre-positioning.
• Own the monthly need-to-buy process, seasonal calendars and capacity risk assessments, driving resolution with regional planning.
• Work with material planning on lead time optimization and balance buy strategy with Brand Planning under constraint situations.
• Coordinate data gathering and system setup for buy execution, roll up capacity and production planning updates, and improve forecast accuracy through transparent communication with regions.
• Drive department KPIs such as OTP, acceptance rates, calendar execution, fill rates and management reporting, and support Quality, CSR and other brand needs.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, operations management, engineering or a related field; an MBA or relevant master's is often preferred.
• 5-8 years of experience in supply chain management, with a strong background in capacity and production planning.
• Proven experience managing global teams across multiple countries.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.

Required skills

• Proficiency in supply chain management software such as SAP, Oracle and JDA.
• Advanced analytical skills; experience with Excel, Power BI and Tableau is a plus.
• Capacity modeling, scenario planning and data-driven decision making.
• Change management and continuous improvement experience.