Manager, Global Supply Planning

Manager, Global Supply Planning

Job Overview: 

The Global Supply Planning Manager is responsible for managing end to end supply planning and ensure global capacity alignment to meet business demand, inventory targets and service levels. This role covers all vendors to develop supply strategies, identify constraints, mitigation plan and ensure proactive supply and capacity planning.  The ideal candidate has strong experience in supply planning, production capacity modeling, scenario planning and stakeholder collaboration across a matrixed global environment.  They serve as a strategic link between brand and regional planning, product supply organization, operations and supply chain leadership to ensure transparency of issues, effective communication and appropriate prioritization of business needs so the products are delivered at the right place, right time and right cost.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with Brand & Regional planning, product supply lead for long range capacity and production requirement based on LRP.
• Own supply signal to ensure product supply group have one source of forecast for decision making
• Translate MFP forecast into capacity, allocation, material type. Use MFP forecast, historical and insights to provide initial allocation guidance for vendor allocation team, validate through critical GTM Milestones. Translate regional DC receipts plan to PO placement schedule
• Orchestras cross function to create and maintain the seasonal buy plan, optimize global PO placement schedule and set buy strategy (e.g. exceptions LLT call out, one-time buy to avoid surcharge, MOQ review, set buy windows with regional planning to align with sales meeting calendar & long holiday / black out period, material pre-position actions…etc.).  Updated monthly to reflect requirement and capacity changes.
• Own the monthly need to buy process as well as seasonal calendars for buy dates and shipping schedules
• Collect capacity risk assessment from capacity planning team and drive actions and resolutions with regional planning team
• Identify capacity risk and mitigation actions for both brand planning and product supply - Fairshare, prebuild, push-out, re-allocation, capacity increase, vendor own-prebuild…etc.
• Work with material planning to define material proposition strategy to optimize lead time while balancing liability risk
• Partner with Brand Planning to align and govern buy strategy, define priority across regions and products under constraint situation
• Governance buy execution to ensure alignment with agreed actions during global consensus meeting
• Coordinate information/data gathering and system setup for smooth buy execution
• Roll-up Capacity and Production Planning updates to communicate with regions
• Drive forecast accuracy improvements through higher level communication and transparency with the regions on issues and opportunities and be a true partner with them by evaluating best practices, leveraging opportunities, and resolving key issues and concerns
• Challenge the status quo by adopting creative ideas that will drive improvement in process, to support a customer centric approach
• Drive department KPI’s OTP, Acceptance Rates, Calendar Execution, Fill Rates, Management Reporting and support Quality, CSR, and other relevant Brand needs

Key Competences:

• End to End Supply Chain Knowledge – strong understanding of how supply planning links to demand, production, materials, logistics and merchandising.  
• Capacity modeling and scenario planning – ability to model production capacity, identify constraints and run what if scenarios.
• Analytical and data driven decision making - proficiency in using data analytics and tools to make informed decision. Ability to analyze complex data sets and translate insights into actionable strategic
• Cross-functional collaboration, influence & effective communication - experience in leading cross-functional teams and management relationship with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Process Discipline – strong grasp of planning cycles, governance routine, and planning parameters management.
• Communication and presentation – able to clearly communicate supply risks, options and decisions to both technical and executive audiences.
• Continuous improvement mindset – experience driving planning efficiency through process re-design, automation or data improvements.
• Change management - experience with change management and transformation particularly in implementing new process, technologies, and organizational structures.
• Global mindset - cultivate awareness and sensitivity to operate effectively in diverse market and environments.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business, Operations Management, Engineering, or related field.  An MBA or relevant master’s degree is often preferred.
• 5-8 years of experience in supply chain management, with a strong background and understanding in capacity and production planning or similar field.
• Proven experience managing global teams across multiple countries.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
• Proficiency in supply chain management software and tools (e.g., SAP, Oracle, JDA).
• Advanced analytical skills to interpret data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions, experience with data analysis tools (Excel, Power BI, Tableau) is a plus.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a track record of driving process improvements in a global setting.