Senior Supply Chain Specialist

Role Overview

• Owns and leads the end-to-end demand planning process, delivering an accurate, aligned, and approved consensus forecast across planning horizons.
• Estimates future demand by analyzing market drivers, customer signals, historical trends, and business assumptions to support category, channel, and enterprise decision-making.
• Leads demand review and S&OP/IBP forums, aligning stakeholders on forecast assumptions, risks, and opportunities.
• Monitors forecast accuracy, bias, variability, and demand signals; proactively identifies risks and recommends forecast adjustments and mitigation actions.
• Translates commercial inputs, promotions, lifecycle changes, and market intelligence into actionable demand plans for finished goods and sub-assemblies.
• Ensures integrity and ongoing maintenance of demand-related master data, hierarchies, and planning parameters within planning systems.
• Tracks, analyzes, and communicates key planning and service metrics, including backorders and On-Time In-Full (OTIF) performance, to support issue resolution and continuous improvement.
• Leads and supports cross-functional projects, including ramp-up and ramp-down initiatives, new product introductions, lifecycle transitions, and supply network changes, ensuring demand plans, assumptions, milestones, timing, and execution alignment across stakeholders.
• Acts as a primary supply chain liaison to Commercial, Sales, Finance, and Program Management teams to ensure demand plans reflect customer commitments and business priorities.
• Partners with Global Business Services (GBS) and RDIL (Ireland) across demand planning, customer service, and purchasing functions to ensure alignment on demand assumptions, supply commitments, transactional execution, and issue resolution.
• Identifies and escalates demand-related risks and opportunities, providing scenario planning and quantified impacts to service, inventory, and revenue.
• Supports customs and trade-related issues by facilitating resolution of import, clearance, and cross-border challenges in coordination with internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Drives continuous improvement of demand planning processes, tools, and governance across multiple product families or value streams.
• Performs additional planning, analytical, and project-based responsibilities as required to support evolving business priorities and customer needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Analytics, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in demand planning, forecasting, or S&OP/IBP, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong experience working in SAP or comparable ERP/planning systems.
• 3+ years of experience working with forecasting, planning, and data analysis tools.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex datasets and translate insights into business recommendations.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a highly matrixed, geographically diverse environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence at multiple organizational levels.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through.
• Ability to maintain regular and predictable attendance.

Tech Stack

• ERP

Benefits

• Not specified