Associate Director Business Planning

About this opportunity :

The Associate Director of Business Planning is responsible for leading the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process at Avecia. This role serves as a key connector between sales, manufacturing, supply chain and project management. The Associate Director, Business Planning will develop and monitor S&OP metrics, with the focus on continuously improving our process and planning. This role will drive decision-making and provide visibility to the Nitto Avecia’s project portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

• Through collaboration across business development, manufacturing, supply chain and project management implement an integrated end-to-end process for sales and operations planning.
• Review, analyze and consolidate capacity, manufacturing plans, and sales forecast for all Nitto Avecia sites into a cohesive plan, highlighting gaps, issues and areas for leadership decision making.
• Facilitate monthly sales and operations planning meetings with Avecia leadership team.
• Develop a harmonized output that includes forecast, project portfolio, decisions, and actions from the S&OP meeting(s).
• Support ad-hoc scenario planning activities.
• Define, track and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) and success metrics to measure the effectiveness of the S&OP process.
• Refine KPIs overtime based on the level of maturity of the S&OP process.
• Assess existing systems and develop short and long-term solutions.
• Partner with digital transformation to determine opportunities to utilize existing data reporting capabilities and potential AI capabilities.
• Lead the identification and evaluation of areas for S&OP process improvements.
• Partner with functional area leadership on long range planning, inventory management and resource planning activities.
• Maintain up to date on core training requirements.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• B.S. degree with 5 or more years of supply chain or business planning experience.
• Knowledge of bulk API manufacturing and I or a strong background in cGMP / contract manufacturing.
• Proven track record of leading S&OP processes.
• Proficiency in developing workflows and maximizing utilization of SAP.
• Excellent meeting facilitation skills.
• Deep knowledge and practical experience applying change management practices.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong business acumen.
• Proven track record of strong matrix leadership.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Experience with AI and advanced supply chain technologies.

The annualized salary range for this role is $132,778 – $162,000.