Supply Planner

Job Title: Supply Planner (Lead Material Planner)

Location: Beaverton, OR

Work Type: Onsite

Schedule: Flexible hours

Duration: ~8 months

Hours: 40 hours/week

Position Summary

The Supply Planner (Lead Material Planner) is responsible for managing material planning for the apparel category, focusing on mid- and long-range material plan health. This role ensures timely and accurate material forecasting, identifies risks in material demand/capacity, and drives strategies to support on-time finished goods delivery. The planner will lead cross-functional coordination, partner on strategic planning initiatives, and act as a subject matter expert (SME) for materials planning within a dynamic supply chain environment.

This role is ideal for a proactive, analytical planner who excels in collaborative environments and thrives in driving innovation, clarity, and accountability across materials supply chain processes.

Key Responsibilities

Material Planning & Risk Management

• Lead cross-functional efforts to identify and resolve risks and opportunities across the materials plan for a large sport and material class alignment.
• Collaborate with upstream partners to deliver clear, accurate materials demand signals.
• Analyze material demand vs. capacity and implement mitigation processes to ensure timely material production.
• Help define and operationalize material lead-time strategies with internal supply chain partners.

Seasonal Readiness & Operational Support

• Coordinate seasonal readiness activities with sport category teams and senior planners.
• Serve as materials planning subject matter expert (SME) in key cross-functional engagements and special projects.
• Support tactical materials demand/supply management while contributing to long-range capability building.

Strategic Development

• Partner with leadership to develop new strategies for a responsive and flexible materials supply chain.
• Identify opportunities to enhance processes in alignment with the broader materials supply chain strategy.
• Collaborate with technology and analytics teams to define system and reporting enhancements.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with partners in materials sourcing, materials manufacturing management, costing, development, global supply planning, merchandising planning, and analytics.
• Build strong relationships across product and sport category teams to influence teams not directly aligned with supply chain functions.

Analytics & Continuous Improvement

• Develop tools and insights that support the analysis of key performance metrics.
• Communicate trends, drivers, and recommendations effectively through presentations and reports.
• Contribute to building an insights-first, proactive planning culture.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree.
• 5-7 years of experience in supply chain, materials planning, demand planning, production/manufacturing, or logistics.
• Strong understanding of MRP fundamentals, demand/supply planning, production, and capacity management.
• Knowledge of manufacturing best practices and ability to evaluate improvement opportunities.
• Strong analytical skills with experience creating tools for data and performance metric analysis.
• Excellent communication skills—verbal, written, and presentation.
• Experience working cross-functionally in diverse environments.
• Proven ability to prioritize, manage stakeholders, and deliver results.
• Passion for product creation and continuous improvement.

Preferred

• Experience working with textiles or materials (not limited to apparel/footwear).
• Experience driving alignment across global or cross-cultural teams.
• Background in project management.
• Experience influencing non-supply-chain teams.

Work Environment

• Onsite role requiring close collaboration with product, sourcing, planning, and materials partners.
• Work involves both system-based analysis and non-system collaborative planning.
• Team is undergoing transformation, emphasizing proactive insight generation over reactive system use.