What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Integrated Planning position at Sealed Air?
Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value to our stakeholders. In 2025, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,100 employees who serve customers in 119 countries/territories. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.
Job Description
Shift: Morning: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Salary Range - $69,200-$119,3370
The range disclosed complies with applicable state and local pay transparency laws. Offers within this range will be determined by considering relevant factors including education, experience, and internal alignment.
For our newly established Integrated Value Chain Organization, we are seeking a highly motivated Manager, Integrated Planning, to lead and optimize our end-to-end planning and scheduling operations. This role is critical in delivering optimal service levels, minimizing operational costs, and fostering a high-performing, collaborative team environment.
The role partners closely with Sales, Portfolio Management, Manufacturing, Logistics, Quality, and Engineering to align demand, capacity, and resources, ensuring efficient inventory management, on-time delivery, and operational excellence in a dynamic, data-driven environment.
This position includes direct leadership of a team of planners, buyers, and schedulers responsible for raw material planning, purchasing, and master production scheduling across multiple facilities.
This is a high-impact role in a dynamic environment where data-driven decisions, continuous improvement, and strong execution will define your success.
What You'll Do:
- Production Planning & Scheduling: Oversee the creation and execution of production schedules that balance demand, capacity, and materials to meet delivery targets and operational goals.
- Tactical procurement: Ensure timely and efficient sourcing of materials through the execution of tactical buying strategies, supporting uninterrupted production flow.
- S&OP Process: Contribute to the Sales & Operations Planning process by aligning production plans and inventory levels with business objectives and demand forecasts.
- Inventory Management: Monitor inventory levels of raw materials, components, and finished goods to prevent shortages and excess. Implement control strategies such as safety stocks, reorder points, and EOQ to optimize turnover and service levels.
- Leadership and development: Empower and develop planning and scheduling teams through targeted training, structured feedback, and a focus on continuous improvement and career growth.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with manufacturing, quality, logistics, and operations teams to ensure alignment between production schedules, operational capabilities, and business objectives.
- Data-Driven Optimization: Leverage real-time data, analytics, and predictive modeling to continuously improve planning and scheduling performance. Use digital tools and dashboards to monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Continuous Improvement: Identify process gaps and improvement opportunities across planning activities, introducing automation and lean tools to drive productivity and sustainable performance gains.
- Risk Management: Proactively assess risks related to supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and equipment downtime, adjusting schedules accordingly to minimize impact. Support additional projects or tasks as needed to meet business objectives. The role has full managerial responsibility: has direct reports, assigns work to staff, provides coaching and training, sets goals, is accountable for performance evaluation, plans staff development, and makes and approves people management decisions either alone or in collaboration with management and P&P (including recruitment, promotions, terminations, and compensation).
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 5 years of progressive experience in supply chain management, with a strong focus on planning within a manufacturing environment.
- Minimum of 4 years in a leadership role.
- Proven track record in leading, building, and developing cross-functional teams.
- Strong end-to-end supply chain process understanding.
- Hands-on experience with SAP Production Planning and Execution modules (PP, PP/DS).
- Advanced skills in MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
Core Competencies:
- Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach.
- High analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Strong communication skills, customer orientation, and team mindset.
- Demonstrated ability to present to senior executives and collaborate in cross-functional environments.
- Curious, adaptive, and committed to continuous learning and growth.
Certifications:
- APICS certified (CPIM or CSCP) is an advantage
- S&OP processes is an advantage
Benefits and Perks
401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Employee discounts
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid elder care
Paid time off
Parental leave
Professional development assistance
Retirement plan
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance
Requisition id: 56426
Relocation: No
Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
- Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the Sealed Air name or logo. Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver's License or Social Security Number. If you have any concerns about information received from SEE during the application process, please reach out to us directly at globalta@sealedair.com.
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Benefits:
Health Insurance, 401K Plan, Vacation & Paid Time OffSalary : $69,200 - $1,193,370