What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Supply Planner Manager position at Solstice Advanced Materials?
Job Description
This Senior Supply Planning Manager position reports to the Sr Director of Planning for the Refrigerants and Applied Solution business unit of Solstice Advanced Materials. They are part of a global planning team driving the Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) process to enable material flow from suppliers through manufacturing operations, across distribution networks, and to our customers. The scope of this position includes leading global supply planning processes for an assigned product line within the Refrigerants and Applied Solutions business unit. This Sr Manager role drives collaboration across the functions to reach consensus on plans that support customer needs and business objectives which requires strong team leadership, financial acumen, and business process knowledge. This role will also lead and manage a team of production and materials planners responsible for daily and weekly scheduling to achieve on-time customer delivery and drive financial results.
Key Responsibilities
YOU MUST HAVE
Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.
Compensation
The annual base salary range for this position is $163,437K - $204,590K. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Solstice Advanced Materials considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities or the position, the candidate's work experience, education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.
This position is incentive eligible.
Benefits Of Working For Solstice Advanced Materials
In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Solstice Advanced Materials employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. For more information visit: click here
Solstice Advanced Materials is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status. Learn more about inclusion and diversity: click here
About Us
About Solstice Advanced Materials
Solstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. Solstice offers high-performance solutions that enable critical industries and applications, including refrigerants, semiconductor manufacturing, data center cooling, nuclear power, protective fibers, healthcare packaging and more. Solstice is recognized for developing next-generation materials through some of the industry's most renowned brands such as Solstice®, Genetron®, Aclar®, Spectra®, Fluka™, and Hydranal™. Partnering with over 3,000 customers across more than 120 countries and territories and supported by a robust portfolio of over 5,700 patents, Solstice’s approximately 4,000 employees worldwide drive innovation in materials science. For more information, visit Advanced Materials .
This Senior Supply Planning Manager position reports to the Sr Director of Planning for the Refrigerants and Applied Solution business unit of Solstice Advanced Materials. They are part of a global planning team driving the Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) process to enable material flow from suppliers through manufacturing operations, across distribution networks, and to our customers. The scope of this position includes leading global supply planning processes for an assigned product line within the Refrigerants and Applied Solutions business unit. This Sr Manager role drives collaboration across the functions to reach consensus on plans that support customer needs and business objectives which requires strong team leadership, financial acumen, and business process knowledge. This role will also lead and manage a team of production and materials planners responsible for daily and weekly scheduling to achieve on-time customer delivery and drive financial results.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Supply SIOP team in the creation of a consensus rolling production plan for the 18-month period by product line and by region, consistent with planning strategies, target inventory policies, and available capacity (RCCP or Rough-Cut Capacity Plan) across a global network.
- Generate a preliminary monthly purchase plan aligned to constrained production plan and considering supplier contracts and capacities
- Generate and optimize a monthly Inventory projection based on the demand and supply plans
- Balance Supply with Demand and communicate risks and opportunities to highlight gaps and facilitate business decision-making.
- Lead segment Supply Meetings and actively participate in Financial Reconciliation and Executive SIOP meetings to escalate key issues and drive decisions.
- Partner with Inventory planner to set and optimize inventory targets and planning strategies for major products with input from business and segment leaders to improve working capital turns while supporting customer service levels.
- Maintain supply planning-related master data (Inventory Safety stock, Lot sizing, Planning time fences) within our SAP planning system of record.
- Implement replenishment strategies (Make to forecast, Make to order, etc) and associate time fence policies through master data.
- Prepare and provide supply-related data as required to support Sourcing, STRAP, AOP, Financial, and SIOP business processes as required.
- Drive supply network optimization for cost, capacity, and customer service
- Manage a team of Production, Distribution, and Material Planners to drive finite scheduling and execution of the supply plans to fulfill customer orders, including material planning and production at internal and external locations.
- Align team goals/objectives with process and systems implementation, including driving improved maturity in planning tools.
- Supply Chain focal point for New Product Introduction, New Business/Policies & Manufacturing footprint change initiatives.
- Partner with the business to drive alignment between the Demand forecast, supply plan and financial outlooks that will enable success for the business.
YOU MUST HAVE
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience working in manufacturing, supply chain, commercial, or finance is required.
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Engineering or similar field is required
- Experience in supply planning including global, constrained supply networks with demonstrated success in driving planning solutions
- Knowledge of logistics and global supply chain challenges
- Understand financial tradeoffs and ability to quantify scenarios for leadership decision making
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive accountability
- Demonstrated ability to identify business process issues and opportunities and to implement effective improvements
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including ability to influence others and resolve conflicts to drive business results.
- Experience leading, coaching, and developing a team of direct reports
- Experience using SAP functional modules (Planning, Sales and Delivery, Finance)
- Experience using Advanced Planning and Scheduling tools (ex. SAP APO)
- Experience and comfort using all MS Office applications.
- Experience working in a matrix organization
- Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification
- APICS certification
Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.
Compensation
The annual base salary range for this position is $163,437K - $204,590K. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Solstice Advanced Materials considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities or the position, the candidate's work experience, education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.
This position is incentive eligible.
Benefits Of Working For Solstice Advanced Materials
In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Solstice Advanced Materials employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. For more information visit: click here
Solstice Advanced Materials is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status. Learn more about inclusion and diversity: click here
About Us
About Solstice Advanced Materials
Solstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. Solstice offers high-performance solutions that enable critical industries and applications, including refrigerants, semiconductor manufacturing, data center cooling, nuclear power, protective fibers, healthcare packaging and more. Solstice is recognized for developing next-generation materials through some of the industry's most renowned brands such as Solstice®, Genetron®, Aclar®, Spectra®, Fluka™, and Hydranal™. Partnering with over 3,000 customers across more than 120 countries and territories and supported by a robust portfolio of over 5,700 patents, Solstice’s approximately 4,000 employees worldwide drive innovation in materials science. For more information, visit Advanced Materials .
Salary : $163,437 - $204,590