VP of Supply Chain Planning

Primary Purpose of the Role

The Vice President of Supply Chain Planning is a critical executive role responsible for synchronizing demand and supply across Hoffmaster's complex North American manufacturing footprint and both foreign and domestic suppliers.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this leader will oversee a multi-plant environment (6 plants) with a heavy focus on high-volume, commodity-driven Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP).

This role is the primary process owner of the S&OP including the responsibility to drive continuous improvement in the maturity of the process, architects & leads change management and adaptation of all improvements across the organization, along with the administration of process and data integrity.

The role is the principal driver of business application capabilities and future enhancements that improve the end-to-end planning process and systems of a segmented Supply Chain.

The technical aspect of this role involves understanding and driving the development of segmented supply chain models in order to support Make to Stock (MTS) and Build to Order (BTO) products.

This should include the development of an optimized planning process, system and tools which will provide the capabilities to support the changing go-to market strategies.

Essential Job Duties


* Own and mature the monthly Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning process to align sales forecasts with production capacity and financial objectives.


* Drive all aspects of the S&OP process as well as thought leadership and Strategy Development and Deployment throughout the business.


* Obtain support for the SIOP process and plan through collaboration with all aspects of the organization to gain effective stakeholder alignment through change management techniques.


* Synchronize production scheduling and material flow across six North American plants to optimize equipment utilization and meet customer service targets.



* Optimize finished goods and raw material inventory to balance working capital with a high-service "never-out" retail or commercial requirement.


* Lead long-range capacity modeling to determine when to add new lines or footprints based on market growth in the disposable products sector.


* Key metrics associated with the function include forecast accuracy, OTIF, working capital, inventory turns, schedule compliance, capacity utilization, as well as assisting with the development of leading indicators that enable visibility to short and long term market trends and demand.



* Partner with Finance and SLT to ensure alignment of the S & OP process with the financial forecasting processes and working capital goals, including AOP and LRP.

Required Skills/Abilities


* Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business or a related field is required.

An MBA is preferred



* 12-15+ years of experience in demand or supply forecasting, preferably within high-volume manufacturing (pape...