Global Supply Planning Leader

Your Job

Molex is seeking a Global Supply Planning Leader to own and execute global material planning strategies across internal manufacturing sites, contract manufacturers, and key strategic suppliers.

This role is accountable for translating d emand signals into executable material and supply plans, ensuring supplier readiness, inventory optimization, and reliable customer delivery while supporting global purchasing through blanket order strategies.

This leader plays a critical role in balancing customer demand, supplier capacity, inventory, and working capital across a complex global network.

The ideal candidate brings strong analytical capability, deep materials planning knowledge, and the ability to influence cross-functional and global stakeholders.

Location: Hybrid position with minimum of 3 days/week on site at any of our US Molex locations.

Our Team

At Molex, supply chain excellence is essential to delivering innovative interconnect solutions to customers worldwide.

This role offers high visibility, global impact, and the opportunity to shape materials planning and sourcing execution across a diverse manufacturing and supplier ecosystem.

Molex is a global electronics leader serving customers across multiple industries worldwide.

As a subsidiary of Koch, Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the world, Molex combines global scale and long-term investment strength with an entrepreneurial, high-performance culture guided by Principle-Based Management (PBM®).

In this role, you will collaborate globally with Engineering, Product Management, Operations, Sourcing, and key suppliers to support sourcing strategies and next-generation product launches, including advanced fiber optic solutions.

What You Will Do



* Lead global materials planning strategies that translate demand forecasts into executable supply and inventory plans across internal manufacturing sites and contract manufacturers


* Ensure material availability to support production schedules, customer commitments, and product launch milestones while proactively managing constraints and shortages


* Serve as the primary materials planning partner for contract manufacturers, driving alignment to planning expectations, inventory strategies, and execution discipline


* Collaborate with strategic and critical suppliers to improve delivery performance, capacity readiness, and responsiveness to demand changes


* Own global blanket order planning strategies, balancing supply assurance, supplier commitments, and working capital optimization


* Provide materials planning insights, risk scenarios, and tradeoff analyses to support Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (S&OP / IBP) and executive decision making


* Monitor and improve planning performance through KPIs related to material availability, supplier on-time delivery, inventory levels, and planning adherence


* Drive continuous improvement of materials planning processes, tools, a...