Supply and Operations Planning (S&OP) Manager

Elemental Enzymes - Saint Louis, MO

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Saint Louis, MO

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The S&OP (Supply and Operations Planning) Manager at Elemental Enzymes is responsible for integrating demand, supply, and financial planning into a cohesive strategy that aligns with the organization's goals. This role involves collaboration across various functional areas, including sales, marketing, manufacturing, and finance, to optimize product portfolios and maximize sales and profit. The S&OP Manager serves as the subject matter expert in demand planning, network optimization, and capacity planning, facilitating S&OP meetings and leading initiatives to enhance data analysis and planning processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage the aggregation of the demand plan process across product categories and business units, producing a rolling 12-18 month estimate of unconstrained future demand in units.
• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to ensure that promotions, visible impact orders, and new product forecasts are included in the aggregate demand.
• Review and analyze the forecast demand versus actual demand, understanding changes and trends.
• Document assumptions, promotions, and adjustments to forecasts using Sales and Marketing teams' input.
• Generate a supply plan based on the demand plan, producing a rolling 12-18 supply plan considering constrained manufacturing capacity, product capability, and supply chain lead times.
• Balance the demand and supply needs to ensure maximal financial return.
• Create and analyze a long-range demand and capacity plan aligning commercial, research & development, process & product development, finance, and manufacturing on future growth requirements to create a long-range strategic plan.
• Develop, monitor, and revise production and sourcing plans, in the short and long term, to optimize the use of manpower, equipment, and financial resources while meeting the needs of customers.
• Facilitate monthly demand forecast aggregation, including consensus between functions and stakeholders.
• Prepare data and material for monthly S&OP meetings that will facilitate decisions around equipment, labor, and all other resources needed to support demand over the S&OP planning horizon.
• Communicate with stakeholders about promotions, new products forecasts, and launch timing updates.
• Notify Scheduling and Manufacturing of significant forecast or capacity changes in a timely basis.
• Participate in the development of statistical models to optimize safety stocks without negatively affecting customer service levels.
• Assist in the resolution of key supply-demand/service-cost issues.
• Create and drive continuous improvement of world-class demand planning and S&OP processes.
• Measure, control, and improve S&OP plan accuracy through clearly defined metrics.
• Lead network optimization process to mitigate costs and maximize service.
• Develop capacity simulation processes to run sensitivity analysis for growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or Logistics.
• MBA or Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Finance or equivalent highly desired.
• 7-10 years of experience in Supply Chain (Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Inventory Planning in an environment of both manufactured and sourced finished goods) and/or related supply chain management including design, implementation, and execution of S&OP related processes is required.
• 3-5 years of experience in a Manufacturing plant, such as Manufacturing Management or Manufacturing Engineering is required.
• 3-5 years of experience with ERP systems is required.
• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma and Theory of Constraints working knowledge is required.
• Green/Black Belt certification is highly desired.
• Must have Statistical and data analysis capabilities.
• Must have excellent skills in Excel and other IT software related to data analysis is required.
• Experience with project management software and tools.
• IBF and/or APICS Certification are highly preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong intellectual curiosity
• Strategic and tactical thinking
• Interpersonal strengths
• Strong organizational skills in strategy, communication at all levels and execution
• Strong leadership skills
• Ability to lead, contribute, and influence others in a team-based organization
• Strong project management and time management skills, including multi-tasking and ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
• Excellent people skills, project management skills, with an ability to openly convey information to team members in a timely, concise manner.
• Working knowledge of modern manufacturing, material flow and improvement strategies (e.g., Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints, etc.) and the ability to integrate those into the operation.
• Demonstrated understanding of financial systems and the key drivers within the manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of applicable computer systems, such as Google Suite, Microsoft Office, and function specific software.
• Proficiency with MRP and ERP Systems such SAP software.
• Data-driven with demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems and strong proficiency in Microsoft excel, and other programs such as Access and Tableau.
• Capable of identifying and executing data science fields of predictive and prescriptive analytics, such as Monte-Carlo analysis and linear programming, to drive data driven decision making.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• Pet Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Dependent Care Account