Supply Chain Planning Leader

About the JobRole Title: Supply Chain Planning LeaderCompensation: Competitive base salary + annual incentiveLocation: Dallas, TXThe OpportunityWe're partnering exclusively with a large, global manufacturing organization to hire a senior leader who will own enterprise planning and demand generation at scale. The business is entering a period of sustained growth and investment, creating a need to fundamentally modernize how demand, supply, inventory, and manufacturing capacity are planned and connected.This is a rare opportunity to step into a highly influential role where planning is treated as a strategic capability, not a back-office function. You'll act as the enterprise owner for planning"”defining the vision, shaping the systems, and driving execution across a complex, global footprint.If you are motivated by scale, transformation, and real operational impact, this role offers the chance to shape how an entire organization plans, builds, and grows.About the RoleThe organization is looking for a senior planning leader who can operate across two equally important dimensions. The first is enterprise planning ownership: demand planning, inventory optimization, supply planning enablement, and manufacturing capacity planning. The second is transformation leadership: modernizing planning processes, platforms, data, and ways of working.This is not a purely strategic or people-management role. You'll be expected to remain technically fluent, challenge system and architecture decisions, and stay close to execution. You will lead through a "leader of leaders" model while setting the technical and analytical direction for planning across the enterprise.You'll partner deeply with manufacturing, supply chain, finance, and technology teams to ensure demand signals are actionable, realistic, and aligned with what can actually be produced"”both now and as capacity scales over time.What You'll Be DoingOwn end-to-end enterprise planning, spanning demand planning, inventory optimization, supply planning, and capacity planningGenerate high-quality demand signals that drive inventory strategy, supply plans, and long-term manufacturing investmentEnsure tight alignment between demand, supply planning, manufacturing operations, and financial plansDefine and own the planning technology vision, architecture, and multi-year roadmapLead transformation initiatives leveraging modern planning platforms, advanced analytics, automation, and AI/ML capabilitiesDrive legacy planning system modernization and ERP-integrated planning transformationsPartner closely with manufacturing to support factory start plans, scenario planning, and footprint expansionInterpret large, complex datasets to identify trends and guide enterprise decision-makingLead change management, communication, training, and adoption efforts across global planning teamsDevelop and mentor senior leaders, establish consistent processes, and define future skill requirements for the planning organizationWhat They're Looking ForSignificant experience leading enterprise-scale planning or supply chain transformation initiativesDeep expertise across demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, and manufacturing capacity planningProven track record delivering modern planning systems and migrating from legacy platformsStrong technical fluency with planning technologies, analytics, and data-driven decision frameworksExperience operating in complex, global manufacturing environmentsDemonstrated success leading managers and senior leaders in distributed, global teamsAbility to operate hands-on while setting long-term strategic directionComfortable owning ambiguous, high-impact problems and seeing them through end-to-endNice to HaveBackground in highly technical or capital-intensive manufacturing environmentsExposure to advanced analytics, automation, AI, or machine-learning-enabled planningExperience supporting large-scale manufacturing expansion or capacity growth programsStrong change-management instincts and experience driving adoption at scale

Created: 2026-05-09