S&OP Planning & Optimization Analyst

Job Description

About the Role

• GM is embarking on a process and systems transformation spanning our end to end scheduling ecosystem. The overall intent of this transformation is to leverage modern technical capabilities in simulation scenario planning machine learning and AI to improve decision making agility and operational stability delivering peak value to the company its customers and its stakeholders.

• We are seeking an S&OP Planning & Optimization Analyst to help shape the next generation of our enterprise Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process. This role sits at the intersection of planning data technology and cross-functional decision-making helping transition our organization from manual fragmented planning processes to a system-driven scenario-based planning environment.

• You will partner with teams across Sales Supply Chain Manufacturing and Finance to define planning logic design and evaluate scenarios ensure data alignment and support the development of a new S&OP technology platform. This is a unique opportunity to influence how a Fortune 100 manufacturer plans demand and supply at scaleimproving transparency speed customer satisfaction schedule stability and operational execution.

Key Responsibilities

• S&OP Process & Scenario Design
  • Support the shift toward a unified system-led S&OP process that integrates demand supply and financial planning.
  • Partner with business owners to define assumptions planning logic constraints metrics and decision rules.
  • Translate S&OP inputsforecast signals capacity limits configuration-level content operational constraintsinto structured scenario definitions.
  • Build and evaluate scenario models that test what-if business conditions identify tradeoffs and quantify impacts.

• Cross-Functional Alignment
  • Serve as a connector across Sales Supply Chain Manufacturing Product and Finance.
  • Facilitate working sessions to align on assumptions scenario differences and enterprise-optimized outcomes.
  • Maintain governance and structure of recurring S&OP planning cycles.

• Data Tools & System Enablement
  • Contribute to the implementation of a new enterprise S&OP planning platform.
  • Translate business process needs into functional requirements for internal IT functions as well as external software vendors.
  • Assist with testing new system capabilities including scenario creation variance reporting forecasting comparisons and automated recommendation logic.
  • Enable seamless data exchange with upstream and downstream systems.

• Analytics Reporting & Insight
  • Develop analytics that measure scenario performance.
  • Use structured decision-making frameworks such as AHP.
  • Prepare clear executive-ready summaries of scenario insights.
  • Build reporting via Excel BI tools or system outputs.

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years relevant experience in S&OP Supply Chain Scheduling or data science experience
• Strong strategic agility with ability to connect data and assumptions.
• High analytical ability and comfort with complex planning problems.
• Cross-functional communication and facilitation experience
• Self-starter with the ability to influence others in a direct and indirect organizational structure and across multiple physical locations
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint capability.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree
• Experience with APS systems (Kinaxis o9 Blue Yonder etc.).
• Understanding of scenario planning constraint-based optimization forecasting
• Background in automotive or complex-configurable products

Experience in major tech implementations.

• Experience with BI tools Tableau SQL Databricks and/or Python
• Knowledge of master scheduling production sequencing BOM MRP capacity planning.

Impact

• Help design and implement a next-generation S&OP platform.
• Improve enterprise decision-making.
• Reduce planning cycle time through automation.
• Improve schedule stability and execution.

Why Join Us

• You will join a team committed to enterprise transformation and modern planning practices with visibility to leaders across the company.

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