Sr Supply Planner

The position serves as a business subject matter expert for planning processes partnering with Planning Procurement Manufacturing Customer Operations IT Finance and Master Data teams to define standards troubleshoot process issues support users and improve governance around planning settings.

• MRP and ATP settings directly influence supply recommendations availability visibility order promising inventory behavior and execution confidence.
• Planning process modernization and SAP S/4HANA readiness require stronger business ownership of planning settings decision logic and governance.
• The role provides dedicated SME support to reduce recurring planning defects improve process compliance and establish sustainable standards across sites or businesses.

MRP and Planning Parameter Governance

• Serve as planning SME for MRP-related fields planning parameters lead times lot sizing planning strategies safety stock procurement settings and replenishment controls.
• Define maintain and improve standards for planning settings across sites businesses or process areas.
• Analyze how settings influence supply proposals exception messages planned orders purchase requisitions inventory projections and execution decisions.

ATP and Availability Process Support

• Support governance and troubleshooting of ATP planning settings and availability-related process issues.
• Partner with planning customer operations manufacturing procurement and IT teams to resolve availability confirmation and allocation-related issues.
• Document business rules ownership decision logic and exception handling for ATP-related settings and process flows.

Data Quality and Process Improvement

• Monitor planning data health and process compliance metrics.
• Identify root causes of inaccurate planning outputs or availability signals.
• Lead corrective and preventive action to reduce recurring planning issues.
• Develop dashboards trackers or reviews to communicate issue trends aging and resolution progress.

SAP S/4HANA Enablement

• Support future-state process design data cleansing testing validation and deployment readiness for MRP and ATP-related planning processes.
• Partner with IT and business teams to ensure planning settings and governance are aligned with future SAP operating models.

YOU MUST HAVE

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Operations Engineering Business Data Analytics or related discipline.
• 5 years of experience in supply chain planning materials management production planning inventory management master data management SAP business processes or closely related field. Project management / Oil or Chemical background is preferred.
• Strong SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA planning process experience
• Strong understanding of MRP concepts and planning parameter impacts.
• Experience supporting availability order promising inventory procurement manufacturing or planning execution processes.
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills with strong cross-functional supply chain process knowledge.

WE VALUE

• SAP S/4HANA implementation or testing experience.
• Experience with ATP advanced ATP availability checking allocations planning strategies or order promising processes.
• SAP MM PP SD or integrated planning process exposure.
• Power BI SQL or data analytics background.
• APICS / ASCM certification Lean / Six Sigma experience or experience supporting global organizations.