Job Summary: The Director of Supply and Demand Planning leads integrated demand and supply planning for the Circular Solutions (CS) and Rubber Processing (RP) business units. The role owns the end-to-end planning process across customer demand, production capacity, inventory, signal alignment with procurement, and the multi-site rubber processing network. This leader translates internal and external customer requirements into a rolling demand plan, converts that plan into executable supply and capacity plans, and drives S&OP/SIOP decisions that balance service, inventory, cash flow, transportation, waste, and profitability.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Integrated Planning Leadership
• Develop and execute an integrated demand and supply planning strategy for CS and RP that aligns internal customer, external customer, site, and enterprise objectives.
• Own the monthly S&OP/SIOP process and the weekly execution cadence, ensuring cross-functional alignment across Business Unit P&Ls and Work Function Units.
• Translate the demand plan into capacity, production, procurement, inventory, and logistics requirements across the Business Units network.
• Oversee capacity and production planning to optimize efficiency and minimize waste across the network, including transportation costs and total business profitability.
• Create decision-ready scenarios for demand surges, excess supply, capacity constraints, supply disruptions, and changes in customer or product mix.
• Demand Planning and Forecasting
• Develop and maintain a rolling 24-month demand plan by product, site, and customer for internal customers and external third-party markets; provide demand-plan input to Finance for budgets and operating plans based on business inputs.
• Establish a disciplined forecast intake and review process that assesses customer forecasts, sales history, market indicators, confidence levels, inventory position, and forecast accuracy trends.
• Ensure the aggregated demand plan is accurately transferred into the MRP/ERP environment and visible to supply planning and operating teams.
• Identify product, material, and attachment-rate interdependencies so that forecast changes are translated into complete material and production requirements.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Product, and business leaders to incorporate promotions, product launches, scheduled jobs, market changes, risks, and opportunities into the demand plan.
• Own demand-planning governance, including assumptions, version control, forecast overrides, accountability, and escalation of material demand changes within the firm period.
• Inventory & Network Supply Management
• Own the functional (On Time Delivery) and financial (Inventory) bridge between partner factories, suppliers, and fulfillment centers.
• Manage inventory strategy and product lifecycle management to ensure product availability and cost efficiency in a largely Make to Stock Product Offering.
• Coordinate with procurement, logistics, and operations to maximize in-stock rates and minimize lead times including setting make-to-stock and make-to-order levels for components.

• • Coordinate with plant and operations leaders to optimize production material flows, customer and business metrics, and contingency plans including stocking targets at levels of production.
  • Identify and resolve supply constraints; recommend third-party procurement, capacity changes, inventory deployment, or demand-prioritization actions as required.

• Cross-Facility Coordination
• Ensure data accuracy and visibility of demand signals across all sites to inform supply plans.
• Facilitate scenario modeling and proactive decision-making to address supply chain disruptions.
• Align new product introductions and end-of-life transitions with inventory and production plans across all facilities as well as identify local manufacturing options to minimize supply costs.
• Align sites with tools and behaviors to recognizing "sister site" stock out and replenishment behavior as well as incorporation into demand signals.
• Technology & Process Improvement
• Leverage ERP (Kinetic) and other available software tools to ensure integrated signals and data enable local decision making and response to signals including ensuring data accuracy/rationalization.
• Evaluate and integrate AI and data-driven planning solutions to enhance forecasting and responsiveness.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning processes, tools, and KPIs.
• Help identify and coordinate site specific triggers with corporate level reporting tools to ensure data accuracy at all levels of organization or help facilitate reconciliation.
• Performance Management
• Establish and monitor KPIs for forecast accuracy, inventory efficiency, waste reduction, and service levels.
• Hold production partners and facilities accountable for on-time shipments and inventory targets.
• Create iterative process to improve SIOP through learnings in performance.
• Team Leadership & Collaboration
• Lead and mentor a high-performing planning team members embedded in sites or shared services, promoting accountability and professional development.
• Partner with procurement, manufacturing, logistics, finance, and facilities teams to ensure integrated planning.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Operations, or related field.
• Experience: 7-10+ years in supply chain planning, procurement, or operations management.
• Skills:
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills; proficiency in ERP and forecasting tools.
  • Certifications (Preferred): APICS CPIM, CSCP, or SAP IBP certification.

Scope of Responsibilities

• Planning Coverage: Monthly S&OP for Circular Solutions and Rubber Processing Business Units, with scenario planning for regional and global demand shifts. Looking at up to rolling 24 months SIOP view.
• Inventory Oversight: Centralized safety stock modeling, regional inventory pooling, and local buffer management.
• Coordination: Weekly cross-site planning meetings, shared forecasting dashboards, and unified KPI tracking.
• Risk Management: Multi-site contingency planning for supply disruptions, demand spikes, excess supply, or capacity constraints.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics below are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.

• This role involves travel to facilities, on-site visits, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving operational environment.
• Travel will be dictated by projects and validating process enabling success of this role.

Physical and Mental Demands:

The demands described are representative but not all inclusive of those demands that must be met by an employee (with or without reasonable accommodation) to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

• Manual dexterity and visual acuity to operate standard office equipment such as computers and phones.
• Communicate effectively (write, speak) with supervisors and others on performance and safety concerns.
• Adequate hearing ability to receive work instruction and to respond to changes in work environment.
• Attention to detail to complete work assignments.
• Time management to comply with scheduled work time and maintain productivity requirements.
• Ability to understand and abide by safety policies and maintain a safe work environment. Ability to move throughout the work location to comply with safety requirements.

Updated as of 8/31/26

What we offer you:

• Competitive medical, dental, vision, and prescription insurance coverage
• 401k with a company match
• PTO Hours are accrued from Day 1
• Tuition reimbursement
• Opportunities for development and internal promotions
• Two minute walk to eco-friendly public transportation from rabbittransit

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