Flex

Supply Chain Planning Manager

Flex$100K — $130K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10 years of relevant experience in supply chain planning
  • Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
  • Supervisory experience leading teams
  • Proficient in MS Office, specifically Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
  • Capable of analyzing complex data and documents
  • Experience presenting to senior management and public groups
  • Demonstrates advanced technical, people, and process management skills

Responsibilities

  • Direct the team's use of best practices in finished goods and WIP planning
  • Manage, coach, and mentor the planning team for continuous development
  • Ensure inventory levels and turn goals are met, reducing back orders
  • Collaborate with senior management to adapt forecasts based on strategic insights
  • Coordinate cross-functional meetings to evaluate the Supply and Demand plan
  • Identify and recommend solutions for long-term constraints and inventory targets

Benefits

  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Matching 401(k) Contributions
  • Vacation and Paid Sick Time
  • Tuition Reimbursement
Full Job Description
Job Posting Start Date 05-05-2026 Job Posting End Date 07-31-2026

Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a/an Supply Chain Planning Manager located in US Texas Austin Research Blvd.

Reporting to the Sr. Director Materials the Supply Chain Planning Manager, will be the Responsible for developing, directing and coordinating material planning activities. Enhance customer service levels possible by balancing supply and demand.

What a typical day looks like:
  • Directs the team in the use of best practices in the daily execution of finished goods and WIP planning
  • Manage, coach and mentor a team. Works with the team on continuous development and performance management.
  • Directs activities of Material Planners and Buyers to ensure that inventory level and turn goals are achieved, including reduction of back orders and enhancing customer service.
  • Meets with Senior Management to obtain strategic information that could impact the forecast. Works with team to modify the forecast for historical and environmental events. Works closely with different departments to accurately develop and maintain an accurate forecast.
  • Hold cross-functional meetings to review the Supply and Demand plan
  • Review issues and make recommendations that deal with long-term constraints, customer service levels, inventory targets, the current forecast, and backlog.


The experience we're looking to add to our team,
  • 10 years of experience in a similar position
  • Strong communication skill
  • Supervisor previous experience
  • Knowledge of the MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents and data
  • Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, boards of directors and customers.
  • Demonstrates advanced functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills


Here are a few of our preferred experiences:
  • Kinaxis, Rapid response
  • Interpersonal and organization skills
  • Procurement previous experience

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What you'll receive for the great work you provide:
  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Matching 401(k) Contributions
  • Vacation and Paid Sick Time
  • Tuition Reimbursement


Job Category
Global Procurement & Supply Chain

Relocation: Not eligible

Is Sponsorship Available?
No

About Flex

Flex Ltd. is an American Singaporean-domiciled multinational electronics contract manufacturer. It is the third largest global electronics manufacturing services (EMS), original design manufacturer (ODM) company by revenue, behind only Pegatron for what concerns original equipment manufacturers. Flex has manufacturing operations in over 30 countries, totaling approximately 200,000 employees.
Learn more about Flex
Size
172,648 employees
Market Cap
$9.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$421 million
Founded
2016
5 Year Trend
+1.8%
Revenue
$23.3 billion
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