Supply Planning Excellence & CI Lead

Job description

Supply Planning Excellence & CI Lead The Opportunity A vacancy has arisen for a Supply Planning Excellence & CI Lead . This is a permanent position and will report to the Planning Global Hub & CoE Lead. The Supply Planning Excellence & CI Lead identifies, leads, and executes continuous improvement activities for Supply Planning (Supply and Material Planning, Co-packing, MRP and Scheduling) across the markets in scope. Manages and tracks all the ongoing initiatives in the region and ensures that all progress timely and support the capability overall strategy. What You’ll Do Identify, prioritize, and lead continuous improvement initiatives across global and regional supply planning activities, aligned to the Global Planning Excellence strategy Lead, support, or execute CI initiatives across Supply & Material Planning, MRP, Scheduling, and Co ‑ packing, partnering with regional and site teams Manage and track the full portfolio of regional and global improvement initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered successfully and on time Facilitate performance review sessions with Supply Planners to address challenges, share insights, and drive best ‑ practice adoption Coordinate lifecycle management processes across regions to balance product availability with obsolescence risk and cost mitigation Create transparency around complexity and improvement opportunities within regional co ‑ packing operations Act as the global design authority for supply planning tools, user roles, access rights, and system governance Oversee system upgrades, enhancements, and change requests across markets to ensure stability and continuous improvement Establish governance forums to review global planning performance, standards compliance, and improvement initiatives Serve as a central escalation point for systemic supply planning challenges and drive cross ‑ BU improvements based on performance insights The Skills you will bring to the team Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field 5–7+ years of experience in supply planning, planning excellence, or continuous improvement roles Strong operational knowledge of Supply Planning, Material Planning, MRP, and Scheduling within an FMCG environment Hands ‑ on experience with advanced planning technologies such as Kinaxis, OMP, o9, JDA, or similar platforms Proficiency in analytics and data tools, including SAP IBP, APO, Oracle SCM, Anaplan, Tableau, Power BI, Python, R, SQL, or comparable technologies Experience defining and governing global master data standards (e.g., lead times, MOQs, planning parameters) Proven ability to develop global process standards, playbooks, templates, and training materials Strong stakeholder management skills with experience working across geographically and culturally diverse teams Highly organized, self ‑ motivated, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast ‑ paced, evolving environment A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to translate data and insights into actionable outcome Where and how you will work The opportunity will be based in Downers Grove or Chicago, Illinois with hybrid working arrangements available which offer you a greater choice in how you work and live, giving you a better work-life balance. What we would like to offer you! The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy and competitive salary. About Glanbia Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide. At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more. Glanbia provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles; the salary range for this role is $95,000-135,000 plus an annual bonus. This range may not be applicable to other locations and targeted salary is midpoint of range. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role.