Senior Supply Planner

The Senior Supply Planner, Americas owns the rolling 13-week tactical supply plan across the Americas and coordinates the region’s integration with the global pigment network. The role balances demand, supply, inventory and capacity across manufacturing sites to deliver high service levels, cost efficiency, plan stability and minimal obsolescence. It provides cross-plant visibility and coordination of material and product flows from raw material availability through production and deployment to customer delivery.
Reporting to the Global Network Planning Manager, this senior individual contributor coordinates cross-site planning and influences stakeholders without formal authority.
The role is instrumental to Oterra’s growth journey, enabling reliable scale-up of the natural food color portfolio in the Americas through fact-based planning, collaboration and decisive risk management.
Core Responsibilities
1. Rolling 13-Week Supply Planning
Own and maintain the rolling 13-week constrained supply and inventory plan for the Americas, aligned with demand, material availability, capacity and the global network strategy.
Translate priorities into feasible production, deployment and procurement requirements for execution by sites.
Review the plan weekly, manage exceptions and drive clear recovery actions for capacity, material and service gaps.
2. Network Optimization & Risk Management
Optimize inventory positioning, production flows and capacity utilization to improve OTIF, working capital, cost and supply resilience.
Develop scenarios for constraints and network trade-offs; recommend actions based on business impact.
Coordinate product transfers and production relocations across sites, assessing capacity, service, inventory, cost, lead-time and implementation risks to optimize use of the global manufacturing network.
Partner with Procurement and Manufacturing to mitigate supplier, material and capacity risks.
3. Cross-Functional Leadership
Influence sites and cross-functional stakeholders without formal authority, using expertise, constructive challenge and fact-based recommendations.
Align regional execution with global planning standards, decisions and priorities.
Provide transparent visibility of constraints, risks and decisions to S&OP / IBP and senior stakeholders.
4. Growth & Continuous Improvement
Coordinate network readiness for new products, conversions and growth of the natural food color portfolio in the Americas.
Monitor planning KPIs, identify root causes and coordinate corrective actions.
Improve planning processes and decision-making using SAP S/4HANA, PP/DS, IBP, Excel and Power BI.
Location & Travel
Location: Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin
The role has regional responsibility for the Americas and requires close collaboration with global teams and manufacturing sites across the Americas and Europe.
Travel to manufacturing sites, suppliers and key stakeholders is required as needed up to 30% of working time.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business or related field.
Significant experience in supply chain, network planning, S&OP / IBP, manufacturing planning or related disciplines.
Experience in complex, multi-site manufacturing environments.
Experience in strategic network planning, capacity planning and/or supply chain optimization.
Experience working across regions and cultures in a global organization.
Procurement experience or strong understanding of procurement processes preferred.
Experience in food ingredients, specialty chemicals, colors, natural products or related industries is an advantage.
Strong analytical capabilities and experience with ERP/MRP and planning systems.
Willingness to travel as required.

Skills
Power BI, Excel, Risk Management, Procurement, ERP, SAP

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Hybrid