SIOP Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alabama, +11 more states.

📋 Description

• Design, implement, and oversee a structured monthly SIOP process that encompasses demand review, supply review, reconciliation, and executive SIOP meetings.

• Create and uphold an integrated demand planning framework.

• Manage 4–5 SIOP resources across three production locations through a cross-site council with dotted-line reporting.

• Generate rolling forecasts by utilizing customer forecasts, historical demand data, market insights, sales inputs, program requirements, and other demand signals.

• Collaborate with Commercial and Program Management teams to assess, reconcile, and validate demand assumptions.

• Convert approved demand plans into requirements for materials, components, production, and capacity.

• Factor in electronic component lead times, allocation constraints, bills of materials, supplier restrictions, and supply risks in planning decisions.

• Develop and sustain rolling capacity plans across manufacturing sites.

• Present planning discrepancies, business risks, competing priorities, and suggested trade-offs to executive leadership.

• Steer inventory planning strategies that balance customer service, working capital, material availability, and risks related to excess or obsolete inventory.

• Facilitate cross-functional alignment regarding forecast modifications, production priorities, supply constraints, and recovery strategies.

• Assist with new product introductions, program launches, product transfers, and production ramp-ups.

• Establish and assess SIOP and demand planning metrics.

• Analyze planning performance, pinpoint root causes, and implement process enhancements.

• Advocate for disciplined usage of ERP and planning systems to ensure data integrity, scenario analysis, and reporting.

• Formulate planning standards, governance structures, roles, and decision-making protocols.

• Lead initiatives for organizational change and synchronize multiple departments and stakeholder groups.

• Impact business decisions through data-driven analysis, strategic planning, and risk evaluation.

• Travel 11–25% depending on business requirements.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or a related field is preferred.

• APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM, CSCP) is advantageous.

• Over 10 years of experience in supply chain/operations planning, including at least 5 years in a SIOP/S&OP leadership position.

• Experience in EMS, contract manufacturing, or complex multi-customer/high-mix electronics or industrial manufacturing settings is highly preferred.

• Profound knowledge of electronic component supply chains, including lead times, allocation dynamics, and BOM-driven planning.

• Proven history of developing a SIOP process from a low-maturity starting point.

• Strong background in ERP/planning systems, such as Kinaxis or similar platforms.

• Proficiency in Excel and data analysis.

• Analytical rigor combined with exceptional executive communication and cross-functional influencing abilities.

• Willingness to travel as required by business demands.

• Candidates must currently reside in Arizona, Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, or Wisconsin.

• Capacity to maintain a safe and secure remote workspace with consistent internet access.

• Ability to occasionally lift office materials weighing up to 20 pounds.

🏝️ Benefits

• 401K with company matching.

• Paid Time Off (PTO).

• Paid Holidays.

• Tuition Reimbursement.

• Medical Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) Plan.

• Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance.