Supply Planner, Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead the Supply Planning team in North America and create a high-performing, data-centric planning organization.

• Take responsibility for the development and implementation of the regional supply plan across manufacturing sites, product categories, co-manufacturers, and the distribution network.

• Convert the consensus demand plan into an integrated framework for capacity, production, inventory, deployment, and material requirements.

• Set planning priorities and establish decision rules that consider service, inventory, cost, capacity, and waste.

• Link short-, medium-, and long-term supply plans effectively.

• Promote exception-based planning methodologies.

• Generate forward-looking assessments of capacity needs, constraints, gaps, bottlenecks, and opportunities.

• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Procurement, Logistics, Customer Service, Deployment, Commercial, Finance, and Supply Chain teams on mitigation strategies.

• Analyze production, sourcing, capacity, and inventory scenarios to enhance the North American supply network.

• Incorporate new products, renovations, transitions, and discontinuations into the supply plans.

• Oversee inventory planning principles, including safety stock, inventory targets, planning parameters, and replenishment policies.

• Identify shortages, excess inventory, service failures, inventory deviations, and supply disruptions; coordinate root-cause analysis and corrective actions.

• Direct the Supply component of the North American Integrated Tactical Planning process and escalate constraints into the monthly Integrated Business Planning.

• Advocate for the simplification, standardization, and automation of planning systems, ERP capabilities, master data, advanced analytics, and AI.

• Lead or contribute to planning transformation initiatives and implement best practices.

• Mentor, coach, and develop Supply and Deployment Planners.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.

• Over 5 years of experience in Supply Planning, Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), or similar processes.

• More than 3 years of experience in a leadership role.

• Proven track record in leading supply planning processes; experience in FMCG, food and beverage, consumer goods, or another fast-paced industry is preferred.

• Demonstrated success in fostering cross-functional alignment and influencing senior stakeholders.

• Experience in supporting executive-level decision-making through analytics and scenario planning.

• Familiarity with planning platforms such as Anaplan, SAP IBP, OMP, Kinaxis, or a comparable system.

• Strong business intelligence and Excel skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Willingness to travel approximately 4–6 times per year as required by the role.

• Must reside in the Eastern timezone.

• Alignment with Oatly’s mission focused on health, sustainability, and transparency.

• Self-motivated individual with a sense of accountability and ownership.

• Comfortable with ambiguity and possesses an entrepreneurial mindset.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible vacation policy.

• Comprehensive benefits package, including pet insurance.

• Paid volunteer days off throughout the year.

• Complimentary six packs of oat milk.

• Reasonable accommodations for a barrier-free interview experience.