Associate Director, S&OP Process Owner Operations (Multiple Locations)

Sales And Operations Planning Manager

Preferred locations include U.S., Netherlands or Ireland

This role will drive the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process design and discipline including Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE), and champion continuous improvement initiatives with the Operations organization. As a fundamental cross-functional integrated planning process, S&OP aligns demand and supply, playing a crucial role in achieving peak business performance, while S&OE focuses on short-term execution support. This position requires fostering collaboration and partnership across Global Operations, Commercial and Operations & Commercial Finance teams, thereby strengthening strategic decision-making capabilities. This role will also be tasked with governing and ensuring S&OP and S&OE process adherence while spearheading transformational changes through detailed documentation and effective implementation to enhance procedural maturity. By instilling a culture of continuous improvement, this role is essential in driving sustainable change to meet and exceed business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and drive process adherence of S&OP / S&OE within Operations including senior-leadership.
• Drive governance of S&OP / S&OE processes and manage cross-functional interdependencies to address governance, compliance, deviations and issues. Create and implement an audit schedule for Operations / Supply Chain to ensure guidance and processes throughout the S&OP cycle including Demand Review, Supply Review, Reconciliation, and Executive S&OP as well as S&OE. Establish best practices and standard templates based on the segmented portfolio.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the S&OP / S&OE processes by identifying challenges, implementing best practices, and leveraging leading class methodologies, technologies and data analytics to optimize planning and decision making.
• Partner, negotiate and influence without authority to senior-level stakeholders to drive alignment and support S&OP / S&OE implementation across Commercial, Finance, and Operations.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to strategize business objectives and develop a continuous improvement roadmap that aligns processes with these goals, while coordinating with the Change Management team to ensure smooth implementation and execution.
• Build and maintain strong cross-functional stakeholder relationships by effectively influencing without direct authority, while collaborating with the technology team on system improvements that drive simplification and efficiency through automation.
• Collaborate with the Training and Change Management team to develop training and support materials and conduct training sessions as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) when needed.
• Facilitate performance metric development and monitor Operations, identifying areas of improvement
• Drive consistent application of S&OP / S&OE analytics in Operations.

Qualifications

Additional Information

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