Supply Planning CoE Manager

Position Summary

The Manager, Center of Excellence Supply Planning is responsible for advancing supply planning capabilities across the enterprise through process excellence, governance, technology enablement, and continuous improvement. This role develops and governs the standards, methodologies, best practices, and performance measures used for supply, inventory, and capacity planning while partnering with operational planning teams to improve planning effectiveness and business performance. The position leads efforts to mature integrated business planning processes, supports the implementation and adoption of advanced planning technologies, and drives continuous improvement across planning processes and capabilities. By establishing consistent ways of working and enabling planning excellence, this role helps strengthen organizational planning maturity, improve decision-making, and support long-term business objectives.

This is a remote role with the requirement of residing within the UnitedStates. If you are local to Mentor, OH, this position will be hybrid with the expectation of being onsite in Mentor, OH 3 days/week.

Up to 50% domestic and international travel.

This role is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship or H1B Transfer.

What You'll do as a Supply Planning CoE Manager

• Enterprise Supply Planning Excellence - Leads the design, governance, and continuous improvement of enterprise supply planning processes, standards, and best practices to drive consistency, scalability, and planning excellence across the organization.
• Supply Planning Methodologies - Develops and maintains enterprise methodologies and governance frameworks for supply planning, inventory planning, and capacity planning, ensuring alignment with business objectives and operational requirements.
• Cross Functional Alignment - Strengthens cross-functional alignment among planning, manufacturing, procurement, logistics, finance, and commercial teams by establishing common planning processes, decision frameworks, planning assumptions, and performance expectations that improve end-to-end business performance.
• Integrated Business Planning Maturity - Designs, governs, and continuously enhances integrated business planning processes, including Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning, by establishing standards, facilitating continuous improvement, and promoting adoption of best practices across the enterprise.
• Supply Planning Performance Measures - Establishes and governs planning performance measures, metric definitions, scorecards, and reporting standards to support consistent performance evaluation and data-driven decision-making across planning functions.
• Partner Cross Functionally - Partners with planning, manufacturing, procurement, logistics, finance, commercial, and technology teams to drive cross-functional alignment, support strategic initiatives, and ensure effective execution of planning standards and governance requirements.
• Enable Advanced Planning Systems - Supports the implementation, enhancement, and adoption of advanced planning systems and planning technologies by defining business process requirements, aligning solutions with established standards, and promoting sustainable business value realization.
• Capability Building - Develops planning playbooks, training materials, best practices, and capability-building programs that enhance organizational planning knowledge, accelerate onboarding, and support a culture of continuous improvement.

The Experience, Skills, and Abilities Needed

Required

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 8+ years of experience in Supply planning, inventory planning, production planning, or related supply chain functions.
• 8+ years of experience in Integrated business planning or Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning processes.
• 8+ years of experience in Cross-functional projects, process improvements, or business transformation initiatives.
• 8+ years of experience in Planning systems, advanced planning solutions, or supply chain technologies.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
• APICS/ASCM or Lean Six Sigma certification.
• 5+ years of experience in a complex manufacturing, medical device, healthcare, or life sciences environment.
• 3+ years of experience developing supply planning standards, playbooks, training programs, or capability-development programs.
• 3+ years of prior leadership experience in planning, supply chain, or operations.
• Strong knowledge of supply, inventory, capacity, and production planning processes.

Other

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and business acumen.
• Effective project management and organizational skills.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to communicate complex information and translate data into business recommendations.
• Ability to collaborate across planning, manufacturing, procurement, logistics, finance, commercial, and technology functions.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and lead through expertise.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive continuous improvement

What STERIS Offers

We value our employees and are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that support your health, well-being, and financial future.

Here is just a brief overview of what we offer:

• Market Competitive Pay.
• Extensive Paid Time Off (PTO) and 9 added Holidays.
• Excellent Healthcare, Dental and vision benefits.
• Long/Short Term Disability coverage.
• 401(k) with a company match.
• Maternity & Paternity Leave.
• Additional add-on benefits/discounts for programs such as Pet Insurance.
• Tuition Reimbursement and continued educations programs.
• Excellent opportunities for advancement in a stable long-term career.

STERIS does not accept unsolicited resumes/CV's from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings.