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Chesterfield, Missouri, United States
Onsite
Job Responsibilities & Requirements
A Brief Overview
The Director of Planning & Data leads the company's end-to-end supply chain planning, inventory management, data, and analytics capabilities across manufacturing and distribution operations. The role is accountable for demand planning, supply planning, capacity planning, production planning and scheduling, inventory optimization, S&OP/IBP, master data governance, reporting, and advanced analytics. The Director translates customer demand and business priorities into executable supply plans while balancing customer service, capacity, inventory, working capital, and operational performance.
This leader combines strong supply chain and manufacturing expertise with data-driven decision making, systems leadership, and continuous improvement. The Director establishes scalable processes, planning discipline, governance, decision rights, and organizational capabilities while partnering with Commercial, Customer Service, Manufacturing, Procurement, Finance, and Information Technology to improve service, inventory productivity, planning effectiveness, and profitable growth.
Responsibilities
Supply Chain Planning & S&OP / IBP
· Lead and continuously improve the integrated business planning and S&OP process across demand planning, supply planning, capacity planning, production planning and scheduling, and inventory planning.
· Partner with Commercial teams to develop and continuously improve demand forecasts, statistical forecasting methodologies, and visibility to significant changes in customer demand, product mix, and market requirements.
· Translate demand forecasts into actionable supply, capacity, inventory, production, and distribution requirements across the network.
· Ensure alignment among customer demand, manufacturing capacity, supplier capabilities, and distribution resources.
· Establish standardized planning policies, time horizons, planning parameters, governance processes, and decision rights that improve planning effectiveness, responsiveness, and execution.
· Lead network planning initiatives across manufacturing plants and distribution centers.
· Identify capacity constraints, material shortages, supplier limitations, inventory exposures, and other supply risks, and lead cross-functional mitigation and recovery plans.
· Own inventory strategy and performance across raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods, balancing customer service, supply continuity, operational requirements, and working capital.
· Establish inventory targets, stocking strategies, safety-stock policies, replenishment parameters, and segmentation approaches based on demand variability, lead times, and service requirements.
· Drive measurable improvement in inventory turns, excess and obsolete inventory, stock availability, inventory accuracy, and overall inventory productivity.
· Identify inventory imbalances across manufacturing and distribution locations and lead actions to rebalance inventory and mitigate shortages.
· Partner with Finance, Manufacturing, Commercial, and Procurement to align inventory investments with business priorities and financial objectives.
· Drive customer service and order-fulfillment performance with accountability for product availability, fill rate, lead time, and supply reliability.
· Partner with Commercial and Customer Service teams to understand customer requirements, resolve supply-related service issues, and proactively communicate constraints.
· Establish clear processes for prioritizing customer demand when capacity or inventory is constrained, ensuring decisions align with business priorities.
· Develop root-cause visibility into service failures and lead corrective and preventive actions across planning, inventory, manufacturing, and related functions.
· Establish a comprehensive supply chain performance-management framework spanning service, inventory, forecasting, planning, production scheduling, and working capital.
· Develop and maintain KPIs, dashboards, management operating reviews, and escalation processes that improve visibility, accountability, responsiveness, and issue resolution.
· Monitor key measures including forecast accuracy and bias, schedule adherence, service attainment, fill rate, inventory turns, excess and obsolete inventory, stock availability, and working capital.
· Lead structured continuous improvement efforts that simplify processes, reduce waste, strengthen operating discipline, and improve planning effectiveness and service.
· Lead root-cause analysis of recurring planning, inventory, scheduling, and service issues and ensure sustainable corrective actions are implemented.
· Own supply chain and operations data strategy, governance, reporting architecture, and standards for master data quality and integrity.
· Lead the effective utilization and continuous improvement of SAP S/4HANA and related planning applications supporting supply chain planning and inventory management.
· Ensure planning parameters, inventory policies, lead times, replenishment settings, and other critical supply chain master data are accurate, governed, and aligned with business requirements.
· Develop dashboards, KPIs, analytics, and self-service reporting capabilities that provide actionable insights to business leaders.
· Lead implementation and optimization of advanced planning systems, business intelligence platforms, and predictive analytics capabilities.
· Drive digital transformation initiatives leveraging AI, machine learning, automation, and advanced analytics to improve decision making and supply chain performance.
· Partner with Information Technology to ensure planning and reporting systems are scalable, reliable, secure, and effectively integrated.
· Recruit, lead, develop, and retain a high-performing organization of planners, analysts, and data professionals, with clear roles, objectives, performance expectations, and accountability.
· Build organizational capability across demand planning, supply planning, capacity planning, production planning and scheduling, inventory management, analytics, and data governance through coaching, development, and succession planning.
· Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, collaboration, and data-driven decision making.
· Establish effective governance and decision rights among corporate supply chain, manufacturing locations, Commercial, Customer Service, Procurement, Finance, and Information Technology.
· Serve as a key advisor to senior leadership by providing visibility to demand changes, capacity constraints, material risks, inventory exposures, service performance, financial trade-offs, performance trends, and improvement opportunities.
Qualifications
· Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Data Analytics, Business, Engineering, or a related field required; master's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Analytics, or a related discipline preferred.
· 10+ years of progressive experience in supply chain planning, manufacturing operations, inventory management, analytics, or related functions, including significant leadership responsibility.
· 5+ years of leadership experience managing planning, supply chain, analytics, and/or data teams.
· Equivalent combination of experience and education which clearly indicates the ability to perform the essential functions of the position may substitute on a year for year basis
· Demonstrated experience leading multiple supply chain disciplines, including demand planning, supply planning, capacity planning, production planning and scheduling, and inventory management.
· Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing and distribution networks and operating effectively in a matrixed environment.
· Proven track record leading and improving S&OP / IBP processes.
· Proven record of improving forecast accuracy, schedule performance, inventory performance, customer service, and working capital.
· Strong knowledge of inventory optimization, capacity management, supply risk management, and planning performance metrics.
· SAP S/4HANA experience and demonstrated experience implementing or optimizing ERP, planning, analytics, or business intelligence platform.
· Working knowledge of AI, machine learning, predictive analytics, and their practical application within planning, operations, or supply chain environments. Experience establishing KPIs, performance-management routines, and data-driven accountability mechanisms that deliver sustained improvement.
· Strong financial and analytical acumen, including understanding of the relationship among supply chain decisions, customer service, inventory, working capital, and operating performance.
· Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving capabilities with demonstrated ability to influence across functions and drive decisions.
· Practical, hands-on leadership style with the ability to balance strategic direction, digital transformation, and disciplined operational execution.
Physical Demands
This role is primarily performed in an office environment where a computer, telephone and other office equipment are used as needed to perform the duties of the role. As part of the essential functions of this role, the individual will need to access a factory and be exposed to temperature changes. This may will result in being exposed to noise, vibration, chemicals/fumes and navigate around factory machines.
MiTek Perks:
Generous time off including Paid Time Off, 13 annual holidays, and volunteer time off
Day One Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision Plans
Family friendly benefits including Paid Caregiver Leave, Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Reimbursement
Performance/Incentive bonuses
Career advancement, training opportunities, Employee Resource Groups, and tuition reimbursement
Retirement programs including Matching 401(k) Contributions and Profit Sharing
Employer paid Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
myFlexPay partner – allows you to track, manage and access your pay anytime
MiTek is a platform innovator and enabler that exists to transform the building industry with better building solutions. In 1955, MiTek transformed residential construction with the invention of the Gang-Nail plate and a digital platform that provided an affordable and scalable way to manufacture wood trusses. Today, MiTek delivers software, services, engineered products, and automated solutions that enable the building industry to improve efficiencies by optimizing the balance between off-site and on-site. With nearly 5,600 team members worldwide, MiTek collaborates across the building industry to enable and accelerate transformational breakthroughs in design and construction to transform the way the industry designs, makes, and builds. As a Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A, NYSE: BRK-B) company since 2001, MiTek has a record of continuous growth and innovation.
MiTek is an E-Verify and Drug and Tobacco-Free Workplace.
We are an equal opportunity employer; and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ethnicity, physical or mental disability, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or transgender status), age (40 and over), genetic information (including family medical history), veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
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