Manager – Demand & Supply Process Improvement

Position: Manager – Demand & Supply Process Improvement Location: Fort Worth, Texas Duration: Contract Job ID: 174257 Job Overview: The Manager – Demand & Supply Process Improvement will lead strategic initiatives to enhance end-to-end demand and supply planning performance across the organization. This role focuses on analyzing planning processes, identifying structural gaps, and designing solutions to improve forecast accuracy, inventory health, service levels, and overall supply chain responsiveness. Working within the Supply Chain Transformation team, the manager will collaborate with various departments to implement standardized best practices and drive adoption of new planning tools and capabilities. Utilizing data-driven insights, root-cause analysis, and change management, the role aims to deliver sustainable improvements in planning efficiency and decision-making. Responsibilities: • Lead cross-functional initiatives to improve end-to-end demand and supply planning processes, ensuring alignment with organizational transformation goals. • Analyze current-state demand planning, supply planning, and SOP/IBP workflows to identify inefficiencies, systemic issues, and structural improvement opportunities. • Drive process redesign efforts to enhance forecast accuracy, inventory optimization, replenishment performance, and supply resilience. • Collaborate closely with demand planners, supply planners, procurement, operations, finance, and IT to develop and implement standardized best practices. • Use data-driven insights, performance dashboards, and root-cause analysis to uncover planning exceptions, variability drivers, and underlying process gaps. • Support the deployment, enhancement, or optimization of planning technologies such as APS, forecasting tools, and ERP/WMS integrations. • Build future-state process documentation, playbooks, and frameworks to improve consistency and decision-making across planning teams. • Partner with change management teams to ensure effective communication, training, and adoption of new tools and processes. Qualifications: • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent experience/training. • 5+ years of relevant experience. • FAA AP Certifications preferred. • Operational Excellence/Continuous Improvement experience preferred. • Strong analytical capabilities with the ability to interpret complex demand, supply, and inventory data. • Proficiency in advanced planning tools and technologies such as APS, forecasting systems, and ERP planning modules. • Solid understanding of statistical forecasting concepts, planning parameters, and supply planning logic. • Skilled in process mapping, process design, and workflow standardization. • Proficiency in data and visualization tools such as Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar. • Ability to conduct root-cause analysis and develop data-backed improvement strategies. • Knowledge of key planning metrics such as forecast accuracy, bias, service levels, inventory turns, and lead-time performance. • Deep understanding of end-to-end demand planning, supply planning, replenishment, and inventory optimization. • Knowledge of supply chain network flows, capacity constraints, and demand-supply balancing. • Experience participating in or supporting transformation initiatives within planning or operations functions. • Effective verbal and written communication skills with all levels within the organization. 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Pay Range: $60 - $65 The specific compensation for this position will be determined by several factors, including the scope, complexity, and location of the role, as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials, and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and 401K contributions, as well as PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by applicable state or localities where you reside or work. If you receive a suspicious message, email, or phone call claiming to be from PTR Global do not respond or click on any links. Instead, contact us directly at +1 214-740-2424. To report any concerns, please email us at legal@pinnacle1.com