Well established, very reputable and growing organization located in Indianapolis is looking for a Director Business Planning.

This role comes with a very competitive compensation plan with a base salary ranging from $180k to $200k plus 35% annual bonus opportunity.

Relocation assistance is also available.

All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.  
location: INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana
job type: Permanent
salary: $180,000 - 200,000 per year
work hours: 8am to 4pm
education: Bachelors
 
responsibilities:
Job Overview: Lead forecasting, demand planning, and network optimization to influence positive financial results for the company. This role will report to the COO, and will ensure cost effective short, medium and long term forecasts with maintaining reliable customer service. This role will develop and refice business plans to optimize volume and mix to balance the network efficiently in both steady state and offline assets conditions. Subject matter expert in demand planning, capacity management, revenue forecasting and will drive key initiatives, including monthly demand plans, consumption modeling, network strategy optimization and business integration.

Integrated Business Planning Leadership & Execution:

-Leads the enterprise-wide process, integrating demand planning, supply chain management, financial forecasting and operational execution to drive stratetic alignment

-Facilitates monthly review meetings with cross functional leadership, balancing demand,supply and financial trade-offs to optimize business performance

Market Intelligence & Demands Forecasting:

-Monitors industry trends, customer service behaviors, regulatory shifts, and competitory activity to inform planning assumptions and strategic decisions

-Collaborates with commercial and strategy teams to assess market developments and their impact on volume, service mix, pricing and profitability

Demand & Capacity Planning:

-Develops short and long range forecasts that balance customer demand with operational capacity and financial targets

-Indentifies demand variances and aligns production, routing and staffing strategies accordingly to optimize service delivery and asset utilization

Cross Functional Collaboration & Executive Engagment:

-Partners with Sales, Operations, Finance and Strategy teams to ensure end-to-end alignment of demand signals, service capabilities and budget assumptions

-Acts as a key liaison between field operations and executive leadership, ensuring operational realities are reflected in planning assumptions

Network Optimization, Cost & Mix Management:

-Manages overall waste allocation across the network, ensuring proper balance for lowest cost and highest customer reliability

-Leads network optimization processes to mitigate costs, maximize service efficiency and resolve key supply demand challenges

Analytics & Continuous Improvement:

-Leads the development of KPI's and performance dashboards to measure effectiveness, forecast accuracy and supply demand alignment

Education:

-Bachelor's degree (required) in business, supply chain management or logistics

Experience:

-10 years of experience in business planning, supply chain or business operations with significant exposure to logistics, or industrial services sectors

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qualifications:

• Experience level: Director
• Minimum 10 years of experience
• Education: Bachelors (required)

 
skills: Strategic Planning