Global Capacity Planner

Leggett & Platt; Lakeshore; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturer in residential products is seeking a Global Capacity Planner. This role involves collaborating with sales and operations teams to manage supply constraints and develop recommendations for capacity adjustments. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or Engineering, strong data analysis skills, and experience working with international teams. Join us to help enhance lives through quality products.

Qualifications

• Strong ability to develop and maintain relationships, influence stakeholders, and drive outcomes.
• Experience with collaboration with international teams including Asia and Europe.
• Automotive Industry Experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor multi-branch external supplier capacity to ensure adequate supply to meet customer demand.
• Develop process to update and maintain effective capacity limits in supply planning applications.
• Prepare recommendations for short-term and medium-term capacity adjustments.

Skills

Relationship development

Problem-solving skills

Data analysis

Collaboration

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or Engineering

Tools

Blue Yonder

Enterprise Resource Planning

Job description

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion‑control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

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Position Summary

The Global Capacity Planner is an external facing role and will collaborate with Sales to understand customer demand signals and verify adequate component part capacity is in place for multi‑branch shared external tooling and / or processes. Collaborate with the Operations team to manage supply constraints and ensure that those constraints are resolved in a timely manner. Work with the Category Management and Finance teams to identify and justify capacity investment opportunities. Continuously enhance the Capacity Planning process to ensure analysis quality and that supply constraints are mitigated effectively, and efficiently.

• Prepare models to plan tooling / process capacity of critical, multi‑branch suppliers effectively. Analyze short and medium‑term data from Sales, Operations, and Suppliers to monitor supply / customer demand balance.
• Develop recommendations to manage capacity / customer demand gaps. Align with the Business, Sales, & Procurement teams.
• Identify continuous Supply / Demand gaps which represent an opportunity to increase capacity. Work with Category Management to develop cost‑effective solution. Present recommendation(s) to Purchasing, Finance and Business Leadership.
• Design and maintain all performance capacity reports and statistics for management.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor multi‑branch external supplier capacity to ensure adequate supply to meet customer demand.
• Prepare recommendations for short‑term and medium‑term capacity adjustments. Secure alignment with critical stake holders.
• Develop process to update and maintain effective capacity limits in supply planning applications (Blue Yonder)
• Represent Procurement as the point of contact highlight critical supply chain decisions tied to volume requirements

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or Engineering.

Experience Needed

• Strong ability to develop and maintain relationships, influence stakeholders, and drive outcomes.
• Business acumen and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong data analysis and reporting skills.
• Experience with collaboration with international teams including Asia and Europe.
• Familiar with enterprise resource planning.
• Collaboration with other team members and departments.
• Automotive Industry Experience preferred.