Supply Chain Transformation Specialist

Sterling Engineering Ltd - Ireland & Europe; Leinster; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sterling Engineering Ltd - Ireland & Europe is seeking a Supply Planning Transformation Specialist to lead deployment of the Future Focused Planning Program across manufacturing sites, supporting the transition to a new Target Operating Model and sustainable process adoption.

You will partner with site leadership and supply planning teams, assess readiness, design deployment and change plans, deliver training, track milestones and ensure a smooth hypercare exit while sharing best practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• 5–8 years in supply planning, demand planning, S&OP, or manufacturing supply chain.
• Experience in transformation, operating model, or change programs.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, and training skills.
• Analytical and pragmatic problem solving.
• Ability to work independently across multiple sites.
• SAP or IBP experience desirable.
• Change management certification or experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end deployment at assigned manufacturing sites.
• Partner with site leadership to drive TOM adoption.
• Assess readiness, identify gaps, and develop deployment plans.
• Deliver training, coaching, and capability-building.
• Track milestones, KPIs, risks, and issues.
• Embed new processes and sustain adoption.
• Support hypercare and transition to business-as-usual.
• Capture learnings and share best practices across the program.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Training delivery

Analytical thinking

Multi-site coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SAP

IBP

Job description

Supply Planning Transformation Specialist

Department: Digital Strategy Team – Future Focused Planning Program
Location: Global / Remote
Travel: 15–35%

Role Purpose

Lead the deployment of the Future Focused Planning Program across assigned manufacturing sites, supporting teams through the transition to a new Target Operating Model (TOM) and ensuring sustainable adoption of new processes, tools, and ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end deployment at assigned manufacturing sites.
• Partner with site leadership and supply planning teams to drive TOM adoption.
• Assess site readiness, identify gaps, and develop deployment and change plans.
• Deliver training, coaching, and capability-building.
• Track deployment milestones, KPIs, risks, and issues.
• Embed new processes and ways of working to ensure sustainable adoption.
• Support sites through hypercare and transition to business-as-usual.
• Capture site learnings and share best practices across the wider program.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• 5–8 years' experience in supply planning, demand planning, S&OP, or manufacturing supply chain.
• Experience in transformation, operating model, or change programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, and training skills.
• Analytical and pragmatic approach to problem solving.
• Ability to work independently across multiple sites.
• SAP, IBP, or equivalent planning system experience desirable.
• Change management certification or experience desirable.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure successful site deployment and TOM adoption.
• Build capability and confidence within site supply planning teams.
• Identify and resolve deployment risks and barriers.
• Provide clear progress updates to the Deployment Lead.
• Drive sustainable adoption and successful hypercare exit.