Senior Supply Planner

Schneider Electric Corp; Philippines; On-site; PHP 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric Corp in the Philippines seeks a Senior Supply Planner to ensure supply availability and resilience while optimizing inventory and planning parameters for business needs.

You will develop the annual upstream planning strategy with Procurement and plants, drive inventory optimization, assess supplier capacity, and identify risks. The role emphasizes collaboration, analytics, and digital-enabled planning improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain or related field.
• 5+ years in supply planning or upstream supply chain planning.
• Strong understanding of inventory management and planning parameters.
• English communication skills and willingness to collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the annual upstream supply planning strategy.
• Drive inventory optimization via planning parameter reviews and improvements.
• Assess supplier capacity and supply risks with plants and regional teams.
• Identify and mitigate supply constraints; drive preventive actions.
• Improve demand and supply alignment balancing material availability and capacity.
• Work with digital teams to enhance planning dashboards and analytics.

Skills

English language

Digital mindset

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Supply Chain Management

Industrial Engineering

Statistics

Operations Management

Job description

As a Senior Supply Planner, you will ensure supply availability and upstream supply chain resilience while optimizing inventory and planning parameters to support business requirements.

• Develop and execute the annual upstream supply planning strategy in collaboration with Procurement Category Managers, plant teams, and other key stakeholders.
• Drive inventory optimization through continuous improvement initiatives, including flow optimization, planning parameter reviews, and inventory management.
• Partner with plants and regional stakeholders to assess supplier capacity and supply risks, ensuring readiness to support business growth and changing demand.
• Identify potential supply constraints and disruption risks and drive preventive and corrective actions with Procurement, suppliers, and plant teams.
• Improve demand and supply alignment, balancing material availability, inventory levels, supplier capacity, and business requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve PO2 performance and upstream supply continuity.
• Ensure planning activities and processes are executed in accordance with the Global Planning Playbook and established supply chain standards.
• Define end-to-end business requirements to simplify and automate supply planning processes, reducing manual intervention where possible.
• Work with digital and development teams to enhance planning dashboards, visibility, analytics, and automated actions, including the application of AI and other digital solutions.
• Analyze planning and supply chain performance, identify improvement opportunities, and drive actions with cross-functional stakeholders.

What qualifications will make you successful

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, Operations Management, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in supply planning, materials planning, or upstream supply chain planning, preferably within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of supply planning, inventory management, capacity planning, supplier management, and planning parameters.
• Ability to analyze supply and inventory data and translate insights into practical planning actions.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across Procurement, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and regional teams.
• Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Digital mindset with the ability to translate business requirements into digital planning solutions and process improvements.
• Comfortable challenging existing processes while remaining collaborative, logical, and solution-oriented.
• Experience with planning dashboards, analytics, automation, or AI-enabled supply chain solutions is an advantage.
• Amenable to work in Rosario Cavite