Manager, Global Supply Planning

VF Outdoor; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

VF Outdoor in Singapore is seeking a Global Supply Planning Manager to lead end-to-end supply planning and ensure global capacity aligns with demand, inventory targets, and service levels. The role covers all vendors to develop supply strategies, identify constraints, and implement proactive mitigation plans.

You will partner with Brand, regional planning, and product supply teams to translate forecasts into capacity and PO schedules, driving continuous improvement and strong cross-functional

Qualifications

• Experience in capacity and production planning across global teams.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into strategy.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and stakeholder management.
• Degree in relevant field; MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Brand & Regional planning for long-range capacity and production requirements.
• Own supply signal to ensure a single forecast source for decision making.
• Translate forecasts into capacity, allocations and material types with governance milestones.
• Develop seasonal buy plans and optimize global PO placement.
• Coordinate buy dates and shipping schedules with regional planning.
• Identify capacity risks and drive mitigation actions with regional teams.
• Drive forecast accuracy and transparency with regions.

Skills

End-to-End supply chain knowledge

Capacity modeling & scenario planning

Analytical & data-driven

Cross-functional collaboration

Process discipline

Communication & presentation

Continuous improvement mindset

Change management

Global mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management or related field

MBA or relevant master's degree preferred

Job description

Introduction

The Global Supply Planning Manager is responsible for managing end to end supply planning and ensure global capacity alignment to meet business demand, inventory targets and service levels. This role covers all vendors to develop supply strategies, identify constraints, mitigation plan and ensure proactive supply and capacity planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Brand & Regional planning, product supply lead for long range capacity and production requirement based on LRP.
• Own supply signal to ensure product supply group have one source of forecast for decision making
• Translate MFP forecast into capacity, allocation, material type. Use MFP forecast, historical and insights to provide initial allocation guidance for vendor allocation team, validate through critical GTM Milestones. Translate regional DC receipts plan to PO placement schedule
• Orchestras cross function to create and maintain the seasonal buy plan, optimize global PO placement schedule and set buy strategy (e.g. exceptions LLT call out, one-time buy to avoid surcharge, MOQ review, set buy windows with regional planning to align with sales meeting calendar & long holiday / black out period, material pre-position actions...etc.). Updated monthly to reflect requirement and capacity changes.
• Own the monthly need to buy process as well as seasonal calendars for buy dates and shipping schedules
• Collect capacity risk assessment from capacity planning team and drive actions and resolutions with regional planning team
• Identify capacity risk and mitigation actions for both brand planning and product supply - Fairshare, prebuild, push-out, re-allocation, capacity increase, vendor own-prebuild...etc.
• Work with material planning to define material proposition strategy to optimize lead time while balancing liability risk
• Partner with Brand Planning to align and govern buy strategy, define priority across regions and products under constraint situation
• Governance buy execution to ensure alignment with agreed actions during global consensus meeting
• Coordinate information/data gathering and system setup for smooth buy execution
• Roll-up Capacity and Production Planning updates to communicate with regions
• Drive forecast accuracy improvements through higher level communication and transparency with the regions on issues and opportunities and be a true partner with them by evaluating best practices, leveraging opportunities, and resolving key issues and concerns
• Challenge the status quo by adopting creative ideas that will drive improvement in process, to support a customer centric approach
• Drive department KPI's OTP, Acceptance Rates, Calendar Execution, Fill Rates, Management Reporting and support Quality, CSR, and other relevant Brand needs

Key Competences

• End to End Supply Chain Knowledge - strong understanding of how supply planning links to demand, production, materials, logistics and merchandising.
• Capacity modeling and scenario planning - ability to model production capacity, identify constraints and run what if scenarios.
• Analytical and data driven decision making - proficiency in using data analytics and tools to make informed decision. Ability to analyze complex data sets and translate insights into actionable strategic
• Cross-functional collaboration, influence & effective communication - experience in leading cross-functional teams and management relationship with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Process Discipline - strong grasp of planning cycles, governance routine, and planning parameters management.
• Communication and presentation - able to clearly communicate supply risks, options and decisions to both technical and executive audiences.
• Continuous improvement mindset - experience driving planning efficiency through process re-design, automation or data improvements.
• Change management - experience with change management and transformation particularly in implementing new process, technologies, and organizational structures.
• Global mindset - cultivate awareness and sensitivity to operate effectively in diverse market and environments.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Business, Operations Management, Engineering, or related field. An MBA or relevant master's degree is often preferred.
• 5-8 years of experience in supply chain management, with a strong background and understanding in capacity and production planning or similar field.
• Proven experience managing global teams across multip