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Dyson Institute is seeking a Senior Manager to own the end-to-end Integrated Business Planning process for its global Spares & Accessories portfolio. You will align demand, supply, inventory and financial objectives while driving forecast accuracy and service performance.
You will lead cross-functional teams, drive scenario planning, and establish governance and metrics to improve working capital and portfolio execution.
The Senior Manager, IBP – Spares & Accessories is responsible for leading the end-to-end Integrated Business Planning process for Dyson's global Spares & Accessories portfolio. The role ensures alignment between demand, supply, inventory, financial objectives, and service requirements while driving inventory health, forecast accuracy, revenue growth, and customer service performance across global markets. The position partners closely with Market Planning, Supply Chain, Finance, and After-Sales teams to deliver a robust and responsive planning strategy.
Lead the monthly IBP cycle for the global Spares & Accessories business. Consolidate demand, supply, inventory, service, and financial insights into Executive-IBP forum. Facilitate cross-functional alignment on risks, opportunities, and mitigation plans. Drive scenario planning and recommend actions to balance service, inventory, and profitability objectives. Establish planning standards, governance, and performance metrics. Improve forecast accuracy, challenge assumptions and ensure robust demand reviews. Drive inventory optimization initiatives to improve working capital and inventory health. Lead actions related to Excess and At-Risk inventory reduction. Collaborate with Supply Chain teams to ensure supply readiness. Identify supply risks and implement mitigation strategies. Support new product launch activities and manage phase-in/phase-out transitions to ensure seamless portfolio execution.
undefined Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Engineering, Business, Operations, or related discipline. 10+ years of experience in Supply Chain, Demand Planning, Inventory Management, or Integrated Business Planning. Proven leadership experience managing global or regional planning teams. Strong expertise in S&OP / IBP processes. Experience with SAP IBP, SAP APO, Kinaxis, or equivalent planning platforms. Strong analytical, financial, and stakeholder management capabilities. Ability to influence senior leaders and drive cross-functional decisions.
Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.
At Dyson we are focused on solving the problems that others have ignored; solving them first using our technology and ingenuity. In order to achieve this we need to pioneer technologies that are different and authentic. This is the core of what we do and who we are. We must strive to create the future, every single day by developing new things, different things, things that go against the grain with a diverse and global team of ingenious minds. Dyson employs 14,000 people and is present in more than 80 countries. And while we are growing fast we want Dyson to remain a start-up in spirit with the freedom of experimentation and learning, constantly reinventing our products as well as reinventing how we work, how we sell and how we support our owners. At the same time we are working through the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson Award and Dyson Institute to inspire future engineers and pioneering a new approach to engineering education. Underlining everything we do in this diverse environment is the need to always show respect, supporting each other as one team to overcome whatever challenges we encounter. We drive empowerment, development and equality in an inclusive environment for our people around the world. The future doesn’t just happen, we look to make it happen, to achieve leaps through pioneering new ideas.