Director of Global Supply Chain Planning

Merck; New Jersey; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck seeks an experienced Associate Director of Supply Chain Management to lead the global design, development, and rollout of demand and supply planning, production planning, and detailed scheduling solutions. You will work with Kinaxis Maestro, SAP ECC/S4, and cross-site teams to set technical standards and ensure scalable deployments.

You will drive data orchestration, ERP/MES integrations, and analytics, partnering with product owners and site leads to translate strategy into a unified

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in supply chain, industrial eng, info systems, CS, business mgmt, or related field.
• 10+ years of technical solution experience in supply chain, production planning, and site planning.
• Kinaxis Maestro authoring and Enterprise Scheduling with certification required.
• Extensive SAP APO Demand Planning, Supply Planning, PP/DS, MRP, master data mgmt.
• AI/Agent-based solutions for SC planning needs, including design and automation.
• Agile/product-based delivery with backlog management and releases.
• Strong leadership, communication with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical design of production planning and detailed scheduling solutions.
• Translate strategy into unified scheduling roadmap and architecture.
• Set design standards, integration patterns, and data models for global deployments.
• Lead configuration, development, data orchestration, ERP/MES integrations for scheduling.
• Own global technical rollouts, including deployment, readiness, cutover, testing.
• Partner with stakeholders to capture requirements and deliver business value.
• Lead data-driven resolution of planning and scheduling issues.
• Improve algorithms and processes; promote reusable best practices.
• Use AI-driven automation to boost productivity across planning communities.

Skills

Automation

Benefits Management

Capacity Management

Computer Science

Constraints Management

Demand Forecasting

Kinaxis

Management System Development

Manufacturing Resource Planning

Product Management

Release Management

SAP SCM APO Demand Planning

Site Planning

Stakeholder Relationship Management

Supply Chain Management (SCM)

System Designs

Technical Presentations

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in related field

Tools

Kinaxis Maestro

SAP ECC/S4

Job description

Merck seeks an experienced Associate Director of Supply Chain Management to lead the global design, development, and rollout of demand and supply planning, production planning, and detailed scheduling solutions. You will work with Kinaxis Maestro, SAP ECC/S4, and cross-site teams to set technical standards and ensure scalable deployments.

You will drive data orchestration, ERP/MES integrations, and analytics, partnering with product owners and site leads to translate strategy into a unified