Director of Planning & Procurement — Domestic Ops (Remote)

W.C. Bradley Co.; Scottsdale (AZ); Remote; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

W.C. Bradley Co. seeks a Director, Planning & Procurement for Domestic Operations to own fiber sourcing, indirect and packaging procurement, production planning, and inventory strategy across multiple pellet plants and third-party manufacturing.

This role partners with senior leaders and drives cost reductions and supply certainty. You will manage cross-site sourcing strategies, IBP/ S&OP processes, and supplier performance while building organizational capability and ensuring safety and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations Management, Business, or related field.
• Director level: 10+ years in procurement, planning in manufacturing; multi-site leadership.
• Wood fiber procurement experience in pellet, panel, paper, or biomass manufacturing is required.
• Experience leading managers and influencing at executive level.

Responsibilities

• Lead Planning & Procurement for Domestic Operations across Hope, AR and Peebles, OH facilities.
• Translate strategy into annual sourcing, planning, and cost-reduction initiatives with defined ownership and milestones.
• Advise Domestic Operations leadership on cost-per-ton performance, supply risks, and capital planning.
• Drive cross-functional alignment on supply plans, inventory targets, service performance, and priorities.
• Develop scalable processes, organizational capability, and team depth.
• Lead production planning for internal and third-party pellet products using MTS/MTO models.
• Align fiber procurement with production schedules, inventory requirements and customer demand.
• Develop capacity models supporting performance and growth.
• Contribute to executive dashboards and IBP/S&OP processes with cost, service, and production metrics.
• Maintain critical planning assumptions related to yield, moisture, consumption, and inventory.
• Support production scheduling and third-party manufacturing continuity.
• Deliver annual cost-per-ton reduction targets for MRO and packaging consumables.
• Standardize suppliers, pricing, contract terms, and category management.
• Set inventory policies for raw materials, finished goods, MRO, and consumables to balance service with working capital.
• Improve inventory accuracy, cycle counting discipline, and internal controls across plants and DCs.
• Support OTIF service performance through inventory and supply planning.
• Advance procurement and planning capabilities through analytics-driven decision making.
• Own KPI governance for sourcing, cost, supplier performance, yield, and inventory accuracy.
• Lead root-cause analysis to address cost, supply, and service variances.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Production planning

Sourcing strategy

Inventory management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

SAP

Job description

W.C. Bradley Co. seeks a Director, Planning & Procurement for Domestic Operations to own fiber sourcing, indirect and packaging procurement, production planning, and inventory strategy across multiple pellet plants and third-party manufacturing.

This role partners with senior leaders and drives cost reductions and supply certainty. You will manage cross-site sourcing strategies, IBP/ S&OP processes, and supplier performance while building organizational capability and ensuring safety and