Director-Supply Chain Planning

Builders FirstSource; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Builders FirstSource in the United States seeks a Director, Supply Chain Planning to lead enterprise planning across demand, supply, inventory, replenishment, MRP, and S&OP/IBP.

You will partner with Sales, Operations, Procurement, Finance, Logistics, Data, and Technology to establish governance, standards, and a high-performance planning organization. The role emphasizes data-driven decision making and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years in progressive supply chain roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise supply chain planning across demand, supply, inventory, replenishment, and MRP.
• Mature the S&OP/IBP process and align with finance and operations.
• Advance demand and supply planning with improved forecast quality.
• Govern inventory, replenishment, and MRP parameters with governance.
• Drive planning performance through analytics and continuous improvement.
• Build organizational capability and cross-functional partnerships.
• Enable planning with SAP IBP, SAP S/4HANA, and data capabilities.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Influence

Change management

Communication

People leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

SAP IBP

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

The Director, Supply Chain Planning leads the development and continuous improvement of enterprise supply chain planning across Builders FirstSource, with responsibility for demand planning, supply planning, inventory planning, replenishment, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and Integrated Business Planning (IBP). The role applies established supply chain planning principles and practices to improve customer service, inventory productivity, operational performance, and business decision-making.

The Director partners across Sales, Operations, Procurement, Finance, Logistics, Data, and Technology to translate business strategy, customer demand, and operational realities into coordinated, executable plans. The role provides leadership for planning standards, governance, performance management, and organizational capability across a large, distributed operating environment.

This is a business and supply chain leadership role enabled by data andtechnology. The Director owns the business planning processes, requirements, and outcomes while partnering with Technology and Data teams to ensure SAP IBP, SAP S/4HANA, analytics, and other planning capabilities effectively support the company’s evolving planning model.

What You’ll Do

Lead Enterprise Supply Chain Planning

• Lead enterprise planning across demand, supply, inventory, replenishment, and MRP, establishing clear processes, governance, standards, and accountability.
• Translate business strategy, customer demand, and operational constraints into coordinated, executable supply chain plans.
• Establish planning practices that balance enterprise consistency with legitimate differences across products, markets, and operating models.

Lead S&OP / Integrated Business Planning

• Lead and mature the S&OP / Integrated Business Planning process, connecting demand, supply, inventory, operational, and financial perspectives.
• Establish effective planning reviews that surface gaps, risks, opportunities, scenarios, and trade-offs requiring business decisions.
• Partner with Finance and business leaders to align operational plans with business objectives and drive clear ownership of resulting decisions and actions.

Advance Demand & Supply Planning

• Strengthen demand planning, forecasting, supply planning, and replenishment practices across the enterprise.
• Improve forecast quality through appropriate statistical, collaborative, segmentation, and exception-based planning methods.
• Proactively identify supply constraints, capacity considerations, inventory risks, and planning exceptions requiring cross-functional intervention.

Govern Inventory, Replenishment & MRP

• Establish inventory and replenishment strategies that balance product availability, customer service, working capital, and operational requirements.
• Provide business leadership for MRP, replenishment methods, safety stock, service levels, lead times, lot sizing, reorder points, and other critical planning parameters.
• Establish governance for planning policies, parameters, and master data that materially influence inventory and replenishment outcomes.

Drive Planning Performance & Continuous Improvement

• Establish meaningful measures of planning effectiveness and business outcomes, including forecast performance, service, inventory productivity, and replenishment effectiveness.
• Use analytics, exception management, and root-cause analysis to identify systemic performance gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Drive continuous improvement across planning processes, policies, data, organizational capabilities, and ways of working.

Build Organizational Capability & Partnership

• Lead and develop the Supply Chain Planning organization, strengthening capability, accountability, succession, and professional development.
• Build strong partnerships across Sales, Operations, Procurement, Finance, Logistics, Data, and Technology to improve end-to-end planning and decision-making.
• Strengthen planning knowledge and adoption across the broader organization while clarifying roles, decision rights, and accountability.

Enable Planning Through Data & Technology

• Define business requirements and priorities for the data, analytics, and technology capabilities that enable Supply Chain Planning.
• Partner with Technology and Data teams to ensure SAP IBP, SAP S/4HANA, analytics, automation, and other planning capabilities effectively support business processes and decisions.
• Ensure planning technology investments are driven by business requirements, measurable outcomes, and sustainable ways of working.

What Success Looks Like

• Trusted Plans: Business leaders rely on demand, supply, inventory, and replenishment plans to make informed decisions and manage the business.
• Better Decisions: Risks, constraints, opportunities, scenarios, and trade-offs are surfaced early enough to enable proactive, fact-based decisions.
• Productive Inventory: Planning policies and practices appropriately balance product availability, customer service, operational requirements, and inventory investment.
• Integrated Planning: Sales, Operations, Procurement, Finance, Logistics, and Supply Chain operate through connected S&OP / IBP processes with clear assumptions, decisions, ownership, and accountability.
• Sustainable Capability: Planning performance, talent, processes, data, and enabling technology continuously mature and deliver measurable business value.

In Your First Year

You will have the opportunity to:

• Define the future-state Supply Chain Planning operating model and prioritized roadmap across demand, supply, inventory, replenishment, MRP, and S&OP / IBP.
• Establish the enterprise planning cadence and governance model, creating clearer decision rights, accountability, and cross-functional planning forums.
• Advance demand, supply, inventory, and MRP maturity, prioritizing the planning practices, policies, and improvements with the greatest business impact.
• Establish a planning performance framework that connects forecast quality, service, inventory productivity, and planning effectiveness to business outcomes.
• Build organizational planning capability, developing the Supply Chain Planning team while strengthening planning disciplines and adoption across the broader organization.
• Shape how data, analytics, SAP IBP, and related capabilities enable the planning operating model, ensuring technology investments follow business process and decision requirements.

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 10+ years of progressive supply chain experience, including significant experience in Supply Chain Planning and related disciplines such as demand planning, supply planning, inventory management, replenishment, MRP, and S&OP / Integrated Business Planning.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing supply chain planning teams within a complex, multi-location organization.
• Deep practical knowledge of supply chain planning principles, forecasting, inventory management, replenishment, MRP, and planning performance management.
• Demonstrated experience leading or materially contributing to S&OP / Integrated Business Planning processes that connect commercial, operational, supply chain, and financial perspectives.
• Strong business and analytical acumen with the ability to translate complex planning information into business implications, trade-offs, recommendations, and decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to influence leaders and drive alignment across multiple functions and organizational levels.
• Experience leading significant planning process, organizational, or operating-model change.

Preferred Qualifications

• ASCM/APICS certification, particularly Certified in Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM) and/or Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP).
• Advanced degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience leading Supply Chain Planning within a large, complex, multi-location or decentralized operating environment.
• Experience maturing S&OP / Integrated Business Planning processes across multiple functions and organizational levels.
• Experience advancing inventory segmentation, replenishment strategies, MRP practices, safety-stock policies, and planning parameter governance.
• Experience leading a significant Supply Chain Planning transformation involving process, organization, data, analytics, and ways of working.
• Experience within building products, distribution, manufacturing, retail, or another complex, inventory-intensive industry.
• Experience with SAP IBP, SAP S/4HANA, or comparable enterprise planning and ERP platforms.

Leadership Competencies & Responsibilities

• Enterprise & Strategic Leadership: Connects Supply Chain Planning priorities to broader customer, operational, financial, and business outcomes.
• Influence & Collaboration: Builds alignment across functions and organizational levels through credibility, effective partnership, and constructive challenge.
• Decision Quality & Accountability: Uses data and business judgment to frame trade-offs, drive decisions, establish clear ownership, and deliver results.
• Change Leadership: Creates clarity through transformation and builds commitment to new processes, capabilities, and ways of working.
• People Leadership & Development: Leads, coaches, and develops team members through clear expectations, meaningful feedback, career development, succession planning, and performance accountability.