IBP Supply Planning Manager - Industrial

The Sherwin-Williams Company; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sherwin-Williams Company is seeking an IBP Supply Planning Manager to lead the USCA supply planning portion of Enterprise Planning across multiple business units. The role drives data-driven insights, enhances planning governance, and supports continuous improvement to improve service and inventory performance.

You will lead cross-functional IBP cycles, partner with Finance for budgets and forecasts, and develop optimized supply solutions that meet service levels while controlling working

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 10 years' experience.
• 5 years of experience in Supply Chain, Customer Service, Operations, or Finance.
• Strong knowledge of BoB or BIOS ERP tools, including Blue Yonder, Oracle, AOM, QAD, MES, BI4, OTBI and Tableau reporting.
• Ability to analyze production constraints and develop optimized supply planning solutions to meet service level, inventory and capacity goals.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills for complex scenario planning.
• Proven ability to drive process improvements or system enhancements.
• Leadership and coaching capabilities to manage, develop, and influence to foster a high-performance culture.
• Strong decision-making skills, prioritization, and ability to manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the USCA IBP Supply Review(s) to validate feasibility, constraints, capacity considerations, and readiness of supply plans for selective business units.
• Execute and document the monthly IBP Supply Review with clear actions, owners, assumptions, and decision records.
• Develop and manage monthly flash and annual budget plans to align with Global Supply Chain objectives for the USCA Industrial Region.
• Support strategic planning and execution of inventory control initiatives to optimize working capital across finished goods.
• Collaborate closely with Finance teams to support monthly flash projections and annual budget planning, providing timely data and variance analyses.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Decision making

Process improvement

Financial acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or APICS certification

Tools

Blue Yonder

Oracle

AOM

QAD

MES

BI4

OTBI

Tableau

Job description

The IBP Supply Planning Manager is responsible for leading and optimizing the Supply portion of Enterprise Planning for the USCA Industrial sites. This role supports USCA portions of the General Industrial, Protective & Marine, Industrial Wood, Automotive Refinish, and Coil Business Units. The role enables cross-functional decision-making and alignment through data-driven insights, strengthens planning governance, and advances continuous improvement initiatives that improve planning and service performance.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

Supply Leadership of Enterprise Planning Cycles

• Lead the USCA IBP Supply Review(s) to validate feasibility, constraints, capacity considerations, and readiness of supply plans for selective business units.
• Execute and document the monthly IBP Supply Review with clear actions, owners, assumptions, and decision records.
• Develop and manage monthly flash and annual budget plans to align with Global Supply Chain objectives for the USCA Industrial Region.
• Support strategic planning and execution of inventory control initiatives to optimize working capital across finished goods.
• Collaborate closely with Finance teams to support monthly flash projections and annual budget planning. This includes providing timely and accurate operational data, analyzing variances, identifying cost drivers, and ensuring alignment between supply chain activities and financial targets. The role requires strong cross-functional communication skills and the ability to translate supply chain metrics into financial insights that inform strategic decision-making.

Travel Requirement: Up to 10%

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.

This role is not remote/ hybrid and will report to Sherwin-Williams Global Headquarters located at 1 Sherwin Way, Cleveland, OH 44113.

This position is also eligible for a bonus based on performance and subject to the terms of the Company's applicable plans.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Must be eighteen (18) years of age or older
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future
• Bachelor's degree or 10 years' experience
• 5 years of experience in Supply Chain, Customer Service, Operations, or Finance
• Strong knowledge of BoB or BIOS ERP tools, including but not limited to Blue Yonder, Oracle, AOM, QAD, MES, BI4, OTBI and Tableau reporting.
• Ability to analyze production constraints and develop optimized supply planning solutions to meet service level, inventory, and capacity goals.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills for complex scenario planning
• Proven ability to drive process improvements or system enhancements
• Leadership and coaching capabilities to manage, develop, and influence to foster a high-performance culture
• Strong decision-making skills, prioritization, and ability to manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain related field
• MBA and / or APICS certification
• 7+ years of experience in Supply Chain or related field
• 5+ years in a manager or supervisory capacity
• Six Sigma, Lean, IBP and Continuous Improvement experience
• Procurement, Technical or Manufacturing experience within the coatings industry.
• Experience in Master Production Scheduling across multiple plants
• Experience with Integrated Business Planning