Senior Manager, Supply Planning

Evermark; Hackensack (NJ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Evermark, a fast-growing beauty and personal care company backed by YellowWood Partners, is seeking a Senior Planning Manager to lead the development and execution of its supply chain strategy in New Jersey. You will oversee the supply planning team, optimize forecasting, and manage inventory costs to meet customer demand.

You will collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Operations, and external suppliers, implement Kinaxis, establish KPI reporting via new data platforms, and drive continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain or related field; master's preferred.
• 10+ years in supply chain, with at least 5 years in leadership roles.
• Experience working with Global CMO network.
• Experience in consumer goods industry preferred.
• Strong analytical skills with data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the supply planning team and performance objectives.
• Develop and implement supply chain strategies for forecasting, inventory, and supplier coordination.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to meet demand while minimizing costs.
• Monitor KPIs like inventory turns and stock-outs; develop action plans.
• Support Kinaxis implementation and KPI reporting using new data platforms.
• Manage supplier relationships and ensure performance meets expectations.
• Identify process improvements to optimize inventory and forecasting.
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices in supply chain management.

Skills

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Communication

Presentation skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Kinaxis

Forecasting tools

Data platforms

Job description

Evermark is a newly formed beauty and personal care company bringing together a portfolio of iconic, everyday brands with enormous reach and untapped potential: Suave, ChapStick, Q-tips, Caress, St. Ives, TIGI Bed Head, Noxzema, Pond’s, Lever 2000. These are brands people know, trust, and use daily - and we are building their next chapter.

Backed by a growth-oriented YellowWood Partners, we operate with speed, focus, and accountability. Our goal is simple: modernize these brands, accelerate growth, and build a company that consistently outperforms expectations. That means sharpening strategy, raising the bar on execution, and making smart, decisive moves across the enterprise - from how we plan and operate to how we go to market.

This is a company in motion. We are scaling quickly, building new capabilities, and creating the operating model as we go. For the right people, that means rare access, real influence, and the opportunity to help shape not just a role, but a company.

Position Summary

The Senior Planning Manager will be responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of the company's supply chain strategy, with a focus on ensuring the availability of goods to meet customer demand while managing inventory costs. Key responsibilities include leading the supply planning team, developing supply chain strategies, collaborating with other departments, monitoring performance, providing root cause analysis and risk mitigation proposals, managing supplier relationships, identifying and implementing process improvements, and staying current with industry trends.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the supply planning team, providing guidance on best practices and ensuring the team is meeting performance objectives.
• Develop and implement supply chain strategies to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in forecasting demand, managing inventory levels, and coordinating with suppliers for timely delivery of goods.
• Collaborate with other departments such as Sales, Marketing, and Operations to ensure the company is meeting customer demand while minimizing costs.
• Monitor key performance metrics such as inventory turns, stock-outs, and service levels to identify areas for improvement and develop action plans to address them.
• Support the implementation of Kinaxis and establish KPI reporting using new data platforms to understand and improve key supply chain metrics.
• Manage supplier relationships and ensure supplier performance meets expectations.
• Identify and implement process improvements to optimize inventory levels and improve forecasting accuracy.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, new technologies, and best practices in supply chain management, and use this knowledge to continuously improve the company's supply chain processes and strategies.

Primary Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.
• At least 10 years of experience in supply chain management, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Experience working with Global CMO network
• Experience in the consumer goods industry is strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to use data to drive decision-making.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across departments and with external suppliers.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to motivate and inspire a team to meet performance objectives.
• Strong presentation skills and ability to understand details but speak at a high level to senior leadership to drive messaging and decision making
• Experience with supply chain planning software and tools.
• Knowledge of industry regulations and compliance requirements.
• Ability to stay current with industry trends and best practices in supply chain management.

Personal Attributes:

• Positive and energetic individual with a strong business acumen, and an abiding sense of urgency to achieve results.
• Inquisitive individual who has a history of seeking out best practices and successfully assimilating them into their organization.
• Invokes trust, collaboration, shared accountability, and continuous improvement with the ability to quickly develop trust and loyalty at all levels in the organization and with external constituents.
• Knows what excellence looks like and how to get there.
• Ability to develop and implement strategy, with a high bias for execution and activation, comfort with getting hands dirty.
• Demonstrated track record of problem solving and priority setting.

People Who Thrive Here

We look for people who take ownership, move with urgency, and care deeply about results.

Across every level and function, success here comes from thinking like an operator; not waiting to be told what to do but seeing what needs to happen and driving it forward. The individual must be comfortable working across teams, influencing without hierarchy, and making progress even when the path isn’t perfectly defined.

This is a fast-moving environment with high standards and real accountability. In return, you’ll have meaningful responsibility, autonomy to lead your work, and the opportunity to grow alongside brands, and a company, that are being actively shaped.