Senior Planning & Inventory Lead, Manipulatives — Remote

TrulyHired; Washington (District of Columbia); A distancia; USD 78.000 - 88.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Great Minds is hiring a Senior Planning & Operations Specialist to own end-to-end operational planning for manipulatives. You will forecast demand, plan production, and ensure fulfillment readiness across partnerships with Product, Marketing, Sales, and external vendors.

The role emphasizes balancing demand, manufacturing constraints, and district-level delivery expectations, with a focus on peak adoption and back-to-school cycles. Remote, full-time, with base salary $78,000-$88,000.

Formación

• 5+ years of experience in operations, planning, or supply chain in education space.
• Experience managing physical products (print, kits, manipulatives, or educational materials).
• Strong forecasting, analytical, and inventory planning skills.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Product, and Operations teams.
• Experience working with ERP and CRM systems (e.g., NetSuite, Salesforce).
• Excellent communication skills translating data into insights.

Responsabilidades

• Participate with stakeholders on forecasting for manipulatives across adoption cycles and replenishment.
• Develop and maintain long-range capacity and inventory models for growth and seasonality.
• Monitor forecasting with vendors to ensure product availability.
• Partner with Sales and Marketing to assess component availability risk and mitigation.
• Monitor inventory strategy including safety stock and obsolescence management.
• Manage manufacturing and vendor relationships including lead times and costs.
• Resolve fulfillment issues with Order Management and Customer Success.
• Develop dashboards and reporting for inventory levels and forecast accuracy.
• Document and maintain SOPs for planning, inventory management, and fulfillment workflows.

Conocimientos

Forecasting

Inventory planning

Cross-functional

ERP systems

Data modeling

Communication

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Herramientas

NetSuite

Salesforce

Descripción del empleo

Great Minds is hiring a Senior Planning & Operations Specialist to own end-to-end operational planning for manipulatives. You will forecast demand, plan production, and ensure fulfillment readiness across partnerships with Product, Marketing, Sales, and external vendors.

The role emphasizes balancing demand, manufacturing constraints, and district-level delivery expectations, with a focus on peak adoption and back-to-school cycles. Remote, full-time, with base salary $78,000-$88,000.