Sr. Planning Analyst - Supply Chain Excellence

Socket.dev; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off & holidays

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking a Sr. Planning Analyst - Supply Chain Excellence to advance enterprise planning standards and governance.

You will own core planning processes, drive continuous improvement, and partner with IT for digital planning capabilities. You will lead cross-functional initiatives across Supply Chain, Finance, Manufacturing, and IT, using Lean Six Sigma and structured problem solving to improve service, inventory, and working capital.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field required.
• 5+ years of progressive supply chain planning, planning transformation, or related experience.
• Experience with S&OP/IBP, capacity planning, and inventory planning.
• Experience supporting ERP or advanced planning systems in manufacturing.
• CPIM/CSCP certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as enterprise process owner for Supply Planning, Inventory Planning, S&OP/IBP, and Capacity Planning.
• Define, maintain, and improve global planning standards and procedures.
• Lead cross-functional workshops and value-stream assessments across multiple functions.
• Develop business cases and roadmaps for planning improvements and automation.
• Create dashboards, KPIs, and executive-ready performance insights.

Skills

Supply chain planning

Data analytics

Lean Six Sigma

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

APICS CPIM or CSCP certification

Job description

The Role:

As the Sr. Planning Analyst - Supply Chain Excellence, reporting to the Director of Global Supply Chain Excellence, you will be responsible for advancing enterprise planning excellence by serving as a subject matter expert and process owner for supply, inventory, capacity, S&OP/IBP, and available-to-promise processes. You will establish and strengthen global planning standards and governance, leads cross-functional continuous improvement and transformation initiatives, and partners with business and technology stakeholders to deliver system enhancements, automation, analytics, and digital planning capabilities. Through data-driven analysis, performance management, structured problem solving, and capability building, you will improve decision quality and delivers measurable gains in customer service, inventory, working capital, cost, productivity, and organizational responsiveness.

How You Will Make an Impact:

Enterprise Business Process Ownership

• Serve as the enterprise process owner and subject matter expert for Supply Planning, Inventory Planning, S&OP / IBP, Capacity Planning, and Available-to-Promise processes.
• Define, maintain, and continuously improve global planning standards, decision rights, process maps, operating procedures, and work instructions.
• Drive adoption of standardized planning practices across regions, business units, manufacturing sites, and planning teams.
• Identify process gaps, control weaknesses, and performance barriers, then recommend practical solutions that improve consistency, scalability, and effectiveness.
• Establish process governance routines, compliance measures, and escalation paths to sustain planning discipline.

Strategic Continuous Improvement & Value Delivery

• Lead strategic planning improvement initiatives with measurable impact on service performance, inventory investment, working capital, operating cost, planning productivity, and business responsiveness.
• Develop business cases, implementation roadmaps, value estimates, and benefits tracking for improvement opportunities.
• Lead cross-functional process redesign workshops and value stream assessments involving Supply Chain, Commercial, Manufacturing, Procurement, Logistics, Finance, Customer Service, and IT.
• Apply Lean, Six Sigma, operational excellence, and change management methods to simplify processes and remove waste.
• Track business value delivered through completed initiatives and communicate progress to functional leaders.

Planning Systems, Digital Enablement & Analytics

• Act as the senior business representative for planning-related systems, enhancements, implementations, and digital planning capabilities.
• Translate business needs into documented requirements, user stories, process designs, test scenarios, training materials, and adoption plans.
• Partner with IT and external partners to improve planning tools, reporting platforms, automation, exception management, and analytics capabilities.
• Evaluate opportunities to use advanced analytics, AI, machine learning, optimization, and planning automation to improve decision speed and quality.
• Support user acceptance testing, deployment readiness, change impact analysis, and post-implementation stabilization.

Performance Management & Executive Insights

• Develop and maintain planning dashboards, scorecards, KPI definitions, and performance routines that improve visibility and accountability.
• Monitor and interpret KPIs including forecast accuracy, forecast bias, inventory turns, inventory health, OTIF / OTCC, ATP performance, service levels, schedule adherence, and planning productivity.
• Analyze trends, root causes, and trade-offs, then recommend corrective actions and improvement priorities.
• Provide executive-ready insights, business cases, and recommendations to support planning strategy, process design, and technology decisions.
• Connect operational planning metrics to business outcomes including service, growth, margin, working capital, and cost.

Complex Problem Solving & Transformation Support

• Resolve ambiguous planning and business process challenges requiring evaluation of multiple operational, financial, system, and strategic factors.
• Assess competing priorities and recommend balanced solutions across customer service, inventory, capacity, manufacturing constraints, procurement lead times, and commercial objectives.
• Support network optimization, business integration, portfolio changes, and transformation initiatives from a planning process perspective.
• Develop scalable process solutions where existing standards are incomplete, inconsistent, or not yet established.
• Influence stakeholders at multiple levels through data-driven analysis, process expertise, and structured problem solving.

Data, Governance & Capability Building

• Support planning master data governance, data quality improvement, parameter management, and ownership models.
• Define process controls, audit points, and performance measures that sustain planning standards.
• Create training materials, playbooks, process documentation, and knowledge-transfer tools for planning teams and cross-functional partners.
• Coach stakeholders on planning practices, system use, KPI interpretation, and continuous improvement methods.
• Promote a culture of process discipline, fact-based decision-making, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Creating Extraordinary Starts With:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Operations, Data Analytics, or related field required.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive supply chain planning, supply chain excellence, business process ownership, planning transformation, or related experience.
• Deep experience in demand planning, supply planning, inventory planning, S&OP / IBP, capacity planning, or integrated planning processes.
• Experience supporting ERP, advanced planning system, analytics, or digital supply chain implementations in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience developing business cases, KPI frameworks, executive reporting, process documentation, and adoption plans.
• APICS/ASCM CPIM or CSCP certification a plus.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification a plus.
  

What We Value:

We strive for all employees to nurture physical, mental and emotional health both personally and professionally. Our commitment to health and wellness centers around prevention, early detection and embracing a healthy lifestyle. Some offerings may vary by role or region, but may include:

• Physical Health benefits including competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision packages, company contribution to Health Savings Account, cash incentive for Annual Physical and reimbursement
• Financial Wellness opportunities including company paid life insurance and disability plans, 401(k) Retirement Plan with generous company match, and certified Financial Planning & Investment services
• Mental Health benefits including generous Paid Time Off and 10 Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Bonding Leave, and much more!

Essential Solutions with Extraordinary Results

SI Group is a global leader in the innovative technology of performance additives, process solutions, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and chemical intermediates. Our solutions are essential to many diverse industries and applications, creating extraordinary results. We drive value by enhancing the quality, performance, and durability of countless items we use every day.

We are on a journey to captivate our customers at every level. Whether that means expanding our capabilities, global reach, or providing new innovations and technologies that create value. Our approach is customized to exceed customer needs and deliver superior performance.