Supply Planner

Ninjakitchen; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) with matching

Employee stock purchase program

Generous paid time off

Job summary

SharkNinja, a global product design and technology company, is seeking a Supply Planner to execute global inventory planning and fulfillment strategies across product categories. The role aims to maximize service levels while managing inventory health and responding to order fluctuations.

You will collaborate with demand planning, production, logistics, and sales daily to optimize outcomes. The candidate will participate in portfolio reviews, forecast reviews, and supply reviews, ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or related field.
• 1+ year of Supply Chain Planning experience.
• Certifications (CPIM/CSCP) are a plus.
• Strong knowledge of demand and inventory planning fundamentals.
• Ability to work across global teams and cultures.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and planning systems.

Responsibilities

• Create and update global inventory plans across categories, balancing supply constraints and demand priorities.
• Manage daily priorities and ensure timely completion of tasks.
• Collaborate with demand planning, production, logistics, sales, marketing and product development to optimize outcomes.
• Oversee Purchase Order management aligned with inventory plans and adjust flows as needed.
• Participate in portfolio reviews to manage SKU proliferation and lifecycle launches.
• Contribute to demand and forecast reviews and support supply reviews with feasible options.

Skills

Inventory planning

Demand planning

PO management

Excel data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain

Tools

ERP / planning systems

Job description

About Us

SharkNinjais a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positivelyimpactpeople’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja, the company has a proventrack recordof bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowedSharkNinjato enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than4,100associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.

AI at SharkNinja

At SharkNinja, we’re building an AI-native culture. We’re not waiting for the future; we’re creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what’s possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasn’t been invented yet, you’ll fit right in.

OVERVIEW:

The Supply Planner executes global inventory planning and fulfillment strategies for a specific category(s) of products. The objective of this role will be to maximize service levels in all markets across the globe, maintain a healthy level of inventory, pivot in response to fluctuations in orders and forecasts, and represent the supply chain as a steward of inventory and cost.

Here are some of the EXCITING things you’ll get to do:

• Creation and updating of global inventory plans across specific categories, balancing supply chain constraints, demand priorities, overall inventory levels, and associating service impacts.
• Manage priorities throughout the day, and ensure the quality and timely completion of work and assigned tasks.
• Collaboration with demand planning, production, logistics, sales, marketing and product development on a daily basis, acting as an orchestrator to ensure the best outcomes for SharkNinja.
• Purchase Order Management in alignment with the inventory plan, while monitoring and adjusting inventory flow for changes in demand, supply chain constraints, or alternative supply options such as reworks, substitutions, or transfers.
• Participate in portfolio reviews as a steward of the supply chain, challenging SKU proliferation, and ensuring lifecycles transition and launch dates, as well as ABC classifications are updated. Incorporate new parameters and dates within the global inventory plans.
• Participate in demand and forecast reviews, ensuring assumptions are captured, demand priorities are clear, and forecasts are clearly understood and aligned. Incorporate forecasts into global inventory plans.
• Participate in supply reviews, ensuring global constraints and opportunities are identified, and feasible options are developed to overcome any constraints, and/or capture opportunities are ready to decide and action.
• Collaborate with the manager on the resolution of issues, aligning on a course of action and orchestrating across team of supply planners.
• Monitor service levels and inventory levels, particularly in markets with excess or obsolete inventory, and collaborate with sales, strategic sales, demand planning, marketing and market leadership to develop corrective actions.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, develop creative solutions, and lead improvement initiatives with key cross functional team members with a focus on improving KPI’s and utilization of bandwidth.

ATTRIBUTES & SKILLS:

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain concentration highly desired or relevant experience.
• Minimum 1 year of Supply Chain Planning experience.
• Supply Chain Certifications (CPIM, CSCP, etc.) considered a definite asset.
• Broad knowledge on supply chain process fundamentals and metrics, including: demand planning, inventory planning, manufacturing, logistics and distribution.
• Comfortable working in a multi-cultural, multi-lingual environment, and excited to work collaboratively with colleagues across the globe.
• Strong and curious analytical skillset, identifying patterns, exceptions to patterns, and identifying drivers of these outliers.
• Takes pride in quality of work, and comfortable operating in the detail (bottoms up), while ensuring mid-down and top-down assumption consistency.
• Flexible to manage time across pivots in task prioritization of ones self and the team, and communicate for impact the necessary support to navigate through issues and challenges.
• Desire and capacity to learn new systems, processes, and guide others on the learning journey.
• Expertise in handling datasets within Microsoft Excel, and comfortable learning new planning and IT systems.
• Strong communication skills, capable of communicating for impact the key messages for an audience and associating asks through both oral and written mediums.
• Self starter who thrives in ambiguity, demonstrates curiosity, and approaches work through a growth mindset.
• Bias for action and excited to use voice in meetings to cut through ambiguity and seek clarity.
• Fluency in English required.

Salary and Other Compensation

The annual salary range for this position is displayed below. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution, 401(k) retirement plan with matching, employee stock purchase program, life insurance, AD&D, short-term disability insurance, long-term disability insurance, generous paid time off, company holidays, parental leave, identity theft protection, pet insurance, pre-paid legal insurance, back-up child and eldercare days, product discounts, referral bonus program, and more.

Pay Range

$66,300 — $103,500 USD

Our Culture

At SharkNinja, we don’t just raise the bar—we push past it every single day. Our Outrageously Extraordinary mindset drives us to tackle the impossible, push boundaries, and deliver results that others only dream of. If you thrive on breaking out of your swim lane, you’ll be right at home.

What We Offer

We offer competitive health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, employee stock purchase options, wellness programs, SharkNinja product discounts, and more. We empower your personal and professional growth with high impact Learning Programs featuring bold voices redefining what’s possible. When you join, you’re not just part of a company—you’re part of an outrageously extraordinary community. To gether, we won’t just launch products—we’ll disrupt entire markets.

At SharkNinja, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are vital to our global success. Valuing each unique voice and blending all of our diverse skills strengthens SharkNinja’s innovation every day. We support ALL associates in bringing their authentic selves to work, making an impact, and having the opportunity for career acceleration. With help from our leadership, associates, and our community, we aim to have equity be a key component of the SharkNinja DNA.

Learn more about us: Life At SharkNinja Outrageously Extraordinary

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