Supply Planning Manager

SharkNinja; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in product design and technology seeks a Supply Planning Manager to oversee global inventory planning and fulfillment processes. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree, at least 3 years of supply chain experience, and strong analytical and communication skills. This role involves collaboration across various departments to ensure optimal inventory levels and service quality.

Benefits

Competitive health insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Employee stock purchase options

Wellness programs

Product discounts

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of Supply Chain Planning experience required.
• Supply Chain Certifications (CPIM, CSCP) considered an asset.
• Experience within a consumer goods industry highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Oversee global inventory planning and fulfillment process.
• Collaborate with demand planning, production, logistics, and sales.
• Monitor service levels and inventory levels.

Skills

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Process improvement

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business

Supply Chain concentration

Tools

Microsoft Excel

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About Us

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world.

About Us

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja, the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market, and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 3,300+ associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.

This role is required to be on site in Needham, MA three days a week.

Overview

The Supply Planning Manager oversees and executes the global inventory planning and fulfillment process 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.
• Oversee supply planners in the quality of execution of their day-to-day plans and updates, providing guidance and feedback of their plans and execution plans, ensuring thoroughness and quality, and developing skillsets across the team.
• 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 Director 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
  
  

Ttributes & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Business or equivalent experience required, Supply Chain concentration highly desired
• Minimum 3 years of Supply Chain Planning experience
• Supply Chain Certifications (CPIM, CSCP, etc) considered a definite asset
• Experience within a consumer goods industry highly desired.
• 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 oneself 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
• Experience managing a small team (1-3), orchestrating day-to-day activities, aiding in career and skillset development, and providing feedback on quality, timeliness, and thoroughness of work.
• 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.
  
  

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. Together, 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.

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Life At SharkNinja

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

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