VP, Integrated Business Planning & Forecasting

Novolex; Lake Forest (IL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Tuition Reimbursement Program

Learning Management System access

Job summary

Novolex in Lake Forest, IL / Charlotte, NC is seeking a Senior VP of Integrated Business Planning to own the enterprise IBP process, drive forecast accuracy, and unify planning across Commercial, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain and Business Units.

This leader will build governance, analytics, and reporting, partner with sales to improve forecast accuracy from pipeline to demand, and lead cross-functional collaboration in a highly matrixed manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Integrated Business Planning, Sales Operations, Demand Planning, Forecasting, or related disciplines.
• Proven experience leading enterprise planning in a complex organization.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen with data-driven insights.
• Experience aligning cross-functional teams (Commercial, Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain).
• Ability to influence in a highly matrixed environment in manufacturing/packaging sectors.
• Experience in manufacturing, packaging, industrial, or B2B environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead enterprise-wide IBP process.
• Implement standardized planning framework across Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance.
• Build enterprise demand planning, sales forecasting, and IBP capabilities.
• Develop governance, metrics, and reporting to improve planning.
• Own enterprise sales forecasting processes and methodologies across all business units.
• Improve forecast accuracy through analytics and accountability.
• Partner with Sales Leadership to translate pipeline, customer, and market insights into actionable demand forecasts.
• Identify forecasting risks and opportunities and develop mitigation plans with business leaders.
• Develop forecasting analytics, dashboards, and performance reporting.
• Leverage data to improve forecast quality and decision-making.
• Establish KPI reporting and forecasting performance metrics across the enterprise.
• Drive visibility into demand trends, customer activity, and performance.
• Partner with Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Revenue Operations, and Strategy leaders.
• Drive alignment between growth objectives, demand planning, capacity, and financial commitments.
• Support major initiatives by providing demand, forecast, and planning insights.
• Serve as the executive leader connecting commercial strategy with operational execution.

Skills

IBP leadership

Forecasting

Sales operations

Demand planning

Cross-functional leadership

Financial acumen

Job description

Novolex in Lake Forest, IL / Charlotte, NC is seeking a Senior VP of Integrated Business Planning to own the enterprise IBP process, drive forecast accuracy, and unify planning across Commercial, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain and Business Units.

This leader will build governance, analytics, and reporting, partner with sales to improve forecast accuracy from pipeline to demand, and lead cross-functional collaboration in a highly matrixed manufacturing environment.