Planning Manager - LA South, Central America & the Caribbean

At Ecolab, we’re looking for a Planning Manager to coordinate our Planning team for Latin America South, based in Buenos Aires, Bogotá or Lima.

The Planning Manager is accountable for managing the LA South supply planning team (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador) in the area of responsibility (division, region, etc.) and facilitates the supply planning process through interaction with Supply Chain, Commercial, and Finance. As the owner of the supply planning process, the Supply Manager is accountable to lead and coach the planning team, monitor the performance of the related supply planning process and continually improve the output and results. The Supply Manager also interacts with the Demand Planning team to manage the supply/demand balance.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage, train and coach planning team to drive continuous improvement of the supply planning process and manage PP&D process for direct reports.

• Identify and implement best practices to improve results for identified reporting metrics. Work with appropriate groups to improve inputs to the process and ongoing continuous improvement.

• Lead the Supply Review Meeting as part of the S&OP process.

• Represent Supply Planning at the Demand Review Meeting as part of the S&OP process.

• Manage the supply/demand balance in collaboration with the Demand Planning Manager, when there is abnormal demand, when supply issues arise and when customer requirements are truly outside the capability of the supply chain to deliver.

• Drive improvement of supply assumptions, exception management and root cause analysis to identify deviations and issues for the long term planning and MPS processes.

• Monitor the supply plan performance (MPS feasibility, schedule adherence) by measuring actual versus planned performance at multiple planning levels and work with planners to improve.

• Manage area of accountability to achieve KPIs as part of the OGSM management process.

Basic Qualifications

• 4 year degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field of study

• 7+ years of applicable Supply or Demand Planning, Supply Chain and/or related experience in a manufacturing environment with global operations

• 3 years+ in leading/managing teams

• 3 years+ defining and developing performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality

• Availability for travels across LAS region.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced technical or business degree, MBA preferred.

• Lean Six Sigma project experience and/or Green Belt.

• Strong business acumen and experience with the divisions, manufacturing, customers and products in the supply plan.

• Strong leadership, communication, analytical, and problem solving skills to drive decisions and build consensus among stakeholders.