Global Planner

Role Overview

The Global Planner represents Supply Chain Planning within the Supply Strategy Team and is accountable for planning, controlling, and scheduling activities for assigned active ingredients.

This role translates demand, supply capability, sourcing strategy, and inventory requirements into feasible, time-phased supply plans. The Global Planner balances production and inventory with demand to support customer service, business strategy, inventory, cost, and capacity-utilization objectives.

The role develops and maintains rolling 24-month master plans at the family and sub-family level, including production, sourcing, inventory, and raw-material requirements. It serves as the critical link between global supply strategy and execution across regional supply organizations, manufacturing sites, suppliers, and functional partners.

Key Responsibilities

Supply and Inventory Planning

• Translate demand requirements, supply capability, sourcing strategy, and inventory targets into a time-phased aggregate supply and inventory plan across the S&OP horizon.
• Develop and maintain feasible rolling 24-month production and supply plans for assigned active ingredients.
• Define sourcing requirements for active ingredients, raw materials, and intermediates based on the approved production plan and sourcing strategy.
• Balance customer service, inventory, capacity utilization, supply risk, and total business cost when developing supply plans.
• Ensure inventory is appropriately positioned across the supply network while minimizing total inventory and distribution costs.
• Recommend adjustments to target inventory, inventory turns, and safety-stock levels to achieve required service levels within applicable policies.
• Establish and communicate regional active-ingredient allocations aligned with business priorities and available supply.
• Maintain supplier schedules across the 24-month planning horizon.

Capacity and Scenario Planning

• Perform resource-requirements planning for family and sub-family aggregate plans.
• Identify short-, mid-, and long-term capacity constraints, supply gaps, and inventory risks.
• Develop corrective actions and optimization recommendations to address identified constraints.
• Prepare and evaluate planning scenarios and trade-offs to support S&OP, risk mitigation, and business-continuity decisions.
• Regularly review planning assumptions and parameters, including yield, cycle time, uptime, lead times, and planned shutdowns, to maintain plan integrity.
• Work with the Global Supply Leader to translate long-term supply and inventory strategies for assigned active ingredients into actionable plans.

S&OP and Cross-Functional Alignment

• Participate actively in the S&OP process, providing clear supply-planning insights, risks, scenarios, and recommendations.
• Develop and present the rolling mid-term plan within the S&OP process.
• Facilitate alignment across Sales, Marketing, Demand Management, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Sourcing to balance supply and demand.
• Collaborate with Demand Management to ensure lead times and resource-capacity requirements are reflected in demand review and approval processes.
• Resolve planning issues collaboratively and escalate material risks or unresolved constraints through the appropriate governance channels.
• Communicate production plans and their business impact clearly to global and regional stakeholders.
• Act as the planning conduit between global and regional supply organizations, translating supply strategy into precise tactical execution plans.

Planning Execution and Systems

• Fulfill the Global Planning OBP role and the Production Planning role for Material Types I and III at PPM-planned locations.
• Manage production forecasting and communication, including purchase orders and ship-to-plan activities.
• Track master-planning performance and lead root-cause analysis to improve plan accuracy, capacity utilization, and inventory performance.
• Maintain accurate planning data and parameters across applicable systems.
• Identify business requirements that improve the value delivered by planning systems and tools.
• Support planning capability development, process discipline, and adherence to standard ways of working.
• Coach other Global Planners and regional or asset planners where appropriate.

Planning Governance and Continuous Improvement

• Analyze global demand, supply, and inventory performance on an ongoing basis.
• Work with regional planners to resolve planning issues and improve overall plan quality.
• Support periodic planning audits using standard criteria to assess process adherence, data quality, and planning discipline.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve planning processes, policies, tools, and performance.

Decision-Making Authority

The Global Planner balances and reconciles demand, supply, capacity, and inventory across the mid-term horizon. The role makes planning recommendations that support customer requirements and business objectives while operating within established policies, supply strategies, and governance processes.

Material risks, significant constraints, and unresolved cross-functional issues are escalated through the appropriate governance channels.

Key Deliverables

• A valid and executable rolling mid-term production plan
• Clear communication of production plans, constraints, risks, and business implications
• A rolling 24-month supply, inventory, sourcing, and supplier schedule
• S&OP planning scenarios, recommendations, and trade-off analyses
• Planning policies and parameters covering capacity, lead times, tolerances, inventory, and distribution replenishment
• Accurate production forecasts, purchase-order requirements, and ship-to-plan projections
• Timely escalation and resolution of supply, manufacturing, and financial-projection issues

Key Performance Measures

• Aggregate supply-plan accuracy and bias
• Capacity utilization
• Inventory performance versus plan, including value, volume, and days of supply
• Master-data accuracy across planning systems

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Science, or another field relevant to supply and operations.
• At least five years of professional experience, including experience in Supply Chain, Manufacturing, or Procurement.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to develop data-based options and recommendations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work effectively across functions, cultures, regions, and time zones.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize competing requirements and translate strategic direction into executable plans.
• High learning agility, attention to detail, and commitment to planning accuracy.

Preferred

• Experience in one or more specialist areas within supply chain planning, manufacturing, or procurement.
• Proficiency in SAP, IBP, ERP, or comparable supply-chain planning systems.
• Experience with planning applications and processes such as OBP and aggregate planning.
• Experience developing supply scenarios, capacity plans, inventory strategies, and S&OP recommendations.
• Experience coaching or supporting the capability development of other planners.

Key Competencies

• Systems and analytical thinking
• Cross-functional and cross-cultural collaboration
• Clear and effective communication
• Prioritization and influencing
• Coaching and capability development
• Strategic thinking combined with strong execution
• Data-driven problem-solving
• Attention to detail and planning discipline

Impact of the Role

The Global Planner enables reliable supply and effective inventory management by connecting global supply strategy with tactical planning and execution. Through disciplined planning, cross-functional alignment, and proactive risk management, the role supports customer service, business continuity, capacity optimization, and responsible management of working capital.

Corteva Agriscience is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embracing our differences to enrich lives, advance innovation, and boost company performance. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, military or veteran status, pregnancy related conditions (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), disability or any other protected status in accordance with federal, state, or local laws.