Position Title: Supply Planning Transformation Lead 
Department: Digital Strategy Team (as part of Future Focused Planning Program) 
Location: Remote
Duration: 24 months

Travel: This role involves regular travel to assigned manufacturing sites, estimated at 15–35% of working time depending on deployment phase and site requirements. 

I. Purpose & Strategic Leadership 

• Lead a team of Supply Planning Transformation Specialists to successfully deploy the Future Focused Planning program across a cluster of manufacturing sites. 
• Ensure each assigned site transitions fully to the new Target Operating Model (TOM). 
• Act as a senior transformation champion, embedding sustainable change and new ways of working across site supply planning teams.
• ?Drive consistency, quality, and speed of deployment across the site cluster, reporting progress to Program Leadership. 

II. Responsibilities 

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Supply Planning Transformation Specialists, providing day-to-day direction and support. 
• Oversee end-to-end deployment of the Future Focused Planning program across all assigned manufacturing sites. 
• Ensure each site achieves full adoption of the new Target Operating Model (TOM) within agreed timelines. 
• Act as the primary escalation point for site-level deployment issues, risks, and blockers. 
• Manage deployment timelines, milestones, and site readiness assessments across the cluster. 
• Build and maintain strong relationships with site leadership, supply chain, and operations stakeholders, ensuring sustained engagement and alignment throughout the transformation journey. 
• Report progress, risks, and issues to Program Leadership on a regular cadence. 
• Drive consistency in deployment approach across all sites, sharing best practices and lessons learned. 
• Champion change management best practices to embed sustainable behavioral change at site level. 
• Collaborate with the second Deployment Lead to align on approach, share learnings, and resolve cross-cluster issues. 
• Partner with the project team to build and maintain process playbooks and blueprints, gathering site-level input and testing the validity of playbooks to ensure they reflect real-world deployment requirements. 

III. Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or related field (required). Master's degree or professional specialization in Supply Chain/Operations (preferred). 
• 8–12 years of experience in supply chain planning, manufacturing operations, or business transformation. 
• Proven track record of leading teams through transformation or operating model change programs. 
• Strong background in supply planning, S&OP, or Integrated Business Planning (IBP). 
• Experience deploying or implementing operating model changes in a manufacturing environment. 
• Practical knowledge of SAP, IBP, or equivalent planning tools (desirable). 
• Change management certification (desirable). 
• Lean / Six Sigma or equivalent continuous improvement credentials (desirable). 

IV. Ownership, Accountability & People Leadership 

• Fully accountable for the successful deployment of the Future Focused Planning program across all sites within their cluster. 
• Responsible for the performance, development, and wellbeing of Supply Planning Transformation Specialists. 
• Ensures deployment quality, TOM adoption, and milestone achievement across assigned sites. 
• Identifies and mitigates risks, escalating issues to Program Leadership as needed. 
• Fosters a collaborative, business-first culture within the deployment team and at site level. 

V. Influence & Decision Making 

• Acts as the senior transformation representative for their site cluster, with broad influence over deployment approach, pace, and site readiness decisions. 
• Drives alignment across global supply chain teams, site leadership, supply chain teams, and program stakeholders to enable smooth TOM adoption. 
• Presents deployment progress, risks, and value realization updates to senior stakeholders to support informed decision making. 
• Champions new ways of working and supply planning transformation across client's manufacturing network. 

 

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 49.00/hr.