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Thorlabs · 1 week ago

Global Supply Chain Planning Team Lead

Newton, New Jersey, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Thorlabs is pleased to play a role in advancing science through the components, instruments, and systems we design and manufacture. They are seeking a Global Supply Chain Planning Team Lead to optimize and enhance critical Supply Chain planning and analytics activities across their worldwide supply chain network.

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Responsibilities

Oversee all actual demand, forecasting and inventory planning activities across global regions

Consolidate global forecasts, improve forecast accuracy, and ensure alignment between demand plans with operational capacity and business priorities

Generate forecasts by analyzing historical data, market trends, and demand signals

Collaborate with manufacturing Business units to refine demand signals and ensure alignment

Set and monitor Min/Max levels, lead times (LT), MOQ, and safety stock for all warehouses (NJ, EU, China, Japan)

Participate in establishing and maintaining global allocation strategies

Define and maintain reorder points (ROP) based on demand forecasts, lead times, and safety stock to ensure timely replenishment

Establish economic order quantities (EOQ) or optimal reorder quantities (ROQ) to balance inventory holding costs and ordering costs

Conduct monthly inventory health reviews and lead inventory reduction programs

Assist in creating and maintaining global inventory planning methodologies and replenishment frameworks

Track supplier performance metrics including on-time delivery (OTD), lead times

Monitor on-time delivery (OTD), lead times-KPIs and provide efficiency

Maintain Item Master data including technical specifications and cost pricing

Monitor freight trends, carrier performance, and material flow from manufacturing to global warehouse

Provide visibility into global planning and distribution performance

Support in creating and maintaining global dashboards and standardizing KPIs across regions

Track and analyze supply chain performance metrics (inventory turns, OTD, service level, cost-per-unit)

Lead global performance reviews and provide actionable insights to with executives and regional teams

Ensure high-quality planning data across ERP (D365), forecasting tools, and analytics platforms

Maintain global planning system standards and coordinate automation and digital transformation initiatives

Lead global rollout of new planning systems, modules, tools, and analytics dashboards

Identify and execute network-wide optimization opportunities including inventory strategy, replenishment logic, and capacity planning

Collaborate with global team of supply chain planners on global improvement projects, ensuring stakeholder alignment, change management, and on-time delivery

Responsible for modern planning approaches (AI/ML forecasting, automation, exception-based planning)

Communicate and collaborate with global team of supply chain planners and analysts

Qualification

Global Demand PlanningInventory OptimizationKPI GovernanceERP (D365)Supplier Performance AnalyticsData GovernanceProject ManagementLeadershipCollaboration

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