Supply Chain Planning Manager

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This position requires you to be in on-site at least 4 days in our Columbus, OH headquarters.

A Brief Overview
The Supply Chain Planning Manager, Glass leads a team of Demand Planners and Replenishment Analysts responsible for forecasting and replenishing glass inventory across 70+ Safelite fulfillment locations. This role ensures accurate SKU-level forecasts by location and month, accounting for business trends, seasonality, and new model introductions. The manager drives supply continuity by balancing supplier lead times with inventory targets, enabling optimal service levels and operational efficiency. This position plays a critical role in aligning supply with demand to support customer satisfaction and business growth.

What you will do

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of Demand Planners and Replenishment Analysts to ensure accurate forecasting and effective inventory management.

• Establish, monitor, and improve KPI performance in key supply chain performance metrics, including forecast accuracy, inventory health, and supply continuity to drive operational excellence.

• Oversee SKU-level demand forecasting by location and month, incorporating business trends, seasonality, and new product introductions.

• Manage replenishment strategies to balance supplier lead times, order cycles, and target inventory levels across 70 multi-echelon supply chain fulfillment locations.

• Leverage and optimize Tier 1 supply chain planning software platforms to improve forecast accuracy, inventory visibility, and decision-making capabilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Procurement, Operations, and Field teams to align supply plans with business needs and service goals.

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Complies with all policies and standards

What you will need

• Bachelor's Degree Business administration, Supply Chain management, Finance, or related field preferred. Required

• Certification in supply chain, inventory management (APICS or related), supply chain planning software Preferred

• 4-6 years Supply chain planning, corporate supply chain, or inventory management Required and

• 1-3 years Leading supply chain planning team (demand planning, supply planning, order management, or related) Required

• Knowledge of supply chain planning software tools & systems (High proficiency)

• Data analysis, KPI and continuous improvement (High proficiency)

• Organizational skills, time management, multi-tasking agility (High proficiency)

• Verbal, written, and leadership presentation communication skills (High proficiency)

• Maximizing internal and external replenishment through multi-echelon supply chain fulfillment network (High proficiency)

• Demonstrated ability to inspire, guide, and support a diverse team toward achieving shared goals (High proficiency)

• Relationship building and cross functional collaboration (Medium proficiency)

• Microsoft Office-based software applications (Medium proficiency)

• Knowledge of ERP (Oracle), warehouse management (Koerber), order management, and data analytics (Tableau) systems (Medium proficiency)

• Supplier collaboration to support ensure supply outcomes (Medium proficiency)

What you will get

• Competitive weekly pay and bonus opportunities.

• Total job benefits valued at more than $10k*. This includes a 401(k) plan with company matching, medical coverage plans customized to suit your needs and a commitment to work/life balance through our paid time off (PTO) programs, company holidays and paid volunteer days.

• Up to $5,250 in tuition reimbursement per year.

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Diversity: Safelite welcomes everyone. We value our diverse workforce and suppliers, and we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Benefit amounts are estimates only. Actual values will depend on benefit elections during enrollment.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by an employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to perform other related duties as assigned to ensure workload coverage. This job description does NOT constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the organizational needs and requirements of the job change.

This position description is not all inclusive for every aspect of this role. Reasonable accommodations will be made for individuals covered by ADA, ADEA, FMLA and other laws and regulations in accordance with their requirements. Physical and mental demands are not, and should not be construed to be job qualification standards, but are illustrated to help the employer, employee and/or applicant identify tasks where reasonable accommodations may need to be made when an otherwise qualified person is unable to perform the job's essential duties because of an ADA disability.

Other qualifications may be required to ensure employment eligibility in accordance with local laws, regulations and with Safelite Group, Inc. policies and practices.

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