Supply Planning Manager

On-siteUSFull-timePosted 8 days ago

About the role

Please note that we are currently not working with recruiters or any external agencies, as we handle all talent acquisition in-house with our dedicated team.

Who We Are

The Honey Pot was born out of one woman’s need to naturally heal herself. And evolved into a mission to clean up the feminine care aisle. Our mission is to educate, support, and provide humans with vaginas around the world, the tools and resources that promote health and wellness; by engaging these humans one healthy honey pot at a time. Through our functional plant derived feminine care system, our goal is to provide humans with a safe and alternative to feminine care that is powered by herbs.

Company Mission: We serve humanity through community connections, transparent education, and safe, plant-derived products that work.

The Supply Planning Manager is responsible for ensuring product availability while optimizing inventory investment, working capital, and supply chain performance across the full end-to-end product life cycle, from launch planning through steady-state supply and phase-out. This role owns inventory optimization across all locations, manages contract manufacturers and suppliers with long lead times, and is accountable for balancing customer demand, inventory strategy, supplier performance, manufacturing capacity, and operational constraints.

Reporting to the Director, Integrated Business Planning, the Supply Planning Manager leads supply planning activities, executes procurement strategies, manages purchase order placement and supplier follow-up, and ensures inventory health throughout the network. The role partners closely with Demand Planning, Operations, Finance, Contract Manufacturers, and Suppliers to maintain an achievable supply plan that supports customer service objectives and business growth.

Key Responsibilities

1. Supply Planning & Inventory Ownership (45%)

Supply Planning

  • Develop and maintain supply plans that support forecasted demand requirements.
  • Balance inventory investment with customer service and availability objectives.
  • Identify supply risks, constraints, and capacity limitations.
  • Manage supply planning across the end-to-end product life cycle, including new product introduction, ramp-up, steady-state replenishment, and end-of-life or phase-out planning, so that inventory and contract manufacturer commitments stay aligned at every stage.
  • Recommend actions to mitigate shortages, excess inventory, and service disruptions.

Inventory Ownership

  • Own inventory planning and inventory health across all distribution centers, warehouses, manufacturing sites, and third-party logistics locations.
  • Establish inventory strategies, safety stock targets, and replenishment parameters, including lead times and planning time fences, that reflect the long lead times of contract manufacturers and their suppliers, and use inventory optimization to balance service levels against working capital.
  • Monitor inventory levels, aging inventory, slow-moving stock, and excess inventory.
  • Drive actions to improve inventory turns and working capital performance.

Capacity Planning

  • Partner with suppliers, operations, and logistics teams to ensure sufficient supply capacity.
  • Evaluate future capacity requirements to support growth initiatives.

2. Procurement Execution & Supplier Management (35%)

Purchase Order Management

  • Create, release, and manage purchase orders to suppliers and contract manufacturers, setting order release dates against long lead times so that orders are placed early enough to protect supply and production schedules.
  • Maintain order visibility from placement through receipt.
  • Ensure purchase orders align with supply plans and inventory strategies.
  • Manage changes to delivery schedules, quantities, and priorities.

Supplier Follow-Up

  • Proactively communicate with suppliers regarding order status and delivery commitments.
  • Track supplier performance against required lead times and service expectations.
  • Resolve shortages, delayed shipments, allocation challenges, and supply interruptions.
  • Escalate critical risks and develop mitigation plans.

Supplier Performance

  • Monitor supplier reliability, delivery performance, responsiveness, and supply continuity.
  • Support supplier review meetings and performance management processes.
  • Partner with Procurement to improve supplier effectiveness.

3. S&OP, Analytics & Continuous Improvement (20%)

S&OP Support

  • Participate in monthly S&OP and IBP reviews.
  • Present supply risks, inventory outlooks, capacity constraints, and mitigation plans.
  • Align supply plans with consensus demand forecasts.

Performance Management

  • Monitor key planning metrics including:
  • Inventory turns
  • Days on hand
  • Customer service levels
  • Fill rates
  • Supplier on-time performance
  • Inventory accuracy
  • Item master accuracy

Process Improvement

  • Drive improvements to supply planning processes and inventory management practices.
  • Improve planning system utilization and reporting capabilities.
  • Support enterprise inventory optimization initiatives.

Key Accountabilities

  • Inventory health across all locations.
  • Product availability and customer service levels.
  • Purchase order management effectiveness.
  • Supplier delivery performance.
  • Working capital and inventory optimization.
  • Supply plan quality and execution.
  • Identification and mitigation of supply risks.
  • Item master integrity

Qualifications

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Operations, Business Administration, or related field.

Certifications

  • APICS CPIM preferred.
  • APICS CSCP preferred.
  • Lean Six Sigma certification beneficial.

Experience

  • 5+ years of supply planning, inventory planning, procurement, or supply chain experience.
  • Experience managing purchase orders and supplier relationships, including contract manufacturers with long lead times, and managing supply and inventory across the end-to-end product life cycle from launch through phase-out.
  • Experience supporting S&OP or IBP processes.
  • Strong inventory management experience.
  • ERP and planning system experience required.

Key Competencies

Supply Chain Expertise

  • Supply planning
  • Inventory management
  • Replenishment planning
  • Procurement execution
  • Supplier management

Analytics

  • Inventory optimization
  • Capacity planning
  • Working capital management
  • Data analysis

Relationship Management

  • Supplier collaboration
  • Cross-functional leadership
  • Stakeholder management
  • Negotiation

Operational Excellence

  • Problem solving
  • Process improvement
  • Risk mitigation
  • Decision making

Success Measures

The Supply Planning Manager will be successful when:

  • Inventory is maintained at optimal levels across all locations.
  • Product availability consistently meets customer expectations.
  • Purchase orders are executed accurately and on time.
  • Supplier commitments are achieved and risks are proactively managed.
  • Working capital and inventory turns improve year over year.
  • Supply risks are identified early and effectively mitigated.
  • S&OP decisions are supported by a robust and executable supply plan.

The Honey Pot Company's Core Values in Action

Human Centered Mindset

We carefully consider and address the impact all our business decisions will have on the humans we serve. We know our humans so well that we can anticipate their needs, and we seek to provide an experience that exceeds their expectations.

Courageously Collaborative

We are a talented team who respects each individual for their towering strengths and understands that the best results come from clear expectations, collaboration and holding ourselves and each other accountable for shared results.

Growth Mindset

We put fresh thinking in action and constructively challenge the usual approach of doing things in order to create better products for our humans and a better work experience for our team.

Wellbeing inside and out

We know that people reach their full potential when they operate in an environment that supports their wellbeing. At The Honey Pot we prioritize wellbeing with consistency and transparency for our internal team, our external partners and our humans.

Partners in Profit

We are all owners of The Honey Pot and we partner to make thoughtful and well-reasoned business decisions to drive growth.

If you are a highly energetic, self-directed individual with a passion for operational excellence, we encourage you to apply!

Company Guidelines

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the team member during the course of employment. Additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned by supervisor as business needs dictate and as the supervisory personnel deem appropriate.

All The Honey Pot Company team members are expected to follow company policies and procedures, whether those policies and procedures are established in writing or in practice.

All The Honey Pot Company team members must adhere to the highest of ethical standards, respect and cooperation in the workplace and focus on delivering a world-class experience to internal customers and all The Honey Pot Company clients.

The Honey Pot was born out of one woman's need to naturally heal herself. Beatrice became a woman on a mission, searching for natural remedies to help prevent these unruly infections. Rather than stay locked in a vicious cycle of taking antibiotics that would temporarily fight the infection only for it to reemerge later, Beatrice charged ahead and created The Honey Pot Feminine Wash - her very own natural healing aid.

SectorHealth & Wellness
HeadquartersAtlanta, GA
Employees146
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