SENIOR MANAGER S&OP & PLANNING EXCELLENCE

HRSI · Lahore, Pakistan

Company Overview:

Our client, a leading textile organization, seeks to appoint an experienced professional for the following role:

SENIOR MANAGER S&OP & PLANNING EXCELLENCE

Job Role

The Senior Manager S&OP & Planning Excellence will design, implement and facilitate the enterprise Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process and lead Planning Excellence across Demand, Supply, MRP, Fabric and Garment Planning. The role will integrate functional plans into decision-ready scenarios, establish common planning standards and governance, and ensure decisions and actions are followed through.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and lead the Demand Review, Supply Review, Pre-S&OP and Executive S&OP cadence, including calendars, inputs, participants and decision rights.
• Integrate demand, capacity, materials, inventory, service and financial implications into clear scenarios and recommendations.
• Maintain an approved constrained plan, decision log, action tracker and escalation record.
• Establish common planning policies, horizons, freeze windows, tolerance limits, change controls, role definitions and hand-offs.
• Document and improve standard processes, assess compliance and address structural process gaps.
• Define the enterprise planning performance framework, KPI ownership, root-cause routines and corrective actions.
• Assess planning maturity and capability gaps; coordinate targeted learning, coaching and role-development plans.
• Manage the planning improvement portfolio, track sustained benefits and lead the S&OP and Planning Excellence team.

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations, Business Administration, Finance or a related discipline. An MBA or recognized S&OP/planning qualification is advantageous.

Experience

8-10 years of experience in S&OP, demand or supply planning, planning excellence, operations planning or supply-chain transformation, including at least 3 years in a managerial or enterprise process-lead role. Textile or apparel experience is preferred but not mandatory.

Key Requirements

• Extensive knowledge of S&OP design, governance, meeting cadence, inputs, outputs and decision rights.
• Strong understanding of demand planning, supply and capacity planning, MRP, inventory and scenario evaluation.
• Knowledge of financial integration covering revenue, margin, working capital, cost and capacity investment.
• Understanding of planning horizons, freeze policies, change control, exception governance and process standardization.
• Knowledge of planning KPIs, maturity assessment, capability frameworks and continuous-improvement methods.
• Working knowledge of planning systems, data governance, analytics and automation.
• Strong executive facilitation, structured problem-solving, financial acumen and change leadership skills.

This advertisement is published on 12 October 2026. The last date to apply is 23 October 2026.