Sales, Inventory, & Operations Planning Lead

Electric Hydrogen’s mission is to make molecules to decarbonize our world! Our outstanding people are our most important asset and will allow us to deliver hydrogen from renewable electrolysis for heavy industry, at prices below fossil fuels. 

As SIOP Lead, you will improve the integration of sales, inventory, and operations planning processes. You will work across various departments to create a balanced and accurate plan that supports our goals and maximizes operational efficiency. We are looking for a blend of cross-functional leadership, and operational expertise to lead planning.

You will report to the Director of Stack Operations and this position will be based in Devens, MA.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end SIOP process, ensuring the understanding of sales forecast, inventory levels, and operational plans to create accurate demand forecasts and capacity plans

• Coordinate with technology and manufacturing engineering teams to map the product roadmap for operational plans

• Coordinate with production and procurement teams to ensure capacity and material availability to meet demand, develop clear to build reports and dashboards that highlight ability to build bill of materials (BOM) based on inventory (on-hand, on-order, to-be-ordered)

• Develop contingency plans for supply chain disruptions, unexpected demand fluctuations, and other operational challenges

• Lead efforts to improve SIOP processes to ensure effectiveness, focus on process continuous improvement, taking a 5Y approach to develop short-term containment, and long-term permanent corrective actions 

• Outline and release process documents that capture process RASIC and flow charts

• Review inventory and demand performance data to identify trends, issues, and improvement opportunities

• Collaborate with the procurement team on inventory optimization efforts to balance flexibility with cost-efficient inventory management

• Collaborate with the supply chain team to integrate the procurement steps into the SIOP process to improve visibility post-BOM release

• Collaborate with the finance team to ensure SIOP process aligns with financial goals

• Facilitate regular meetings, ensuring all relevant departments are aligned on important metrics, action items, and timelines

• Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement within the SIOP team and across the organization - work in the "margins" to help build connective tissue from a process perspective between adjacent functions and teams