SENIOR MANAGER PLANNING SYSTEMS, DATA & AUTOMATION

Our client, a prominent textile organization, is seeking a highly skilled Senior Manager for Planning Systems, Data & Automation. This role is responsible for owning the business roadmap and managing functional product aspects related to planning systems, planning data, and automation across Demand, Supply, MRP, Fabric, and Garment Planning. The successful candidate will translate approved planning processes into detailed functional requirements, data standards, workflows, dashboards, and automation solutions. Additionally, they will lead business design validation, testing, deployment, adoption, and ensure the realization of benefits.

Key Responsibilities

- Maintain the enterprise planning-systems roadmap, ensuring alignment with business priorities and IT architecture guidelines.
- Manage the functional backlog, define requirements, set priorities, establish acceptance criteria, and measure business value for ERP planning modules and advanced planning tools.
- Lead business involvement in process-to-system design, configuration validation, data migration, user acceptance testing, deployment, and stabilization phases.
- Define and govern planning data standards, ownership, quality controls, lineage, issue resolution, and monitoring across systems and functions.
- Oversee planning hierarchies, calendars, and parameter frameworks, driving root-cause analysis and correction of recurring data failures.
- Identify and prioritize automation opportunities, specifying functional requirements for data flows, integrations, dashboards, and analytics products.
- Monitor adoption rates, data quality, recurring issues, service performance, and benefits realization; coordinate issue triage with users, IT teams, and vendors.
- Lead and develop the team’s capabilities in functional design, data governance, testing, product ownership, and stakeholder management.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Data, Business Analytics, or a related field.
- 8 to 10 years of experience in planning systems, ERP or advanced planning solutions, business systems, data governance, analytics, or automation.
- At least 3 years in a managerial, product-owner, or program-lead role within manufacturing or supply chain environments.
- Extensive knowledge of ERP planning modules, advanced planning systems, and end-to-end planning processes.
- Strong expertise in functional product ownership, requirements management, solution design, testing, release, and adoption.
- Solid understanding of planning master data, parameter governance, data quality, ownership, and lineage.
- Experience with workflow automation, reporting architecture, business intelligence, and dashboard product management.
- Familiarity with Demand Planning, Supply Planning, MRP, S&OP, Fabric Planning, and Garment Planning interactions.
- Working knowledge of SQL, data models, and automation concepts; hands-on programming skills are advantageous but not mandatory.
- Excellent leadership, communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits

- Experience in the textile or apparel industry is preferred but not mandatory.
- Opportunity to lead critical digital transformation initiatives within a leading textile organization.
- Exposure to cross-functional teams and advanced planning technologies in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

This position was advertised on 12 October 2026, with the application deadline on 23 October 2026. Candidates meeting the experience and educational requirements are encouraged to apply promptly.