Job Overview

The Manager, Materials and Planning is responsible for leading all materials, demand, and production planning activities to ensure the timely availability of materials in support of production and customer demand. This role provides end-to-end ownership of planning processes, aligning demand, supply, and capacity to meet business objectives.

This leader will directly manage demand planners and production planners, ensuring integrated planning processes that drive forecast accuracy, optimized inventory levels, and efficient production execution. The role plays a critical part in aligning supply chain execution with operational and business objectives, driving both service excellence and cost performance.

The Manager will partner cross-functionally with Production, Operations, Sales, and Purchasing to ensure synchronization between demand signals, supply plans, and manufacturing capacity. This position has accountability for inventory strategy, demand forecasting, planning system effectiveness, and mitigation of supply chain risks.





The idóneo candidate will bring strong operational leadership in integrated planning (S&OP; / IBP), materials management, and continuous improvement to enhance efficiency, improve material flow, and support overall site performance.

A Day In The Life

Leadership & People Management
- Lead, develop, and coach a team of demand, production, and materials planners.
- Establish clear roles, performance expectations, and development plans.
- Drive accountability for forecast accuracy, schedule attainment, inventory performance, and customer service.

Demand, Supply & Production Planning
- Own the demand planning process, including forecast development, review, and alignment with Sales and business leaders.
- Translate demand forecasts into production and material plans.
- Lead alignment of demand, supply, capacity, and inventory through structured planning processes (S&OP;/IBP).

Materials & Inventory Management
- Direct materials

📌 Materials Manager (España)
🏢 Hubbell
📍 España