Sr. Professional, Material Planner

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Purpose of Role

Under Armour is seeking a highly analytical and collaborative Sr. Professional, Global Material Planning to strengthen end-to-end material readiness acrosplantais Apparel, Footwear, Accessories, and Packaging. This role translates demand, supply, production, and bill-of-material signals into actionable material plans; identifies supply and inventory risks; and partners with Tier 2 suppliers to help ensure materials are available to support production and service objectives.

Serving as a critical link across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Sourcing, Product Development, and supplier partners, the Material Planner proactively manages material requirements, commitments, inventory, capacity, and constraints. The role combines data, planning systems, and supplier insights to improve decision quality, supplier alignment, and material readiness.

Your Impact

Material Readiness and Supply Planning
• Manage material requirements for assigned product categories, suppliers, and supply networks.
• Translate demand forecasts, production plans, and bill-of-material requirements into time-phased material needs.
• Monitor material availability and inventory positions to identify shortages, excesses, and potential service risks.

Supplier Collaboration and Commitment Management
• Partner directly with Tier 2 suppliers, mills, and material vendors to understand supply status, commitments, lead times, capacity, and emerging risks.
• Collect, validate, and analyze supplier forecasts, inventory positions, and capacity information.
• Assess supplier readiness, including labor, equipment, production capacity, and material pipeline preparedness, against forecasted demand.

Material Forecasting and Analytics
• Execute recurring material forecast processes for fabrics, trims, packaging, and specialized materials.
• Analyze supplier execution and material delivery feedback to identify risks, trends, and continuous-improvement opportunities.
• Assess material liability and supply exposure resulting from forecast changes, cancellations, and demand shifts, including yardage, inventory, and cost impacts.

Constraint Identification and Exception Management
• Proactively identify Tier 2 material constraints and assess downstream impacts to Tier 1 production, finished-goods availability, and service.
• Partner with Supply Planning and Sourcing to prioritize demand, protect constrained supply, and develop mitigation strategies.
• Support allocation and demand-governance decisions through risk assessment and supply-based recommendations.

Data Quality and Process Improvement
• Support the governance and integrity of material-planning inputs, including BOMs, supplier data, yields, units of measure, and planning parameters.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual work, standardize recurring processes, and improve reporting automation.
• Participate in planning-transformation initiatives involving Blue Yonder, SAP, AI, Snowflake, Tableau, Power BI, and other planning technologies.
• Contribute to continuous-improvement efforts focused on planning efficiency, visibility, traceability, and decision quality.

Cross-Functional Partnership
• Collaborate with Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Sourcing, Product Development, Logistics, Supplier Management, and other business partners.
• Communicate material readiness, risks, opportunities, and supply-based recommendations while helping stakeholders understand downstream business impacts.

Qualifications

Required
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field.
• 2 to 5 years of experience in supply chain planning, materials planning, procurement, inventory management, production planning, or a related field.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-support skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience working with large datasets.
• Experience using enterprise planning, ERP, analytics, or reporting systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to manage stakeholders across functions and regions.

Preferred
• Experience with SAP, Blue Yonder, Tableau, Snowflake, Power BI, or AI.
• Experience supporting global suppliers, Tier 1 and Tier 2 partners, or manufacturing networks.
• Knowledge of apparel, footwear, accessories, packaging, or consumer-goods supply chains.
• Understanding of BOM structures, material consumption, units-of-measure conversion, supplier capacity, and material lead times.
• Experience with scenario planning, supply-risk management, inventory optimization, or planning transformation.

Workplace Location

• Location: This individual must reside within commuting distance from our Baltimore office.
• Work Schedule:  This role follows a hybrid work schedule, requiring 4 days in-office per week. 

Sponsorship Eligibility: (US ONLY) UA does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based work authorization for this position at this time.

Relocation

• No relocation provided

Base Compensation

$75,000.00-$100,000.00 USD

Most new hires fall within this range and have the opportunity to earn more over time. Initial placement within the salary range, however, is based on an individual's relevant knowledge, skills and experience for the position. UA is committed to helping our teammates succeed and advance in their careers. Base salary is only one component of our competitive Total Rewards package.

Benefits & Perks

• Paid "UA Give Back" Volunteer Days: Work alongside your team to support initiatives in your local community
• Under Armour Merchandise Discounts
• Competitive 401(k) plan matching
• Maternity and Parental Leave for eligible and FMLA-eligible teammates
• Health & fitness benefits, discounts and resources- We offer teammates across the country programs to promote physical activity and overall well-being

Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity

At Under Armour, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, family or paternal status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Under Armour seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people representing a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact our Human Resources team via View email address on us.fitly.work.