Operations Planner

Reporting to the Director of Commercial Operations, the Operations Planner manages the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process for multiple sites, ensuring business needs are met in terms of throughput, profitability, smooth and cost‑efficient operations, and customer satisfaction. Responsibilities Builds ongoing short- and long‑term demand and capacity plans for multiple sites. Plans and prioritizes capacity allocation to ensure optimum site efficiency and profitability while maintaining high customer satisfaction. Ensures critical customer capacity needs are fulfilled. Identifies potential gaps in demand versus capacity and recommends options to mitigate. Proactively engages with key customers to develop, collect, and consolidate demand forecasts. Reviews forecast accuracy with customers and collects insight into deviations. Actively probes for customer and market intelligence and synthesizes for Account Managers and senior leadership. Works with Sales and Site leadership to consolidate existing and new customer forecasts into short- and long‑term demand plans. Provides Sales team with ongoing open capacity reports for multiple sites. Prepares reports of performance to S&OP plans; recommends adjustments if needed. Assists sites in prioritizing customers and adjusting demand plans as necessary to support business needs. Works with Sales and Site leadership for proper placement of new customers/products to support growth plans. Works with Site leadership and Operational Excellence team to identify trends and recommend measures to increase capacity and efficiency. Provides input for expansion plans including cobalt requirements, chamber additions, and greenfield sites. Provides input to FP&A of potential gaps to budget. Collaborates with Sales and Product Segment leaders, Operational Excellence, Finance, FP&A, Contracts and Pricing, and Operations to ensure planning and forecasting needs are met. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree required. Proven experience as a production or operations planner. Skillful in communicating directly with customers. Working knowledge of S&OP processes and systems. Experience with MRPII software. Working knowledge of ERP systems. Intermediate skills in Excel, PowerPoint, and PowerBI. Experience working in a matrix organization is a plus. Project management experience is a plus. High proficiency in math and statistics. Organized, results‑driven with strong organizational and problem‑solving skills. A team player, cooperative, unselfish, thinking corporately. Ability to effectively interpret and communicate details into concise and understandable facts, numbers, and actionable items. High level of intelligence, critical and analytical thinking ability. Uncompromising integrity, moral values, ethics, honest, truthful, straightforward. Professional in appearance, demeanor, office style, thoroughness, completeness, accuracy, polish, effectiveness. EEO Statement All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status. Sterigenics U.S. LLC takes affirmative action in support of its policy to employ and advance in employment individuals who are minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. VEVRAA Federal Contractor. #J-18808-Ljbffr