Director, Sales Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP)

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Director, Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP)

Job Description:

Trystar is at the forefront of advancing power solutions, charged and driven by a committed, dynamic team, tackling complex challenges, and creating innovative solutions. We’re looking for motivated, driven, and talented individuals eager to be part of the future of power. Safety and integrity aren’t just buzzwords, they are the north star guiding us as we aspire to wow our customers every day. We’ve created power solutions that are not only durable and unique but are also the result of exciting teamwork from every corner of our organization.

Individually and collectively, every team member at Trystar plays for each other and strives to deliver unmatched value and 100% accuracy to our customers every single day. Our cutting-edge headquarters is in Faribault, MN, a facility that is partially solar and wind powered by our own microgrid! Together, we are Trystar, where we power the future and nurture innovation for a brighter tomorrow. 

Trystar’s team members are our most important asset, and we are in search of a   Director of Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP)  based at our Burnsville, MN   office. 

Reporting to the   Vice President of FP&A and SIOP, the Director will lead Trystar’s end-to-end Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning process, Demand Planning function, and Inventory Strategy. This role serves as a key integrator across Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, and other functions to align business plans, identify risks and opportunities, and drive timely decisions. The Director of SIOP will also partner closely with the Production Planning Leader, who owns capacity planning and detailed production planning, to ensure demand, supply, capacity, and inventory plans are effectively integrated through the SIOP process.

We are looking for people who believe in our guiding principles and values of:

• Safety – We believe everyone should leave Trystar facilities in the same or better condition than when they arrived.
• Integrity – We’re honest, transparent, and committed to doing what’s right.
• Customer focus – We have relentless focus on our customers and their success.
• Right with speed – We use good judgement, make thoughtful decisions quickly, and execute them with purpose and intensity.
• Play for each other – We’re a team. We show up for each other and we know that through teamwork we achieve greatness.
• Champion change – We know adaptation and improvement are requirements to survive and to thrive.
• Enjoy the journey – We create an environment where our team feels appreciated and has fun along the way.

In this role you will get to:

• Lead and continuously improve Trystar’s end-to-end SIOP process and planning cadence, including governance, decision rights, and accountability across Demand Review, Supply Review, integrated planning, and Executive SIOP.
• Lead Trystar’s Demand Planning function and partner with Sales and Commercial leaders to drive a consensus-based demand planning process, ensuring the enterprise demand plan incorporates key demand drivers and identifies risks and opportunities.
• Lead Trystar’s Inventory Strategy, including the development of inventory policies, targets, segmentation, and planning approaches that balance customer service, growth, working capital, and operational requirements.
• Partner closely with the Production Planning Leader to ensure the supply and production plan is aligned with the agreed-upon demand plan and overall business priorities.
• Collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, and Production Planning to identify capacity constraints, material availability risks, labor requirements, supplier constraints, and other barriers to meeting customer demand.
• Facilitate cross-functional tradeoff discussions and influence decisions related to customer priorities, capacity, inventory positioning, lead times, and other actions required to balance demand and supply.
• Partner with Finance to connect SIOP plans and decisions to the financial planning and forecasting process.
• Drive the continuous improvement of Trystar’s SIOP capabilities and culture, including processes, methodologies, systems, analytics, performance metrics, team development, fact-based decision-making, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Establish and manage key planning metrics, including forecast accuracy, bias, OTD performance, inventory turns, inventory obsolescence, capacity utilization, and plan attainment.
• Facilitate Executive SIOP reviews and provide data-driven recommendations to senior leadership regarding demand, capacity, inventory, customer priorities, and strategic tradeoff decisions
• Lead, develop, and coach a high-performing SIOP team while building strong partnerships across the organization.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related field required.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in SIOP/S&OP, demand planning, supply chain, operations, inventory planning, finance, or related disciplines, including significant experience in a leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience leading or significantly contributing to an end-to-end SIOP/S&OP process in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Strong experience leading Demand Planning and forecasting processes, including development of consensus-based demand plans and management of forecast performance.
• Experience developing and implementing inventory strategies that balance customer service, working capital, and operational requirements.

• Strong understanding of supply planning, capacity planning, and manufacturing operations, with the ability to effectively partner and influence across functional boundaries.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence decisions without direct authority.
• Experience implementing or leveraging ERP, demand planning, forecasting, or integrated business planning systems
• Advanced analytical skills with experience using scenario modeling, business intelligence tools, and data visualization to support decision making
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing KPIs and performance metrics.
• Exceptional communication and executive presence, with the ability to facilitate discussions and drive decisions with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.

 

Preferred skills:

• Manufacturing industry experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in a high-growth, complex, configure-to-order, build-to-order, or project-based manufacturing environment preferred.
• APICS/ASCM certification, MBA, or advanced degree preferred.

Additional Information:

• Position may require up to 25% travel