Transformation Manager - S&OP

The Transformation Manager – S&OP will own the end-to-end implementation of a harmonized Sales and Operations Planning process across the company's business units, plants, and brand portfolio, leading the program from current-state assessment through future-state design and into execution. This is an individual contributor role with high visibility and direct exposure to senior leadership. What You’ll Do Lead the S&OP implementation program end to end, from current-state assessment through future-state design, rollout, and stabilization. Drive the change and cultural management effort needed to shift plants and functions from fragmented, ad hoc planning to one shared process, as a core priority alongside the process rollout itself. Establish and track key performance indicators, including forecast accuracy, inventory turns, service levels, capacity utilization, and planning cycle adherence, ensuring the S&OP process delivers measurable business value. Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders across sales, operations, and finance to align on process, data, and governance decisions. Manage multiple parallel work streams, including commercial demand/forecasting and operations capacity planning, and reconcile competing priorities across them. Navigate the complexity of harmonizing distinct brand needs and a diverse, multi-plant manufacturing footprint into one standardized process. Build and maintain a program plan covering scope, timeline, resourcing, risks, and dependencies. Prepare and deliver regular updates to executive leadership on program progress, risks, and decisions needed. What We Look For Bachelor's degree in Business or related field. Master's preferred. 6 years of transformation / program management experience. Prior hands-on experience working within an S&OP process, on either the commercial/demand or operations/supply side. Experience in a sales or operations function preferred. Experience operating in a private equity-owned or investor-governed environment strongly preferred. Experience with Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes and frameworks preferred. Change management experience, with a track record of driving adoption of new processes across a resistant or fragmented stakeholder base. Strong project or program management skills, including experience with tools such as Monday.com, MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar. Strong analytical and data fluency, with the ability to work in Excel and interpret forecast and capacity model logic well enough to challenge and translate it for stakeholders. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional partners without direct authority and present effectively to senior executives. Comfortable operating with ambiguity, building process from the ground up, and connecting day-to-day execution to broader business objectives. Ambitious, flexible, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment. Ability to travel 25%. #J-18808-Ljbffr Air Distribution Technologies