External Products Planner/Buyer

External Products Planner/Buyer

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value to our stakeholders. In 2025, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,100 employees who serve customers in 119 countries/territories.

Position Summary

Leads the supply and inventory management of externally procured and subcontracted items to ensure balance between demand and supply. Responsible for categories that require additional supply chain oversight for service throughout business cycles. Analyzes, develops recommendations for and executes changes to supply chain infrastructure, import/export logistics, supply chain synchronization, and definitions of global performance measurements. Performs the collection, maintenance, analysis and reporting of supply chain and sales data in support of demand forecasting, capacity planning support and inventory strategy support.

Responsibilities

• Integrated Business Planning & Demand/Supply Alignment: Support and continuously improve the NAM Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process by leading supply gap discussions, preparing scenario analyses, and providing data-driven insights to facilitate escalation decisions and ensure balance between supply, demand, and inventory targets.
• Supply, Inventory & Service Performance Management: Perform detailed analysis to support supply and inventory planning, forecast demand, and identify service risks across peak, holiday, and constrained capacity periods. Collect and analyze actual vs. plan inventory metrics, proactively mitigate excess and obsolete inventory, and lead monthly reviews of slow-moving and aged inventory.
• Vendor, Plant & PO Management: Manage purchase orders for the External Products Profit Center, prioritize customer demand, and communicate requirements to vendors. Collaborate with producing plants and suppliers to track capacity, resolve constraints, and improve service, cost, and process performance.
• Reporting, Analytics & SAP Optimization: Develop, maintain, and enhance reporting and KPI dashboards covering inventory, lead time, customer service, production compliance, and capacity planning. Perform data maintenance, optimize reporting tools, and support ongoing improvements in SAP utilization and master data accuracy.
• Capacity, Cost & Continuous Improvement: Analyze root causes of supply and service issues and recommend corrective actions. Optimize supply and distribution networks to maximize service while minimizing total landed cost, and maintain production equipment and capacity data to support long-term capacity planning, capital investment, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, operations, logistics, or another relevant field. Professional Supply Chain certification (in the process of earning or maintaining APICS CPIM or CSCP or equivalent) preferred. Highly technical and analytical skill set required, with the ability to analyze large data sets, build models, and translate complex supply chain data into actionable insights. Strong communication and people skills required, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally, influence stakeholders, and clearly communicate recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences. User proficiency in SAP (or equivalent ERP) order management, demand forecasting, capacity planning, and inventory analysis. Lean manufacturing skills strongly preferred in the areas of value stream mapping, single minute exchange of dies, short lead time and small lot manufacturing, and transitioning make-to-stock volume to make-to-order sales. Ability to travel occasionally.