Senior Supply & Demand Planning Manager

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As a Supply and Demand Planning Manager, you will work closely with internal core teams to drive material readiness for new products. Your responsibilities will include daily supply management,

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As a Supply and Demand Planning Manager, you will work closely with internal core teams to drive material readiness for new products. Your responsibilities will include daily supply management, addressing constraints, providing executive status reporting and escalation, and pursuing operational excellence and continuous improvement.

In this role, you will ensure that Zoox’s hardware needs are well understood across all programs and business areas, preparing both internal teams and external partners to meet these demands on time. Collaborating with various stakeholders, you will manage the aggregated materials forecast and supply commitments for hardware programs from development through mass production. This includes critical component planning, allocation direction, modeling supply flexibility, and managing materials liability.

Serve as the bridge between business strategy, engineering build plans, and operational supply chain execution

Build demand planning models based on market data and “what if” scenarios that analyze new product introductions

Partner with Manufacturing Operations to plan factory capacity based on demand, mitigate risks, and prioritize requirements during supply constraints.

Forecast demand versus supply, define key factory metrics (e.g., forecast accuracy, fulfillment rate), and report performance to leadership

Manage clear-to-build (CTB), material readiness, and risk visibility across NPI, including risk releases, E&O, and mitigation plans

Drive scalable supply & demand planning processes, lead continuous improvements, and deliver clear weekly executive updates

Bachelor’s degree

At minimum 6+ years of professional experience, including experience in supply & demand management and/or materials management

Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to executive management and large, cross-functional groups

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to evaluate and analyze data to enable operational decision-making

MBA or Master’s Degree in Supply Chain or Operations Management

Experience in NPI Operations and/ or consumer electronics

Experience with MRP/ERP

Advanced modeling skills, with a particular focus on MS Excel, VBA, SQL, Tableau, or similar data visualization tools