West Pharmaceutical Services · 4 days ago
Director, Integrated Business Planning (Sales, Inventory, Operations Planning)
Exton, PA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
10+ years expWest Pharmaceutical Services is a company dedicated to improving patient lives through innovative healthcare solutions. The Director of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is responsible for aligning financial, supply chain, and strategic planning across the organization to optimize business performance and support growth. This role collaborates with various departments to ensure agile, data-backed decision-making processes are in place.
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Responsibilities
Lead and evolve the current IBP/SIOP process, identify gaps, and prioritize areas of improvement
Work with Commercial, Supply Planning, and Finance to ensure a quality rolling 24-month estimate of future demand, corresponding supply, and financial plans are included in the SIOP cycles
Conduct the monthly IBP/SIOP cycle to facilitate decisions around optimizing supply, demand and financial plans
Identify business issues and risks with potential reconciliations and owners to deliver current and longer-term plans
Ensure validation and presentation of data and analytics to facilitate decision-making
Govern the IBP framework, tools, standards, cadence, and metrics
Champion change to ensure adoption of the IBP/SIOP process. Educate and develop all involved functions
Facilitate executive-level IBP meetings
Track IBP performance metrics, monitor the effectiveness of the process and execute continuous improvement actions
Lead IBP steering committees, review past cycles’ strengths and challenges, and propose enhancements when appropriate. Promote transparency and proactive planning
Track IBP key conclusions and tasks and perform follow-up on the actions when necessary
Partner closely with Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sales, and Marketing teams to ensure alignment and integration of operational planning with strategic goals
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Mgm't, Finance, or Engineering required
Minimum 10+ years in Supply Chain, Finance or related field preferred
Minimum 5 to 10 years experience in IBP/SIOP processes ideally in FMCG or pharmaceutical or medical device industry
Lead and evolve the current IBP/SIOP process, identify gaps, and prioritize areas of improvement
Work with Commercial, Supply Planning, and Finance to ensure a quality rolling 24-month estimate of future demand, corresponding supply, and financial plans are included in the SIOP cycles
Conduct the monthly IBP/SIOP cycle to facilitate decisions around optimizing supply, demand and financial plans
Identify business issues and risks with potential reconciliations and owners to deliver current and longer-term plans
Ensure validation and presentation of data and analytics to facilitate decision-making
Govern the IBP framework, tools, standards, cadence, and metrics
Champion change to ensure adoption of the IBP/SIOP process. Educate and develop all involved functions
Facilitate executive-level IBP meetings
Track IBP performance metrics, monitor the effectiveness of the process and execute continuous improvement actions
Lead IBP steering committees, review past cycles' strengths and challenges, and propose enhancements when appropriate. Promote transparency and proactive planning
Track IBP key conclusions and tasks and perform follow-up on the actions when necessary
Partner closely with Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sales, and Marketing teams to ensure alignment and integration of operational planning with strategic goals
Preferred
Master's degree in preceding disciplines or MBA preferred
Proven leadership in managing through complex planning processes and stakeholder engagement
Strong understanding of planning systems and processes, ERP platforms
Knows how to get things done both through formal channels and the informal network
Proven ability to influence teams and implement new processes effectively
Able to effectively and efficiently convey thoughts and ideas at all levels and functions
Team oriented and collaborative; able to bridge competing priorities and goals
Dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers
Strong facilitation and communication skills
Results driven with strong analytical thinking, business acumen, and financial acumen
Comfortable in a fast paced, dynamic environment and motivated in finding solutions to business problems
Can navigate through ambiguity and adapt to changing circumstances and directions
Can balance the conflicting needs of stakeholders while meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers
Can communicate a compelling and inspired vision of where we want to be across various stakeholders
Knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting the business, industry, and organization and in the IBP space
Possess a continuous Improvement mind-set and commitment to achieving excellence in results
APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) is preferred
Program and Project Management Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI is preferred
Company
West Pharmaceutical Services
West Pharmaceutical Services is a manufacturer of technologically advanced containment and delivery systems for injectable medicines.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
Eric Green
President, CEO and Chair of the Board
Atul Patel
Vice President, Devices & Delivery Systems
Recent News
2025-12-06
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