Supply Planning Manager
Posted Sep 24, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a planning team you led. How did you set expectations and coach people who were struggling?
What they are checking: Whether they can develop analysts and give honest, actionable feedback, which the posting puts first.
Walk me through how you would present a supply risk and its tradeoffs in an S&OP meeting with senior leaders.
What they are checking: Whether they can influence leaders with clear options and recommendations, not just report problems.
Tell me about a continuous improvement project you led in supply planning. What changed?
What they are checking: Whether they have actually improved a process with measurable results rather than talking about improvement.
How do you build good working relationships with demand planning, distribution and operations?
What they are checking: Whether they can solve problems across teams before they escalate, which the posting asks for.
What would you do
Fill rate is down and excess inventory is up at the same time. How would you figure out what is going on?
What they are checking: Whether they can diagnose mixed signals by product, supplier and forecast instead of applying one blanket fix.
A key supplier's capacity drops and two business units want the same constrained supply. How do you decide?
What they are checking: Whether they can allocate fairly using business priorities and data and get leaders aligned on the call.
How do you balance hands-on planning work with managing your team?
What they are checking: Whether they can stay close to the details without becoming the bottleneck or neglecting people.
An analyst on your team keeps missing PO updates in the system. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they address performance issues directly and look for root cause, like training or workload.
About the work
How would you scale our supply planning process in Oracle ERP so the whole team works the same way?
What they are checking: Whether they can standardize processes and data integrity across a team and drive adoption.
What KPIs would you put in front of your team every week, and how do you avoid people gaming them?
What they are checking: Whether they understand how metrics drive behavior and choose ones that reflect real performance.
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