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Sr. Director Analyst - Integrated Business Planning (IBP), S&OP (Remote-US)

Gartner, Saint Paul, MN, United States


About the role:
Gartner is seeking a Supply Chain Planning Analyst to drive new thought‑leading insights around improving supply chain planning processes, organization, and metrics to solve our client's business challenges. The insights will be mainly targeted to Supply Chain Planning Leaders in different industries globally.

What you'll do:

Support client’s mission-critical priorities of supply chain planning leaders on the following processes: Product portfolio planning, Demand Planning, Supply and Inventory Planning, S&OP and S&OE. This includes supporting our clients to evolve and mature their processes, building the right organization and talent as well as improving their planning technology roadmap.

Advise Senior Supply Chain planning leaders across all subsectors of manufacturing – including, but not limited to, CPG, apparel and footwear, high tech, medical devices, life science, industrial, chemical and process, automotive and A&D – on leading practices in supply chain planning.

Lead process and capability assessments to help supply chain planning leaders align current performance with desired strategy.

Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged “must‑have insights” content

Develop new insights and ideas through thought leadership and offer compelling, actionable approaches to client’s needs and requests that accelerate the client’s ability to act

Develop in-depth analysis to identify the root cause of a client’s barriers or overall needs and reframe thinking to drive strategy forward

Demonstrate thought leadership in establishing Insights positions across a team of analysts

Bring provocative, independent insights to Gartner leaders that can evolve the course of a research agenda

Research, analyze and predict market trends and shifts to provide clients and vendors with actionable insights

Provide clients and prospects with actionable advice aligned to their designated content area via virtual or face‑to‑face interactions

Create and deliver high‑value presentation materials on and off stage for Gartner events, industry and professional association conferences, and client briefings

Support BTI and Sales: Provide sales support serving as voice of the market to help Insights teams create content and to drive engagement with clients to make progress against their critical priorities to grow their business

Provide high quality and timely content peer review

Build credibility as an industry expert to represent Gartner insights, methodology and strategy

Actively participate in innovation, ideation, and research discussions and collaborate effectively with peers in the Insights community

Identify research process improvements or develop new processes that help the team and BTI provide excellent service delivery

Be a mentor and a coach by supporting more junior team members

Be client‑centric while actively seeking to help clients engage regularly and often with Gartner insights and interactions

What you’ll need:

12+ years of experience in

supply chain planning , with at least 5 years as a supply chain planning leader in roles such as S&OP leader, IBP leader, SC Planning transformation leader, or Global SC Planning process owner.

Experience in managing supply chain planning for manufacturers across multiple industries; familiarity with both process and discrete operations preferred.

Industry experience: ideally in medical devices or life science.

Demonstrate executive presence; can immediately establish credibility with executives and additional stakeholders.

Strong organizational skills; ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high‑quality deliverables.

Demonstrate excellence in research and writing ability.

Strong written and verbal proficiency, analytical and presentation skills; ability to engage clients and respond effectively to questions.

Proficient in analyzing and synthesizing data; can effectively apply patterns and frameworks while drawing and defending conclusions to client challenges.

Strong communication skills – able to explain complex concepts concisely and simply.

Subject matter expertise; comfortable presenting at large and small‑scale speaking engagements.

Strong business and financial acumen.

Deep knowledge of the global and competitive landscape within the subject area as well as the interplay in that market.

Ability to work independently, while also being intrinsically motivated to collaborate across teams and support the workflow of others, in a multicultural global team.

Learning agile and adept with navigating highly matrixed environments.

Ability to represent Gartner’s research methodology and strategies effectively at all levels.

Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (where applicable).

Compensation and Benefits:
Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 172,000 USD – 202,500 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role‑based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market‑leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401(k) match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.

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Job Requisition ID:109589

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