Who We Are
Great Minds is a high-growth, mission-driven organization founded by educators in 2007. As a for-profit, Public Benefit Corporation, we believe all students deserve access to meaningful, challenging content—and all teachers deserve tools that are intuitive, effective, and built for the realities of today’s classrooms.
We develop high-quality, knowledge-rich math, science and ELA curricula grounded in research and designed in collaboration with educators. Our materials reflect real classroom needs and are built to drive lasting student outcomes.
We are committed to usability, coherence, and practical implementation—supporting teachers not just through curriculum, but with professional learning, purposeful technology, and responsive service that enable strong adoption and impact.
What We Build
Our products—Eureka Math and Eureka Math², Wit & Wisdom, Geodes, and the newly launched Arts & Letters ELA—are trusted by thousands of schools and districts nationwide.
Eureka Math is the most widely used math curriculum in the U.S., and is focused on balancing conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application.
Wit & Wisdom® and Arts & Letters ELA™ anchor our reading strategy with content-rich, grade-level instruction that integrates literature, history, and the arts, grounded in the science of reading. Geodes® complements our reading suite with decodable texts that pair phonics with meaningful content to support early literacy.
These programs reflect a shared belief in high expectations, joyful rigor, and deep respect for educators and students.
Where We’re Headed
Great Minds is entering a new stage of growth and product maturity. We are focused on building more connected, customer-informed experiences across the full educator journey—from curriculum to professional learning to platform and support.
Our long-term vision is to become a true partner in impact—not just delivering curriculum, but supporting educators in achieving outcomes at scale.
Job Purpose
The Senior Planning & Operations Specialist, Manipulatives owns end-to-end operational planning and execution for physical instructional manipulatives, including forecasting, production planning, and fulfillment readiness. Reporting to the Senior Director, Strategic Operations, this role partners closely with Product, Marketing, Sales, ePMO, and external vendors to ensure manipulatives are available, cost-effective, and aligned to go-to-market timelines and instructional priorities.
This position plays a critical role in balancing demand variability, manufacturing constraints, and district-level delivery expectations—particularly during peak adoption and back-to-school cycles.
Responsibilities
Planning & Forecasting
Participate with various stakeholders on forecasting for manipulatives across adoption cycles, pilots, samples, and replenishment.
Develop and maintain long-range capacity and inventory models to support growth and seasonality.
Communicate and monitor forecasts with vendors to ensure product availability
Partner with Sales and Marketing to assess component availability risk and mitigation strategies.
Inventory & Supply Chain Operations
Monitor established inventory strategy for manipulatives, including safety stock, reserve inventory, and obsolescence management.
Monitor inventory health (on-hand, committed, backordered, reserved) and drive corrective actions as needed.
Manage manufacturing and vendor relationships, including lead times, MOQs, cost controls, and quality standards.
Cross-Functional Execution
Work with Order Management and Customer Success to resolve fulfillment issues, shortages, or escalations.
Serve as the primary operational point of contact for manipulative-related inquiries.
Reporting & Continuous Improvement
Develop dashboards and reporting for manipulative inventory levels, forecast accuracy, fulfillment performance, and risk indicators.
Identify process improvements to reduce cost, increase reliability, and improve cross-team visibility.
Document and maintain SOPs related to planning, inventory management, and fulfillment workflows.
Coordinate RFP and RFQ processes with internal and external stakeholders.
Requirements
5+ years of experience in education space with extensive experience in operations, supply chain, planning, or production management.
Experience managing physical products (print, kits, manipulatives, or educational materials).
Strong forecasting, analytical, and inventory planning skills.
Proven ability to work cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Product, and Operations teams.
Experience working with ERP and CRM systems (e.g., NetSuite, Salesforce).
Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex operational data into clear insights.
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with adoption-driven demand cycles and back-to-school fulfillment.
Experience managing 3PL relationships and overseas or domestic manufacturing vendors.
Advanced Excel / data modeling skills; familiarity with BI tools a plus.
Required Education
Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
Status
Full-time
Location
Remote
The expected base salary range for this position is $78,000-$88,000, however the offered salary may be higher or lower than the above range dependent on numerous factors including, but not limited to location, work experience, skills and internal equity considerations. The base salary is not inclusive of benefits or other incentives.
A cover letter and resume are required to be considered for this position.
New employees will be required to successfully complete a background check.
Any communication to applicants relating to the Great Minds hiring process will only come from email addresses with the domains greatminds.org or greatminds.recruitee.com. If in the course of the application or hiring process with Great Minds you are contacted through another domain, are requested to provide banking or other sensitive information, or you note any other suspicious activity, please contact [email protected]
Great Minds is an equal opportunity employer. We will extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws. Our policy reflects and affirms the organization’s commitment to the principles of fair employment and the elimination of all discriminatory practices.
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in the education space with extensive experience in operations, supply chain, planning, or production management
- Experience managing physical products such as print materials, kits, manipulatives, or educational materials
- Strong forecasting, analytical, and inventory planning skills
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Product, and Operations teams
- Experience working with ERP and CRM systems, such as NetSuite and Salesforce
- Excellent communication skills and ability to translate complex operational data into clear insights
- Familiarity with adoption-driven demand cycles and back-to-school fulfillment
- Experience managing 3PL relationships and overseas or domestic manufacturing vendors
- Advanced Excel and data modeling skills; familiarity with business intelligence tools
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
Great Minds® Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Great Minds® and has not been reviewed or approved by Great Minds®.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with up to a 5% employer match is repeatedly highlighted, indicating strong retirement support. Vesting and match specifics are noted as items to confirm by role.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, paid holidays, sick time, family medical leave, and parental leave are commonly included, signaling broad time-off coverage. Remote-work flexibility further supports work-life balance.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage, alongside HSA/FSA options and mental-health/EAP resources, suggest robust healthcare offerings. Coverage breadth is consistently present across role descriptions.
Great Minds® Insights
What We Do
Technology at Great Minds is one of the foundations to our commitment to quality instruction that elevates education in every classroom. Our digital platform brings technology into the classroom through interactive experiences such as games, simulations and other digital content to help students build knowledge. In addition, we’re able to use data to continuously improve our curriculum, which helps students learn and helps teachers identify the right interventions to ensure student growth. Great Minds was founded in 2007; however, we wrote our first line of code in 2019. We use a modern tech stack – AWS, Kubernetes, Lambda, Node. We solve challenges in the areas of digital learning experiences, content management, rostering, and B2C authentication. At Great Minds every line of code you write has an impact on millions of learners nationwide. Include engineering, product. Move to top. builds on the strengths of the core curricula your work will impact the daily lives of learners as they interact with content. We are looking for builders and problem solvers who are committed to serving our teachers and students by unlocking greatness in every child. At Great Minds you’ll be part of a growing team where you have a voice in technology and team decisions.
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