VP, Integrated Business Planning

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

This is a hybrid position based out of our Charlotte, NC or Lake Forest, IL office.

The VP, IBP will serve as the enterprise owner of the IBP process, driving forecasting accuracy, improving business visibility, and enabling more effective decision making across the organization. This leader will run the processes, governance, analytics, and operating rhythms that connect Commercial, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, and Business Unit leadership around a single, aligned planning process. 

This role will also partner closely with commercial leaders to improve forecast accuracy from the sales force to world class levels.

Key Responsibilities

Integrated Business Planning Leadership

• Own and lead Novolex's enterprise-wide Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process.
• Implement standardized planning framework that aligns Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance around common assumptions and business priorities.
• Build and lead the company's enterprise-wide demand planning, sales forecasting, and Integrated Business Planning capabilities.
• Develop governance, metrics, and reporting to continuously improve planning effectiveness.

Sales Forecasting

• Own enterprise sales forecasting processes and methodologies across all business units.
• Improve forecast accuracy through disciplined forecasting practices, analytics, and accountability.
• Partner with Sales Leadership to translate pipeline, customer, and market insights into actionable demand forecasts.
• Identify forecasting risks and opportunities and develop mitigation plans with business leaders.

IBP Analytics & Insights

• Develop forecasting analytics, dashboards, and performance reporting.
• Leverage customer, market, and commercial data to improve forecast quality and decision-making.
• Establish KPI reporting and forecasting performance metrics across the enterprise.
• Drive visibility into demand trends, customer activity, and commercial performance.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner closely with Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Revenue Operations, and Strategy leaders.
• Drive alignment between growth objectives, demand planning, operational capacity, and financial commitments.
• Support major business initiatives by providing demand, forecast, and planning insights.
• Serve as the executive leader responsible for connecting commercial strategy with operational execution.

Candidate Profile

• 10+ years of experience in Integrated Business Planning, Sales Operations, Demand Planning, Forecasting, Supply Chain Planning, Commercial Excellence, or related disciplines.
• Proven experience leading enterprise planning and forecasting processes in a complex organization.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen with the ability to turn data into actionable business insights.
• Experience driving cross-functional alignment across Commercial, Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain organizations.
• Compelling influencing capabilities.  Sales, demand planning, supply planning, operations, and finance all will be independent organizations from the VP of IBP—thus a proven ability to work in a highly matrixed environment is critical.
• Experience in manufacturing, packaging, industrial, consumer products, or other complex B2B environments preferred.

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With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact [email protected].

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