4 Operations Planning jobs in Ireland
Operations and Planning Director
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and strategic
Operations & Planning Director
to join a growing multinational organisation based in
Shannon
. This is a pivotal senior leadership role overseeing end-to-end operations and supply chain activities, including planning, logistics, vendor management, and continuous improvement.
The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping the operational strategy, leading a talented local team, and driving alignment between global and regional business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop high-performing teams across Supply, Planning, and Order Management.
- Design and implement operations and supply chain strategies that enhance efficiency, scalability, and quality.
- Oversee demand and supply planning using
Anaplan
(or similar tools) and manage system integration with
Microsoft Great Plains
. - Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, Product, and Marketing teams to drive data-led forecasting and decision-making.
- Manage supplier relationships, 3PL partners, and logistics operations across EMEA.
- Ensure compliance with Irish, EU, and international trade, customs, and environmental regulations.
- Lead process improvement initiatives and digital transformation projects to streamline order management, invoicing, and reporting.
- Define, monitor, and report key operational KPIs including on-time delivery, service levels, cost efficiency, and lead-time reduction.
- Champion a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
About You
You are a results-driven leader with a strategic mindset and a hands-on approach. You excel at building and empowering teams, improving processes, and driving performance in fast-paced, international environments.
Experience & Skills
- Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Logistics, Engineering, or related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years' experience in senior supply chain, logistics, or operations management roles.
- Strong knowledge of supply chain principles, S&OP processes, and demand planning methodologies.
- Hands-on experience with
Anaplan
(or similar planning platforms) and
Microsoft Great Plains
. - Excellent leadership, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Deep understanding of international trade, customs, and regulatory compliance within EMEA.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and strong communication skills across all levels.
- A collaborative, customer-focused mindset with the ability to drive change and deliver measurable results.
For a confidential discussion and more information on the role, please contact
Jessica Kennedy.
Manager, Planning - External Operations
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Supply Chain Planning
**Job Sub** **Function:**
Supply Network Planning
**Job Category:**
Professional
**All Job Posting Locations:**
Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Zuchwil, Switzerland
**Job Description:**
DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a **Manager, Planning - External Operations** to be based in Cork, IE, West Chester, PA, Raritan, NJ, Zuchwil, CH.
Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics' company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals.
Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any vital consultation processes.
The Manager, Planning - External Operations will:
+ The role will lead External Operations planning activities for a portfolio of products to meet DePuy Synthes service level, global inventory and agility objectives.
+ This individual will be accountable to drive service, inventory and agility performance across external supply chains and have direct accountability for planning activities and product flow from external partner manufacturing facilities through to delivery of product into the J&J distribution network.
+ This manager will utilize data to drive continuous improvement of supply chain processes in a systematic manner.
+ This manager will develop and execute a capacity and supply planning strategy that will yield significant results and take the company to the next level of supply chain performance. Also establish and improve key performance metrics
+ Areas of responsibility include control tower management, short term exception management (STEM) & issue resolution, capacity planning, inventory management, product deployment, maintaining planning parameters, new product launch management, and coordination of activities across receiving inspection and distribution centers.
+ Act as an "Air-traffic-controller" between external manufacturing integrations teams & Global Plan/Value Stream Leads for escalation of STEM and systemic external manufacturing supply issues.
+ Periodically evaluate planning system parameters & settings that influence net requirements planning and inventory targets.
+ The manager will lead and develop a process to effectively receive worldwide demand plans from the franchise planning organizations; conduct a formal process to rationalize the demand with available global capacity, service/inventory targets, and output a production plan that is "best fit" for these requirements.
+ The manager will bring to the position an understanding of contemporary best practice in supply chain/planning management with an ability to coach and develop others.
+ The ability to work in a complex matrix manner across J&J and worldwide network of external partners is a key requirement.
**Qualifications:**
+ A minimum of a Bachelor's degree or relevant experience within supply chain is required.
+ A degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Logistics, or Operations is preferred.
+ Either 8 years of related experience in Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Business Analytics, and/or Supply Chain Management is required or 6 years of related experience with a Master's degree.
+ An advanced (MBA) degree is preferred
**Required skills:**
+ Ability to be effective in a global environment with the business acumen to lead change within a complex matrix organization and with external partners.
+ Ability to build strong relationships, influence others and work independently in a matrix environment, with a strong sense of urgency.
+ Ability to apply analytic techniques to interpret data, identify issues, analyze root causes, and provide well-reasoned conclusions and solutions.
+ Understanding of performance trade-offs across supply chain to support decisions on the best use of limited resources.
+ Ability to communicate clearly and concisely across all levels of the company and across the global supply chain.
+ In depth knowledge of MRP and conceptual knowledge of ERP systems (SAP/JDE/APO/OMP).
+ Demonstrated capability in scenario planning.
+ Demonstrated experience with Sales & Operations Planning, New Product Introduction planning and control tower process.
**Preferred skills:**
+ Advance statistical knowledge and experience in building simulations models.
+ Experience working in a manufacturing and medical devices environment is strongly preferred.
+ Experience and/or certification in Lean or Six Sigma methodology, APIC/ CPIM certification.
Don't miss this exceptional opportunity to join a world-class company and make a lasting impact. Apply now and be part of our ambitious team!
Sales Strategy Planning and Operations Lead
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Meta is seeking a highly strategic, quantitative, process and detail-oriented business leader to join the EMEA Sales Strategy Planning & Operations team. This is a key opportunity to be part of an EMEA team that plays an integral role in executing Small & Medium Business Group's (SMBG) business processes and sales plans, driving operational rigour and efficiency, and producing insights to inform decisions. The mission of the Sales Strategy Planning & Operations group is to maximize business performance by being the objective, trusted partner to the sales business through insights, operational rigour and cross-functional collaboration. We identify and drive critical projects and initiatives to support revenue growth, while supporting the operational cadence to surface business insights. In your role as the Sales Strategy Planning & Operations lead, you will be a key partner to the business delivering against three core functions: 1) Core operations (e.g. performance reporting, driving rhythm of business (target-setting and tracking) across sales teams 2) Take a data-driven approach to supporting business growth and driving efficiencies across processes, organization and systems; identify market and product opportunities to global teams 3) Support issues escalation and resolution across revenue, product and sales rigour.
Sales Strategy Planning and Operations Lead - SMBG EMEA Responsibilities:
- Provide analytical support to help drive initiatives critical to growth of our fastest growing ad sales channel, Mid-Market and Small Business Group (collectively SMBG). Uncover trends and insights about product opportunities, providing data-driven feedback of market nuances to central product teams. Provide key insights for business leadership to support strategic decision-making
- Collaborate with Sales leadership and cross-functional stakeholders on strategic projects focused on driving efficiency, uncovering new opportunities, improving resource allocation and operating models. Present findings and recommendations using data to the leadership teams
- Drive rhythm of business with operational rigour, support portfolio management and service model, lead operational reviews and track performance on regional goals and priorities (for example monthly/quarterly business reviews), identify opportunities and key roadblocks to progress, and work efficiently across teams and time-zones to remove them
- Communicate with and influence leadership on a regular basis, highlighting progress towards goals, key risks and dependencies. Translate and execute global initiatives to regional / local level, and drive alignment through partnerships with regional/local and cross functional teams
- As this role supports a Global organization, partner and collaborate with cross functional teams across timezones to deliver shared outcomes
Minimum Qualifications:
- 7+ years of experience leading strategy and operations projects in a consulting environment, corporate strategy/operations team, quantitative field (e.g. investment banking, PE/VC) or similar tech company
- Proficient in SQL and experience extracting and manipulating data from large / complex databases
- Track record of using data to understand business problems, generate actionable insights and recommendations
- Problem solving and analytical skills, proficiency in solving complex and varied business problems (commercial, operational, organizational)
- Experience communicating with and influencing stakeholders at all levels of an organization
- Experience thriving in a complex, ambiguous and fast-changing environment with agility to drive results through effective problem solving, collaboration and communication
About Meta:
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.
Sales Strategy Planning and Operations Lead
Posted today
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Meta is seeking a highly strategic, quantitative, process and detail-oriented business leader to join the EMEA Sales Strategy Planning & Operations team. This is a key opportunity to be part of an EMEA team that plays an integral role in executing Small & Medium Business Group's (SMBG) business processes and sales plans, driving operational rigour and efficiency, and producing insights to inform decisions. The mission of the Sales Strategy Planning & Operations group is to maximize business performance by being the objective, trusted partner to the sales business through insights, operational rigour and cross-functional collaboration. We identify and drive critical projects and initiatives to support revenue growth, while supporting the operational cadence to surface business insights. In your role as the Sales Strategy Planning & Operations lead, you will be a key partner to the business delivering against three core functions: 1) Core operations (e.g. performance reporting, driving rhythm of business (target-setting and tracking) across sales teams 2) Take a data-driven approach to supporting business growth and driving efficiencies across processes, organization and systems; identify market and product opportunities to global teams 3) Support issues escalation and resolution across revenue, product and sales rigour.
Sales Strategy Planning and Operations Lead - SMBG EMEA Responsibilities:- Provide analytical support to help drive initiatives critical to growth of our fastest growing ad sales channel, Mid-Market and Small Business Group (collectively SMBG). Uncover trends and insights about product opportunities, providing data-driven feedback of market nuances to central product teams. Provide key insights for business leadership to support strategic decision-making
- Collaborate with Sales leadership and cross-functional stakeholders on strategic projects focused on driving efficiency, uncovering new opportunities, improving resource allocation and operating models. Present findings and recommendations using data to the leadership teams
- Drive rhythm of business with operational rigour, support portfolio management and service model, lead operational reviews and track performance on regional goals and priorities (for example monthly/quarterly business reviews), identify opportunities and key roadblocks to progress, and work efficiently across teams and time-zones to remove them
- Communicate with and influence leadership on a regular basis, highlighting progress towards goals, key risks and dependencies. Translate and execute global initiatives to regional / local level, and drive alignment through partnerships with regional/local and cross functional teams
- As this role supports a Global organization, partner and collaborate with cross functional teams across timezones to deliver shared outcomes
- Proficient in SQL and experience extracting and manipulating data from large / complex databases
- Track record of using data to understand business problems, generate actionable insights and recommendations
- Problem solving and analytical skills, proficiency in solving complex and varied business problems (commercial, operational, organizational)
- Experience communicating with and influencing stakeholders at all levels of an organization
- Experience thriving in a complex, ambiguous and fast-changing environment with agility to drive results through effective problem solving, collaboration and communication
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.
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