You know the moment. It’s the first notes of that song you love, the intro to your favorite movie, or simply the sound of someone you love saying “hello.” It’s in these moments that sound matters most. 

At Bose, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth. We’ve dedicated ourselves to improving it for nearly 60 years. And we’re passionate down to our bones about making whatever you’re listening to a little more magical. 

At Bose, we are constantly learning and constantly curious. We never stop imagining what better sound sounds like. The Product team leads the transformation of ideas through research, design, development, marketing, and sales, unleashing the transformative power of sound and delivering the best products on the market.

Job Description

You know the moment. It’s the first notes of that song you love, the intro to your favorite movie, or simply the sound of someone you love saying “hello.” It’s in these moments that sound matters most.  At Bose, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth. We’ve dedicated ourselves to improving it for nearly 60 years. And we’re passionate down to our bones about making whatever you’re listening to a little more magical.

As the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Lead, you will be part of our Global Supply Chain organization and report to the Director Global Demand Planning.  You will lead the development, deployment, and governance of global processes, standards and technologies aimed at achieving best in class IBP & E2E supply chain performance.   This role will work with leaders across Sales, Finance, Business, and Supply Chain functions to lead the IBP process to deliver optimized business results.  Additionally, this role will create global planning strategies that cut across all verticals and geographies to drive coordination, lean principles, standardization, and optimization to execute best-in-class E2E planning globally.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead and facilitate the IBP process to deliver business results. (Revenue, Margin, FWoC, Cost)
• Establish maturity standards and audit process to ensure all functions and stakeholders are continuously improving IBP competency
• Lead the development and deployment of annual KPI’s and processes for each of the five steps of IBP
• Work with company top leadership (ExCom/OpCom) to provide periodic updates on KPI progress, escalations, and change management to promote and evolve the IBP process
• Oversee Tool (Kinaxis, PowerBI, other) and Process Development to enable our maturity evolution and enable IBP to be powerful, decision-making processes
• Work across Business, Sales, and Demand to manage the New Product volume planning from early development stage gates through start of production.
   

Strongly preferred experiences and skill sets:

• Experience successfully leading integrating business planning for a global, multi-billion, business
• Functional expertise in End-to-End Supply Chain Planning
• Strong results orientation (driving to deadlines, financial targets, project goals, etc.)
• Demonstrated leadership in achieving shared objectives in a matrix organization, managing cross-divisional initiatives, and cross-functional teams 
• Strong leadership and influencing skills
• Ability to work collaboratively and partner with employees, leaders, clients and suppliers
• Strong communication skills
• Strong customer orientation  
• Strong financial orientation, interpretation and analysis skills required  
• Highly organized, outcome oriented with excellent planning skill
• Excellent leadership, presence, and executive communication skills (written and verbal)
• Influencing and diplomacy skills with an ability to lead and drive change in a collaborative, positive way
   

Education and Experience:  

• Bachelor in Business, Finance, Economics or Operations,   
• 7-10 years of experience in Supply Chain Planning or Operations, Sales Operations, or Finance.

Bose is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. For additional information, please review: (1) the EEO is the Law Poster (http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf); and (2) its Supplements (http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm). Please note, the company's pay transparency is available at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/pdf/EO13665_PrescribedNondiscriminationPostingLanguage_JRFQA508c.pdf. Bose is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the application or employment process, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Our goal is to create an atmosphere where every candidate feels supported and empowered in the interviewing process. Diversity and inclusion are integral to our success, and we believe that providing reasonable accommodation is not only a legal obligation but also a fundamental aspect of our commitment to being an employer of choice. We recognize that individuals may have different needs and requirements based on their abilities, and we provide reasonable accommodations to ensure ideal conditions are met during the application process.

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