[Hiring] Senior Supply Planning Manager @Samsara

Role Description

Samsara is hiring a Senior Supply Planner to oversee the hardware supply planning process for the global market. The Senior Supply Planner will be responsible for:

• Developing and maintaining rolling 12-month production, shipment, and capacity plans.
• Working with Demand Planning, Global Ops Engineering, Production Procurement, Order Operations, and Finance.
• Calculating the implications on financial liabilities and inventory levels.
• Making business-critical decisions that will improve customer service levels while minimizing inventory costs.

This is a remote role open to candidates residing in the US except Alaska, Austin Metro, Boulder Metro, California, Chicago Metro, Connecticut, Dallas Metro, Denver Metro, Houston Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Seattle Metro, and Washington, D.C.

Qualifications

• Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, or Economics.
• 6+ years (or 4+ with a Master's) of combined experience in consulting and supply chain planning, supply planning, material planning, or inventory management.
• Experience building supply plans against factory capacity and component constraints, including capacity planning and Clear to Build (component and material availability).
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to clearly lay out assumptions, risks, and opportunities in logical models.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to synthesize information for a wide variety of stakeholders, from planners and factory contacts to executives.
• Attention to detail while never losing sight of the big picture.
• A proactive, positive approach to problem solving, and comfort with ambiguity, changing priorities, and business volatility.
• Working knowledge of ERP and planning systems (for example NetSuite and E2Open), Salesforce, and spreadsheet-based modeling.

Requirements

• MBA or Master's degree in a related field.
• Programming and data skills (SQL, Python) and experience with BI tools such as Databricks or Tableau.
• Electronics or hardware manufacturing experience, ideally working with contract manufacturers or JDMs.
• Experience with vendor-managed inventory, third-party logistics, or global multi-DC networks.
• Experience with new product introductions, product transitions, and end-of-life planning.
• Experience using AI-assisted tools to improve planning workflows.

Benefits

• Flexible, employee-led remote model.
• Professional development stipend.
• Comprehensive health and parental leave plans.
• Above-market total compensation through a combination of base salary, performance-based bonus/variable pay, and equity (for eligible roles).
• Opportunities for rapid career development.