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Demand and Supply Planning Process Integration Lead

Minnesota - Other

Hollstadt Overview

Hollstadt Consulting is a management and technology consulting firm dedicated to placing professionals at engagements where they will excel. When you work with us, you'll work with a refreshingly real company led and staffed by seasoned experts who are also down-to-earth, good people. We're committed to treating you with respect and helping you achieve your career aspirations.

Since 1990, Hollstadt has been a trusted partner to more than 150 domestic and global companies and has successfully completed over 3,000 projects. Our continued growth has created challenging and rewarding opportunities for accomplished IT and Business Consultants. Hollstadt Consulting is an equal opportunity employer including disability/veteran.

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Job Description

Role: Demand and Supply Planning Process Integration Lead

Location: Hybrid in Lakeville, MN (3 days onsite)

Salary: $102,093-$159,265


About the Role

As the Demand & Supply Planning Process Excellence & Business Integration Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how our planning capabilities scale, especially as we grow through mergers and acquisitions.

 

This role sits at the intersection of strategy, process, and execution. You’ll help define how we standardize, document, and continuously improve demand planning, supply planning, and production scheduling processes, while also leading critical integration work that ensures newly acquired businesses are set up for long‑term success. You’ll partner closely with senior leaders and cross‑functional teams to drive efficiency, unlock synergies, and embed a strong process‑driven culture across the company.

 

This role is Hybrid in Lakeville, MN - Onsite 3 days a week, Remote 2 days a week.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Champion and operationalize business process management methodologies across demand planning, supply planning, and production scheduling.
  • Lead process excellence workstreams for mergers & acquisitions, including current‑state assessment, future‑state design, gap analysis, and operating model definition.
  • Quickly assess differences between PCB and acquired company processes, identifying opportunities for standardization, system rationalization, and synergy realization.
  • Develop, socialize, and maintain clear process documentation, narratives, and maps to drive consistency, scalability, and efficiency.
  • Partner with functional process owners to uncover inefficiencies, recommend improvements, and support change initiatives.
  • Serve as a core member of M&A integration teams, aligning closely with Business and IT leaders to ensure timely, successful integrations.
  • Support system installations and replacements by ensuring business processes and technology are tightly integrated.
  • Drive continuous improvement using metrics and business insights to reduce cost, enable growth, and deliver measurable results.
  • Lead without direct authority, challenging the status quo, influencing stakeholders, and guiding teams through change.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

Experience & Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, or a related field; MBA or similar advanced degree preferred.
  • 3+ years of experience in process management, project management, operations, or related disciplines.
  • Prior experience supporting mergers and acquisitions in a business‑led role strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated success designing and implementing processes within large, complex systems environments.

Knowledge & Skills

  • Strong expertise in demand and supply planning processes, including integrated business planning, inventory management, co‑manufacturing, and production scheduling.
  • End‑to‑end understanding of how systems and technology enable business processes.
  • Proven analytical and critical‑thinking skills with the ability to simplify complex problems.
  • Ability to identify gaps, evaluate trade‑offs, and make fact‑based recommendations.
  • Strong cross‑functional business acumen and stakeholder partnership skills.

Key Characteristics

  • Process‑driven, organized, and detail‑oriented.
  • Self‑motivated and comfortable working independently with limited direction.
  • Results‑oriented, courageous, and comfortable leading through influence.
  • Collaborative relationship‑builder who thrives in a team‑based environment.

Why You’ll Love This Role

  • Big impact, real visibility: Your work directly shapes how PCB operates, scales, and integrates new businesses.
  • Enterprise influence: Partner with executive leaders and teams across supply chain, manufacturing, finance, procurement, HR, and IT.
  • Growth through challenge: Tackle complex, high‑stakes initiatives that stretch your skills and expand your leadership influence.
  • Purpose‑driven culture: Join a company that values ownership, agility, and continuous improvement, where your ideas truly matter.
  • Big company opportunity. Small company attitude.

We offer competitive pay and comprehensive benefit plans and programs to eligible employees, including but not limited to:

  • Paid time off
  • Health Benefits
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability coverage
  • Employee assistance programs (includes counseling, coaching, online programs, etc.)
  • 401(k)


Benefits + Perks

Comprehensive Benefit Plan

Hollstadt offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, paid sick leave, and retirement benefits to eligible employees. With three different medical plans to choose from, you can enroll in the coverage you need from individual to family, or anywhere in between!

Remarketing Process

Hollstadt is based on retention and relationships. We get to know your strengths and career wishes throughout your assignment and then start remarket discussions 6-8 weeks prior to your end date. By being proactive, we are able to keep your down time between assignments as short as possible, unless you choose otherwise.

Professional Development

Hollstadt offers on-demand training through our consultant portal. Trainings give our consultants the continuing education they need to excel on their projects. Many of our courses apply towards continuing education credits and we have an entire training hub dedicated to upskilling in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

401k + Matching

One popular benefit is our 401(k) match on the first 4% of your contributions. Hollstadt wants to help you reach your long-term financial goals and understands that planning for your future is critical. Consultants also have access to support from a Financial Advisor.

Bonus Opportunities

We appreciate and reward loyalty. Join Hollstadt, stay for 5 years, and we’ll give you a $5,000 Longevity Award bonus! Additionally, we know great talent knows other great talent. If you are on contract with Hollstadt and refer one of your connections who gets placed, we’ll pay you $1,000!

Ongoing Support & Networking

We have made a significant investment in building a support program for our consultant team - so you never have to feel like you are going it alone. We also have a Consultant Coach program which acts like a 'work buddy' to provide a safe ear for questions or concerns at your client site.