Demand and Supply Planner

Description At Infinidat, a Lenovo company, we empower enterprises and service providers with cutting-edge storage platforms that redefine performance, reliability, and cyber resilience at scale. The Demand and supply Planner is responsible for overseeing end-to-end operations, including planning, manufacturing, optimizing inventory levels, with a strong focus on managing third-party contract manufacturing (CM) global relationships. This role ensures operational excellence, cost efficiency, and on-time delivery of products while maintaining high-quality standards and compliance. Responsibilities Lead and manage all operational aspects including supply planning and production. Oversee contract manufacturing partners: performance management, cost negotiation, and production planning. This role will be partnering with the sales teams, to ensure the demand process delivers an agreed and workable sales forecast, identifying incremental demand, ensuring gaps and overlaps are addressed, different scenarios being evaluated, and issues appropriately escalated to meet business objectives. Develop and implement strategies and BI tools to optimize supply chain efficiency, reduce costs, and improve service levels. Ensure adherence to quality, safety, and regulatory standards across all manufacturing partners Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, Quality, Finance, and Commercial teams. Identify and mitigate operational risks, bottlenecks, and supply disruptions. Lead continuous improvement initiatives (Lean, Six Sigma, etc.). Manage operational budgets, KPIs, and reporting metrics. Support new product launches and scale-up activities with CMs. Evaluate and onboard new manufacturing partners as needed. Requirements B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering – A Must. 2-3 years of relevant experience. Proven leadership skills in a matrix environment. Very strong analytical skills. Organized and efficient, capable of performing well with multiple priorities and interfaces and constructive challenge stakeholders. Customer-oriented proactive attitude takes initiative, creates an achievement environment. Process-oriented mindset to manage complexity and changes. Anticipates and plans for potential risks; develops corresponding contingency plans. Good communication skills; ability to partner with and influence others without direct authority, build consensus and look for collaboration with people from different departments and all levels. Strong background in contract manufacturing, supply chain management, and operations. Excellent negotiation, project management, and communication skills. Proficiency with ERP systems and supply chain tools. About Infinidat Infinidat’s enterprise storage portfolio provides global Fortune 500 enterprises and service providers with best-in-class solutions for primary storage, next-generation data protection, disaster recovery, business continuity, and cyber resilience. Infinidat’s acclaimed InfuzeOS is the one of the most flexible and complete enterprise software-defined storage architectures in the industry. We recently announced powerful enhancements, an extensive expansion, and the dynamic evolution of our award-winning G4 enterprise cyber and AI storage solutions! Not only did Infinidat win over 40 awards in 2025, but was named a Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer Award for Primary Storage for the 7th time!