Senior Planning & Operations Specialist (Manipulatives)

About the role

Great Minds, a publisher of math, science and ELA curricula, is hiring a Senior Planning & Operations Specialist for its manipulatives line. The role owns end-to-end operational planning and execution, covering forecasting, production planning and fulfillment readiness. It reports to the Senior Director, Strategic Operations and works with Product, Marketing, Sales, ePMO and external vendors to keep manipulatives available, cost-effective and aligned to go-to-market timelines.

Key responsibilities

• Forecasting: take part in forecasting across adoption cycles, pilots, samples and replenishment, maintain long-range capacity and inventory models, and communicate and monitor forecasts with vendors
• Inventory and supply chain: monitor safety stock, reserve inventory and obsolescence, track on-hand, committed, backordered and reserved stock, and manage manufacturing and vendor relationships including lead times, MOQs, cost controls and quality standards
• Resolve fulfillment issues and shortages with Order Management and Customer Success, and act as the main operational contact for manipulative-related inquiries
• Build dashboards on inventory levels, forecast accuracy, fulfillment performance and risk indicators, identify process improvements, document SOPs and coordinate RFP and RFQ processes

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience in the education space with extensive experience in operations, supply chain, planning or production management
• Experience managing physical products such as print, kits, manipulatives or educational materials
• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Product and Operations teams

Required skills

• Strong forecasting, analytical and inventory planning skills
• Experience with ERP and CRM systems (e.g. NetSuite, Salesforce)
• Preferred: familiarity with adoption-driven demand cycles, 3PL relationships and manufacturing vendors, advanced Excel and BI tools

The position is full-time and remote, with a stated base salary range of $78,000-$88,000. Applicants must submit a cover letter and resume, pass a background check, and only receive communication from official Great Minds domains.