Supply chain operations
10 S&OP process design experts
These ten supply chain planning leaders have owned, designed or run sales and operations planning (S&OP, SIOP or integrated business planning) processes inside operating companies. A reader can learn from them how to structure the monthly planning cycle and get demand, supply and inventory plans agreed across functions.
Professionals to explore
01—10Carlos Andrés Ortiz
LinkedInExperience: Director of S&OP · Procaps
Director of S&OP at Procaps since 2022. He was Sales and Operations Planning Manager - Latin America at Spectrum Brands, Inc (2016–2022), and before that held demand planning roles at Spectrum Brands, Inc as Demand Planning Head - Andean Region (2014–2016) and Demand Planning Head - Small Appliances (2011–2014).
Colin Tozer
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global IBP Process Design Lead · PepsiCo
Former Director, Global IBP Process Design Lead at PepsiCo (2021–2024); he has been Director, Global IBP Excellence Lead at PepsiCo since October 2024. He was also Global Business Process Owner - Supply Chain Planning at SABMiller (2012–2016), and his profile lists an S&OP Process Deployment Manager role at Kraft Heinz.
David Hawitt
LinkedInExperience: Corporate SIOP Process Leader · Honeywell Technologies
Former Corporate SIOP Process Leader at Honeywell Technologies (2010–2011) and former SIOP Development Manager there (2008–2010); he was also Global Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning Leader at RS (2012–2014). His profile describes progressive experience in the implementation and execution of Sales & Operations Planning processes on behalf of global companies.
Erwin Coppye
LinkedInExperience: Sales Operations Planning Manager (S&OP Manager) · ASCO
Sales Operations Planning Manager (S&OP Manager) at ASCO since 2017; his profile says he is responsible for managing the corporate S&OP process across four main production sites in Belgium, Germany, the US and Canada, reporting to the COO. He was previously Sales Inventory Operations Planning (SIOP) & Trade Supply Chain Manager at Doosan (2015–2017).
Heather Tews
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global S&OP, Demand Planning & Complexity · Kimberly-Clark
Director, Global S&OP, Demand Planning & Complexity at Kimberly-Clark since 2022. Her other Kimberly-Clark roles include S&OP Development Senior Manager (2017–2021), Technology & Process Development (2015–2021) and Associate Director, Demand Planning (2021–2022); she was also briefly Director Sales & Operations Planning at Delicato Family Wines in 2015.
Mark Tornberg
LinkedInExperience: Director, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) · Novolex
Senior Director, Demand Planning at Novolex since 2025. At Novolex he was also Senior Director of Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) (2023–2025), Director, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) (2020–2023) and Sales and Operations Planning Manager, Bagcraft (2018–2020). His profile cites implementations of global S&OP processes and leading a global S&OP for a $4.5B business unit.
Michal Kepczynski
LinkedInExperience: SIOP Leader EMEA · Honeywell Technologies
SIOP Leader EMEA at Honeywell Technologies since 2021 and Global Demand Planning Director there since 2022; he was also SIOP Leader EMEA Global Inventory Program Manager at Honeywell Technologies (2015–2018). His profile describes experience designing, implementing, re-engineering and leading planning processes across IBP, S&OP and SIOP at EMEA and global level.
Mike McGrew
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, S&OP · Britax Child Safety
Former Senior Director, S&OP at Britax Child Safety (2019–2023) and former Director of Sales & Operations Planning at Red Monkey Foods, Inc. (2023). His profile says he is experienced in implementing S&OP, demand planning and inventory forecasting across industrial sectors. He was also Director of Inventory Planning at Carrier Enterprise (2015–2019).
Paul Kopatich
LinkedInExperience: VP Sales and Operations Planning and Customer Service · Arconic
Former VP Sales and Operations Planning and Customer Service at Arconic (2022–2026) and former VP Procurement and Sales and Operations Planning at Arconic (2022–2024). His profile says he implemented a structured sales and planning process for North American rolling operations to manage monthly and annual business plans, and deployed Anaplan software into the S&OP process as a common planning system across locations.
Sonja Janssen
LinkedInExperience: Head of Global S&OP · IMI Industrial Automation
Head of Global S&OP at IMI Industrial Automation since 2023. Her profile says she is the global lead of the monthly Sales & Operations Planning process, heading an international team responsible for demand, supply and inventory planning with a focus on process standardization and continuous improvement. Her other roles at the company include Transformation Officer (2021–2022) and Supply Chain PMO (2017–2021).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's planning scope to yours, since running S&OP for one business unit is different from rolling out a global or multi-site process. Favor someone who designed or implemented the process when you are starting from scratch, and someone who ran it month to month when your problem is adoption and discipline.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you design the monthly S&OP cycle, and which meetings and decisions did you keep or cut?
- 02How did you get sales, finance and operations to commit to a single consensus plan?
- 03What measures told you the S&OP process was working, and how long did it take to see results?
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