EC TEMPLATE: Adam Thier

The Opportunity

Join Anaplan's Supply Chain Center of Excellence (CoE) as a Sr. Application Analyst (Anaplan Model Builder) and help build next-generation planning applications powering global Supply Chain operations.

In this hands-on Individual Contributor role, you will design, develop, enhance, and support enterprise-scale Anaplan models across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization, S&OP, Capacity Planning, Production Planning, and Logistics. You'll collaborate closely with Product Managers, Solution Architects, and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver scalable, high-performing planning solutions leveraging the latest Anaplan capabilities, including Polaris, Workflow, and AI.

Key Responsibilities

Model Development

• Design, build, and maintain scalable Anaplan models supporting end-to-end Supply Chain planning processes.
• Develop modules, lists, line items, actions, imports, exports, processes, dashboards, UX pages, and reports following Anaplan best practices.
• Build reusable model components with a focus on performance, scalability, and maintainability.

Solution Delivery

• Translate business requirements into robust Anaplan solutions through close collaboration with Product Managers, Solution Architects, and Supply Chain SMEs.
• Participate in solution design sessions, model reviews, testing, and production deployments.

Platform Optimization

• Optimize model performance, sparsity, calculation efficiency, and workspace utilization.
• Apply PLANS methodology and Anaplan modeling best practices to ensure enterprise-grade applications.

Integration & Automation

• Support integrations with enterprise systems using CloudWorks, APIs, Informatica, MuleSoft, or other integration platforms.
• Configure data imports, exports, automated processes, and Workflow capabilities.

Continuous Improvement

• Enhance existing applications using Polaris, Workflow, AI capabilities, and new platform features.
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement sustainable improvements.

Collaboration

• Work closely with Engineering, Product Management, Professional Services, and Customer Success teams.
• Contribute technical documentation, implementation assets, and reusable model-building standards.

Success Measures

• Delivery of high-quality, scalable Anaplan models.
• Model performance, maintainability, and usability.
• Successful delivery of application enhancements and releases.
• Adoption of engineering standards and modeling best practices.
• Customer and stakeholder satisfaction.

Qualifications

Experience

• 4–6 years of enterprise application development experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on Anaplan model building and application development.
• Experience delivering enterprise Supply Chain planning solutions.

Technical Skills

• Certified Anaplan Model Builder (Solution Architect certification is a plus).
• Strong expertise in:
  • Multi-dimensional model design
  • Data Hub architecture
  • ALM (Application Lifecycle Management)
  • UX Page Builder
  • Workflow
  • Polaris
  • CloudWorks
  • Model optimization and performance tuning
  • Data integrations and APIs

Supply Chain Domain Expertise

• Hands-on experience implementing one or more of the following:
  • Demand Planning
  • Supply Planning
  • Inventory Planning & Optimization
  • Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP / IBP)
  • Production Planning
  • Capacity Planning
  • Procurement Planning
  • Distribution & Logistics Planning

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently in Agile, cross-functional product teams.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, Information Systems, or a related discipline.