Demand and Supply Planner II

Demand and Supply Planner II

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business management, or applicable field of study required.
• 5+ years’ experience in Demand or Supply Planning with forecasting experience in an MRP environment.
• Understanding of MRP concepts.
• Solid understanding of production planning and inventory management practices and procedures.
• Experience working inside planning software.
• Familiarity with S&OP planning cycle.
• Strong mathematical and statistical knowledge.
• Capability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate demand and supply planning activities across a 24-month ERP planning horizon.
• Facilitate long term demand and supply decisions which span outside the ERP planning horizon.
• Champion planning as a competency both through the direct planning staff and across the broader organization.
• Play a critical role in developing and continuous improvement of a robust S&OP cycle through collaboration with cross functional stakeholders to call out and escalate risks, opportunities and solutions to meeting business objectives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to generate new and existing product forecasts as well as product phase out forecasts.
• Key performance indicator reporting related to forecast accuracy, inventory positioning, throughput attainment, days on hand, et al.
• Collaborate with site leadership to support the planning of operational resources for both manufacturing and service organizations.
• Facilitate monthly planning cycle process ownership inside of planning system of record for: Master Production Schedule, Service Component Demand, Returns Forecasting, ERP Defined and Customer Demand.
• Ownership of core planning master data, as well as cadence of review for data accuracy, in support of planning system of record.
• Understanding of high-level technical interface design and general communication of data between various software applications facilitating planning data.
• Accountability for establishing, adjusting and meeting finished goods inventory targets through MPS ownership.
• Propose alternative scenarios through modeling inputs and outcomes to meet various objectives.
• Primary point of contact for ensuring reliability in MRP driven demand, as well as context related to MRP requirements and their accuracy/ validity towards supporting strategic business direction.
• Work closely with production scheduler to ensure seamless handoff between MPS and production schedule and ensure executional success through monitoring of key performance indicators.

Preferred Qualifications

• SQL knowledge preferred.