Supply Planner

In this role you handle material SKU planning activities that include global inventory management and replenishment production levels to plan for materials look at the chain from upstream to downstream with both short and longterm planning strategies in mind. The role involves capacity planning production scheduling and collaboration with demand deployment customer service and transportations teams to build an efficient supply network.
You will work with manufacturing teams to develop a strategy production plan develop it with the service line then present it for internal approval and customer acceptance.
Your role will function as an analyst of existing technical and domain specialists and bring value through welladapted planning practices and solution driving problemsolving.
Be encouraged to establish inventory strategies to deliver service goals while ensuring the capacity plans are developed to support the client forecast. You will be accountable for understanding the supply chain and demand planning business drivers the key interpersonal structure of the operations team and drive performance improvement as you handle capacity planning and various logistics projects.

Responsibilities

Responsible for maintaining production schedules and capacity plan to ensure ontime delivery cost objective and avoid material shortage
Maintain welldefined working relationships and communications with manufacturing and key suppliers to confirm scheduling and capacity analysis
Responsible for inventory management inventory location replenishment SKU planning and risk assessment and mitigation planning
Initiate and lead supply planning discussion during capacityconstrained periods.
Interact with demand planning and operations teams to balance the supply network
Build planning processes for project improvements
Support new product introduction in conjunction with sales
Responsible for critical metric objectives waste management inventory weeks of supply and case fill rate
Lead inventory variances (Quarterly and yearly)
Complete special projects and assignments as requested

Qualifications we seek in you!
Minimum qualifications
Demonstrate an understanding of supply chain cycle Manufacturing organization structures and performance measures
Demonstrates problemsolving skills and working under timelines; multitasking abilities; exceptionbased management capability
Bachelor Degree in related fields (Supply Chain Management Operations Business Engineering or related subject area)
Ability to balance priorities across multiple internal and external partners
Ability to interact and build relations with senior management and key partners
Superb analytical and problemsolving skills
Ability to work in a multicultural environment

Preferred qualifications

APICS affiliation and/or certification
SAP OMP or other ERP/APS software experience
Effective interpersonal and verbal/oral skills
Selfstarter with independent work ethic and react quickly to priorities.