Demand Planner
Demand Planner
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Are you looking for an exciting opportunity working for a Global Technology Leader
At Aviat Networks we take great pride in hiring a workforce that is committed to supporting and strengthening our values and attributes. If youre results oriented customer centric and an innovative thinker who also takes pride in personal and professional integrity Aviat Networks is the ideal next step in your career. We are looking for people who love to solve problems enjoy change and know how to have fun! Come join us as we bring communications to the world.
Aviat Networks is the worlds largest independent supplier of wireless transmission systems. We are recognized worldwide for cuttingedge 5G backhaul networking solutions and services. Customers in more than 135 countries depend on Aviat Networks to build expand and upgrade their voice data and video solutions.
We currently have an immediate need for a Demand Planner
Preferred Location: Austin or San Antonio TX
About the Role:The Demand Planner will be a key contributor in converting the Sales Funnel to a Supply Plan that can be executed by Aviats contract manufacturers. The Supply Plan may include material forecasts safety stock min/max levels or other material supply strategies. The Demand Planner must be able to effectively communicate with both internal and external customers. Effective communication must be maintained with internal customers (Sales and Product Line Management) to ensure the Supply Plan aligns with long term product line objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for defining the supply strategies for all commodities used to support the companys business balancing inventory level (Turns liabilities Excess and Obsolescence) with customer satisfactiondriven metrics (ARO OTD); includes stratification of such commodities and selecting the right combination of statistical methods and forecastdriven inputs appropriate to the variability of the demand associated.
- Interact with Sales and Product Line Management teams to understand demand drivers
- Provide and support methods for planners to execute the strategies through MRP tools such as safety stocks minmax levels reorder points MRP forecasted demand etc
- Responsible to develop maintain and recommend strategies for improving key performance metrics for the Operations Planning group.
- Responsible for leading process improvement projects within the Planning group.
- Responsible for balancing inventory between company warehouses based on company needs.
- Analyzes demand trends and actual shipments to develop steadystate/quantum events models for consumption by commodities and by geographical markets develop servicelevel based models for order fulfillment based on supplier leadtime and inventory tradeoffs.
- Develops and support tools and methods for supply planners to execute the strategies through MRP tools. Develop and support advanced planning workbooks to monitor business exceptions supply/demand imbalances and data integrity issues.
- Develops demand forecasts and supply plans based on business rules lead times customer orders safety stock requirements bills of material etc. (as applicable) escalating shortages and overages to management as required.
- Measures effectiveness of the strategies through service level and inventory turns applies correctives and improvements to meet overall corporate objectives.
- Communicate material availability status with Sales and Order Fulfillment groups.
- Drive continuous improvement projects related to the planning and forecast process.
- Develop and present Planning KPIs monthly.
- Ability to work on several projects or issues simultaneously.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications & Competencies:
- Bachelors degree in supply chain management or related discipline
- 58 years or more experience including at least 3 years in a demand planning role within a manufacturing company of Electronics or Telecommunications products
- Experience with a major ERP system preferably Oracle.
- Superior communication skills are required for frequent interaction with senior management. This includes the ability to communicate at an appropriate level to nontechnical/operations managers.
- Strategic thinker that is able to analyze and present to upper management.
- Ability to work autonomously with a heavy workload and meet deadlines.
- Statistics and probabilities training a must especially as applied to balancing supply demand and service level in situations of highly variable demand.
- Ability to use one or more Database Management Software create customized queries to obtain required data from multiple data sources.
- Expert user of Microsoft Office applications especially Excel
- APICs certification a plus
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Employment Type
Full-Time
