Polymers Inventory Planning Manager
Polymers Inventory Planning Manager
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Job Description
LyondellBasell
Basic Function
Supply Chain is a customerfocused Center of Excellence providing industryleading service while delivering differential value to the business today and into the future. We separate our Supply Chain functions into several areas; these include logistics customer fulfillment services trade compliance and support for business processes and systems.
As a member of our dynamic Supply Chain team you will play a critical role in helping us supply our products to a global customer base. In this contributing through others role you will be responsible for leading and motivating the inventory planners to provide excellent service in a manner that is efficient and cost effective. This position will support the North America Polymers business. During a typical day you will be accountable for managing the people and process necessary to achieve best in class inventory management.
This position reports to the Customer Fulfillment Manager and is located at our North American Headquarters in Downtown Houston. The position offers a competitive base salary bonus 401K matching generous benefits package pension plan parking subsidy and employee discounts.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Manage the inventory planning team to support forecasting and planning ahead to accommodate customer shipments utilizing appropriate inventory planning systems and optimizing transportation modes as applicable.
- Act as a liaison with Customer Service Sales Marketing Logistics Operations Planning and Quality to support any inventory planning activities.
- Recruit train and develop personnel to enhance skills to achieve best in class performance.
- Communicate clear goals to team members to foster growth and career development.
- Encourage a positive organizational culture that respects people values professional development and strives for continuous improvement.
- Lead by example to create a platform with high employee loyalty.
- Balance workload levels among team and ensure proper coverage of business needs and requests at all times.
- Support technology improvement efforts to create automation for the inventory planning processes.
- Support team to ensure processes and practices are compliant with internal and external audit requirements.
- Ensure compliance with business rules and propose enhancements to optimize business objectives and goals.
- Develop/maintain organizational policy and procedures in particular as it relates to improving stakeholder satisfaction.
- Monitor key metrics to support organizational goals and drive metrics to meet or exceed designated targets.
- Provide tactical analytical and strategic support to the appropriate internal and external stakeholders.
- Lead/facilitate efforts on problem resolution and root cause analysis of quality/service incidents including Wrong Product Shipped.
- Support LYB efforts to monitor and achieve continuous improvement in RDC/Terminal quality service and cost performance.
- Support coordination of annual Distribution Budget and quarterly cost analysis.
- Provide periodic cost and KPI analysis to the Business Leadership Teams along with day to day expertise and guidance on logistics cost issues and saving opportunities.
- Support periodic reviews with applicable Logistics Service Providers to review operational performance and metrics.
- Lead change implementation for processes and system improvements or other inventory planning projects.
- Model LyondellBasell core competencies with internal and external stakeholders beginning to develop the skills necessary to contribute strategically.
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Min. Qualifications
- The ideal candidate will have at least 8 years experience in Supply Chain manufacturing or other related experience.
- A Bachelors degree is preferred. Will consider candidates with a High School Diploma that have at least 8 years relevant experience.
- The ideal candidate will have managerial courage as well as the desire to grow and develop people.
- The ideal candidate will have demonstratable leadership experience (either managerial experience or through crossfunctions projects).
- Must demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills both oral and written particularly in business writing with a focus on concise and accurate documentation.
- Demonstratable ability to perform in a fastpaced environment that requires rapid decisionmaking and task delegation with immediate impact on business results.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to effectively analyze large amounts of data and summarize the key outcomes to stakeholders.
- Demonstratable ability to think systemically which may include change management and ability to view processes and ideas from a broader perspective.
- Anticipates potential objections and persuades others to adopt a different point of view.
- Ability to work independently with guidance only in the most complex situations.
- Ability to anticipate internal and or external business challenges and/or regulatory issues; recommends process improvements.
- Ability to perform multiple tasks concurrently within challenging deadlines and maintain alignment with all key stakeholders.
- Composed in timesensitive situations comfortable delivering difficult news.
- Strong skills in Microsoft Office Suite SAP BI and other tools.
- Experience with ERP software such as SAP is desired.
Competencies
We have the potential and responsibility to use this scale and reach to make a positive impact across our value chains. Thats why we are working to make meaningful progress to address some of the worlds most pressing challenges such as reducing plastic waste in the environment helping to mitigate climate change and contributing to a thriving society for our employees the communities where we operate and the people who depend on our products. To learn more click here.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
