Supply Planning Manager
Supply Planning Manager
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About Us
SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company with a diversified portfolio of 5star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact peoples lives in homes around the world. the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham Massachusetts with more than 3300 associates the companys products are sold at key retailers online and offline and through distributors around the world.
This role is required to be on site in Needham MA three days a week.
OVERVIEW:
The Supply Planning Manager oversees and executes the global inventory planning and fulfillment process for a specific category(s) of products. The objective of this role will be to maximize service levels in all markets across the globe maintain a healthy level of inventory pivot in response to fluctuations in orders and forecasts and represent the supply chain as a steward of inventory and cost.
Here are some of the EXCITING things youll get to do:
- Creation and updating of global inventory plans across specific categories balancing supply chain constraints demand priorities overall inventory levels and associating service impacts.
- Oversee supply planners in the quality of execution of their daytoday plans and updates providing guidance and feedback of their plans and execution plans ensuring thoroughness and quality and developing skillsets across the team.
- Collaboration with demand planning production logistics sales marketing and product development on a daily basis acting as an orchestrator to ensure the best outcomes for SharkNinja
- Purchase Order Management in alignment with the inventory plan while monitoring and adjusting inventory flow for changes in demand supply chain constraints or alternative supply options such as reworks substitutions or transfers.
- Participate in portfolio reviews as a steward of the supply chain challenging SKU proliferation and ensuring lifecycles transition and launch dates as well as ABC classifications are updated. Incorporate new parameters and dates within the global inventory plans.
- Participate in demand and forecast reviews ensuring assumptions are captured demand priorities are clear and forecasts are clearly understood and aligned. Incorporate forecasts into global inventory plans.
- Participate in supply reviews ensuring global constraints and opportunities are identified and feasible options are developed to overcome any constraints and/or capture opportunities are ready to decide and action.
- Collaborate with the Director on the resolution of issues aligning on a course of action and orchestrating across team of supply planners.
- Monitor service levels and inventory levels particularly in markets with excess or obsolete inventory and collaborate with sales strategic sales demand planning marketing and market leadership to develop corrective actions.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement develop creative solutions and lead improvement initiatives with key cross functional team members with a focus on improving KPIs and utilization of bandwidth
TTRIBUTES & SKILLS:
- Bachelors degree in Business or equivalent experience required Supply Chain concentration highly desired
- Minimum 3 years of Supply Chain Planning experience
- Supply Chain Certifications (CPIM CSCP etc) considered a definite asset
- Experience within a consumer goods industry highly desired.
- Broad knowledge on supply chain process fundamentals and metrics including demand planning inventory planning manufacturing logistics and distribution.
- Comfortable working in a multicultural multilingual environment and excited to work collaboratively with colleagues across the globe.
- Strong and curious analytical skillset identifying patterns exceptions to patterns and identifying drivers of these outliers
- Takes pride in quality of work and comfortable operating in the detail (bottoms up) while ensuring middown and topdown assumption consistency.
- Flexible to manage time across pivots in task prioritization of oneself and the team and communicate for impact the necessary support to navigate through issues and challenges.
- Desire and capacity to learn new systems processes and guide others on the learning journey
- Experience managing a small team (13) orchestrating daytoday activities aiding in career and skillset development and providing feedback on quality timeliness and thoroughness of work.
- Expertise in handling datasets within Microsoft Excel and comfortable learning new planning and IT systems
- Strong communication skills capable of communicating for impact the key messages for an audience and associating asks through both oral and written mediums.
- Selfstarter who thrives in ambiguity demonstrates curiosity and approaches work through a growth mindset
- Bias for action and excited to use voice in meetings to cut through ambiguity and seek clarity.
- Fluency in English required.
Our Culture
At SharkNinja we dont just raise the barwe push past it every single day. Our Outrageously Extraordinary mindset drives us to tackle the impossible push boundaries and deliver results that others only dream of. If you thrive on breaking out of your swim lane youll be right at home.
What We Offer
We offer competitive health insurance retirement plans paid time off employee stock purchase options wellness programs SharkNinja product discounts and more.We empower your personal and professional growth with high impact Learning Programs featuring bold voices redefining whats possible. When you join youre not just part of a companyyoure part of an outrageously extraordinary community. Together we wont just launch productswell disrupt entire markets.
At SharkNinja Diversity Equity and Inclusion are vital to our global success. Valuing each unique voice and blending all of our diverse skills strengthens SharkNinjas innovation every day. We support ALL associates in bringing their authentic selves to work making an impact and having the opportunity for career acceleration. With help from our leadership associates and our community we aim to have equity be a key component of the SharkNinja DNA.
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Life At SharkNinja
Outrageously Extraordinary
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
