Operations Planner
Operations Planner
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05-09-2025
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Job Description
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The below job opportunity is to one of Our clients who is a global leader in personal care and home fragrance including top-selling collections for fine fragrance mist body lotion and body cream 3-wick candles home fragrance diffusers and liquid hand soap.
Job Title: Operations Planner
Location: Reynoldsburg OH 43068
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Hybrid
JOB DESCRIPTION
GENERAL SUMMARY:
- The client is looking for an Operations Planner to join the team!
- This role manages supply chain planning costing financial communication on-time delivery and inventory for specific business categories.
- This role is a trusted advisor for both internal cross-functional partners and external vendors.
- This person has exceptional attention to detail strong communication and influencing skills and is motivated working in a fast-paced environment.
PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Vendor Management
- Responsible for ordering and management of Component Inventory and Finished Goods
- Manage S&OP between vendor and Victorias Secret Beauty business
- Ensure vendor OT&C accountability is at 95% or higher
- Ensure finished product is delivered to warehouses in a timely manner; work in conjunction with vendors to prioritize production
- Expedite shipments / production to meet speed initiatives
- Short-term and long-term capacity planning
- Issue component and finished good purchase orders and negotiate with vendors to secure production
- Communicate new launch forecasts and medium-range receipt plans
- Partner with vendors to identify future supply chain requirements
Brand Management
- Build relationship as a trusted advisor
- Manage speed-to-market initiatives
- Responsible for communicating/updating changes to open orders: status reporting to cross-functional partners (OT&C accountability at 95%)
- Review and communicate feasibility and timing for all buy requests
- Informs cross-functional partners of excess inventory in Semi Annual Sales and Clearance buys; assist with component run-outs to reduce inventory liability
- Partners with cross-functional partners to develop new launch and medium range receipt plan
- Understand and support business and process changes by utilizing a speed and agility mindset
- Identify opportunities to reduce lead times
- Identify opportunities to gain agility within the supply chain
Inventory Management
- Responsible for the data integrity of Material Requirement Planning (MRP) that will enable a consistent planning horizon
- Execute buys using SAP MRP
- Manage to component inventory targets
- Manage detailed Bill of Material (BOM) accuracy (waste factors and usage); work closely with Inventory Control during Book to Book to identify and resolve BOM issues
- Assist Inventory Control with Physical Inventory and provide support to resolve issues
- Provide justification for excess inventory in quarterly review of Excess and Obsolete reconciliation
- Conduct End of Season inventory management planning; execute ad hoc cycle counts and run outs to reduce liability
- Analyze data reviewing reports and resolve issues to maintain a clean Book of Business with focus on inventory turns
QUALIFICATIONS/CAPABILITIES:
- Bachelors Degree in related field
- APICS CPIM a plus
- 3-5 years of production planning supply chain or inventory management experience
- Experience in manufacturing and/or consumer goods/retail preferred
- Solid business acumen and ability to make recommendations and business decisions in partnership with leader
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated initiative and ability to achieve results
- Ability to build and foster strong trusted advisor relationships with internal and external partners
- System and computer proficiency (SAP MSOffice)
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
Employment Type
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