Area Planning Supervisor

DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervise people and processes of the planning team.
• Control flow of work for operations through communication prioritization and planning of orders.

• Balance customer requirements with operations production capacities.

• Maintain priorities to ensure delivery dates and special requests in adherence to previously agreed upon service level expectations.

• Ensure value added process (VAP) orders are planned and processed correctly.

• Develop sequence and adjust planning strategies to align with business financial goals.
• Responsible for daily communication with operations customer service and business units.
• Maintain zone profiling to assist Operations in meeting budgeted picking rates.

• Maintain system configurations and rule sets for order conversion assignment pick plan allocation and inventory replenishment.

• Monitor assigned department demand forecast vs. actual interfaced volume.

• Report on and monitor various key process indicators.

• Other duties as assigned.

DIRECT SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide direct supervision to department personnel ensuring a safe and work environment.
• Educate direct reports on planning and support processes.
• Evaluate and oversee training of system tools (including Microsoft Office tools).
• Maintain KRONOS coding verifying time and monitoring attendance and scheduling vacation time.
• Document and maintain all applicable processes and procedures for the department assigned.
• Administer performance reviews disciplinary actions coaching/counseling and other employee relations.

Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
Extensive knowledge of all Microsoft Office Applications. (Excel Word Access PowerPoint)
Ability and desire to work in a high pressure constantly changing environment.
Proven supervisory and leadership skills including organizing and prioritizing work and motivating staff.
Basic knowledge of relational database query building.
Proven analytical skills with sound decision making.
In-depth knowledge of business rules and systems processes.
Ability to learn and adapt quickly to changing technologies and customer needs
Excellent communication and coaching skills.
Strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple responsibilities and priorities
Experience in process analysis and development.

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