Demand and Supply planner

Job Title - Demand and Supply planner

Location - San Diego CA

Duration 6 Months Contract

Total Hours/week - 40.00
1st Shift

Work hours: 8am to 4:30pm

Urgent Need
Flex Model - on site based on need. Local candidate.
Temp to Permanent possibility

Job Description
The Demand and Supply planner is responsible / accountable for the overall demand and supply management process for Pyxis products as it relates to demand allocation. This position owns the allocation process driven by global material constraints and transportation challenges. Works closely with Production Planning and Implementation teams to ensure alignment to meeting customer requirements.

The Demand and Supply Planning Lead is required to exhibit the following characteristics:
- Able to deliver efficient effective and flexible solutions to meet production and business requirements.
- Able to connect activities objectives goals to the functional or business strategy.
- Ability to build a business case/scenario to support supply chain proposals. Understand how to create read and comprehend complex business reports and analysis.
- Monitors and supports all supply chain metrics performance recommends corrective actions and strategies as required.
Demand and Supply Management
- Tracks and monitors changes to manufacturing and CTB (clear to build) dates for alignment in providing reasonable delivery dates.
- Communication to key stakeholders on any significant change in delivery dates cause for delay and estimated recovery date.
- Works directly with PMs on status of orders and prioritizing orders at risk of missing installation timeline.
- Short term planning activities with our manufacturing partners develop supply plans to drive capacity and materials to support internal and external manufacturing
- Manage exceptions caused by significant unexpected events in sales operations and procurement
- Identify and report on any significant variances between forecasted sales and the organizations budget and business plan
- Key contributor to the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process.
- Support regional Demand and Supply Consensus and Review meetings.
- Develop analysis and reports related to inventory level projections recovery plans capacity requirements performance metrics etc. as required.
- Maintain alignment of inventory levels to achieve targeted service levels backorder incidence/duration and DIO. Identifies and pursues inventory reduction opportunities. Directs the periodic review and disposition of slow moving and unproductive inventories (Excess & Obsolete Unscheduled Expired cancelled/residual Test & Holds etc.).
- Input for managing Finished Goods and Raw Material to meet inventory targets and DIOH for the region
- Key owner of the back order and order fulfillment metrics
- Evolve and maintain documentation and standard operating procedures for demand supply allocation planning processes and systems.

Qualifications
Knowledge And Skills
- Proficiency with statistical and forecasting methods
- Solid knowledge of Supply Chain procedures (Demand/Supply/Production Planning capacity leveling product deployment and inventory control)
- Experience in a manufacturing environment coordinating multi-discipline activities
- Proven ability to effectively interact with multi-functional areas (Marketing Sales Manufacturing Engineering Purchasing Finance Quality etc.)
- Customer Focus
- Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills including written verbal listening and presentation are required
- Detail-oriented individual with a strong ability to multi-task
- Familiarity with an ERP and MRP systems and common software applications a must
- Advanced Excel skills
- Skills in project management including the use of Microsoft Project or other common project management software

Education And Experience
- BA/BS in Business Administration Statistics Economics Supply Chain Management or related degree.
- Extensive experience with MRP/ERP systems and Microsoft Office. Knowledge of integrated Supply Chain Systems (e.g. SAP ECC MRP).
- Minimum of 5 years analytics and/or planning experience required.
- APICS CPIM certification and SAP knowledge preferred.
- Knowledge and awareness of Lean techniques and Six Sigma a plus.