Analyst, Supply Planning

About the Role

As a Supply Planning Analyst with Energizer's Global Auto Care Division, you'll play a critical role in ensuring products get to customers when and where they're needed. This highly visible position offers the opportunity to influence inventory performance, production planning, and customer service while working cross-functionally with manufacturing, sourcing, procurement, and supply chain teams. You'll thrive in this fast-paced and collaborative environment if you enjoy solving complex problems, leveraging data to drive decisions, and making a measurable impact on business results.

Energizer Holdings responsibly creates products to make lives easier and more enjoyable. Our colleagues hail from all backgrounds, nationalities, and walks of life, but our shared mission and purpose make us one team. As a global organization, you will always have opportunities to learn, grow, and develop in your career, with support for flexible working arrangements wherever possible.

Responsibilities

• Review SAP MRP as well as SAP IBP supply-demand requirements and make decisions on replenishment quantities and timing that optimize inventory position (i.e., working capital) while maximizing fill-rates. You will be responsible for planning and scheduling multiple packaging lines with an estimated $15-$25M under your scope.
• Establish and manage relationships with material buyers and line supervision to coordinate production timing and shipment deliveries; track all finished goods to ensure timely delivery to meet operationally JIT requirements.
• Maintain positive, professional working relationships with all associates while ensuring we meet customer demand.
• Identify and expedite finished goods to account for changes in plan to ensure high customer service levels.
• Manage inventory levels for assigned product families to ensure high turnover performance; identify slow-moving materials and proactively manage to reduce inventory.
• Proactively work with the plant and buyers to improve supply planning parameters to enhance service level, inventory, and responsiveness.
• Manage all item MRP planning parameters (Master Data) for optimal system performance within SAP/IBP.
• Develop, run, and generate reports that provide clearly actionable metrics; measure plant performance and schedule adherence to correct non-compliance and performance issues.
• Coordinate with internal departments on new item introductions, item transitions, and item closeouts.
• Track non-scheduled line or product changeovers to ensure root causes are actionable.
• Partner with Sourcing Managers to work on supplier/supply issues, optimization processes, and provide material insights and ordering patterns to optimize the supply chain.
• Responsible for moving materials and finished goods between plants and warehouses as determined by job function.

Requirements

• BS/BA (4-year undergraduate) degree is preferred but will consider expertise and experience in the planning field.
• At least 3-5 years of supply chain planning and analysis experience.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and technical skills.
• ERP/MRP experience required (SAP MM & PP preferred). SAP IBP application experience is preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills and ability to utilize the Microsoft Office platform to analyze situations and identify risks and mitigation plans.
• Demonstrated understanding of the supply chain from plan, source, make, to deliver, with a focus on capacity and material planning.
• Ability to clearly and concisely communicate with internal and external partners.
• Prior commodity experience dealing with CPG-related materials.
• Strong persuasive skills in managing key suppliers and ability to develop partnerships to drive cost savings.
• Team player with strong initiative and ability to multi-task/manage multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience with CPG or seasonal businesses.
• Experience in capacity planning, materials replenishment, or demand planning.

Work Environment

• Mixed office/manufacturing environment with a shared office.
• Hybrid role requiring in-plant and remote work.
• Cross-functional relationships with Operations, Procurement, Material Buying, and Engineering.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $60,000 - $80,000. Actual base salary offered to a candidate may vary based upon factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location.

Benefits

Energizer strives to create a supportive work environment centered around colleagues’ professional and personal well-being. Our total rewards package provides comprehensive benefits to attract, retain, and protect our colleagues – including health and welfare insurance, parental leave, paid time off, and retirement savings plans.