Demand Planner - Manufacturing

Demand Planner role focused on planning and controlling scheduling activities for component supply chain, serving as the key communication link between sales and operations. Balances production and inventory levels with demand to meet customer service targets, inventory turn goals, and capacity utilization. Collaborates with Wichita Manufacturing Production Manager, Director of Purchasing, and Sales teams.

Responsibilities

• Identify critical component shortages and work with internal and external supply chain for resolution.
• Collaborate with sales team on estimated ship dates for upcoming customer orders and research ability to meet customer expedite requests.
• Work weekly with internal machining department to ensure schedule meets upcoming customer demand for components.
• Review and identify Purchase Orders and internal jobs needing rescheduling to retain lower inventory levels.
• Maintain updated forecasting information in the system using customer-provided data and information from the S&OP cycle.
• Distribute weekly reports on shortages, open orders, scheduled and planned shop hours.
• Maintain metrics for on-time delivery, projected delivery, and general operational performance; develop new metrics to monitor performance against planned objectives.

Requirements

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables and lookup functions.
• Advanced understanding of MRP scheduling in ERP systems (SAP preferred).
• Ability to analyze and summarize large amounts of data into easily comprehensible formats and documents.
• Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management, Supply Chain, or other business discipline or 3 years of experience in planning/scheduling within a manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with SAP S4HANA.
• Basic programming concepts, experience with SQL or VBA.
• Proficiency in Power BI and Metabase to develop, maintain, and analyze dashboards, KPIs, and operational performance metrics.
• APICS certification.

Work Environment

Office environment requiring periods of prolonged sitting, typing on a computer keyboard (60 WPM), viewing a computer monitor, and use of telephone.