Integrated Planner

Responsibilities

• Maintain and optimize supply plans to enhance value through asset optimization, plant balancing, logistics costs, inventory control, and minimizing product transitions.
• Manage site scheduling within systems like SAP, OMP, and effectively communicate planning strategies to relevant stakeholders.
• Build connections and interface with Materials Handling, Manufacturing, Logistics, Quality Assurance, Receiving, Purchasing, and other planning teams.
• Participate in regular meetings, including production meetings daily and supply routine meetings weekly or monthly.
• Oversee Master Data management continuously.
• Monitor and analyze Supply & Operations Execution (S&OE) and Strategic & Operational Enterprise (S&OP) metrics.
• Collaborate with Supply Managers to optimize raw material stocking and procurement strategies, supporting plant balancing and reconciliations.
• Model and propose optimized solutions based on varying supply and demand conditions.
• Assist with inventory adjustments, including storage location proposals.
• Execute inventory targets as per the business plan, refreshing safety stock, target stock, and cycle stock calculations at least twice a year.
• Provide report inputs or updates and continually seek improvements in information visibility and availability.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive knowledge of key customers, markets, and products within the area of responsibility.
• Enhance planning effectiveness through the development and/or improvement of planning models, processes, and tools.
• Identify, communicate, and escalate deviations from the planned schedule, manage and resolve issues.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s or master’s degree in industrial engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
• At least two years of experience with MRP II principles and concepts, Integrated Business Planning routines, Supply Chain processes, and general Order-to-Cash processes.
• Experience with MRP II principles and concepts, Supply Chain processes, Statistical Analysis (hypothesis testing, regression, or design of experiments), and Mathematical Modeling (simulation or optimization).
• Ability to make sound judgments and provide clear rationale in decision-making, considering all relevant factors.
• Outlook and Microsoft applications proficiency, especially advanced Excel skills.
• Preferred experience with SAP and planning and scheduling software.