'Supply & Demand Planner'

Qualifications

• Minimum of 18 months in Supply Chain areas: planning, purchasing, logistics or distribution experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical skills and good problem solution skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience with an ERP / SAP systems.
• Proficient Excel skills.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred.

Main Responsibilities, Duties & Accountabilities

Demand planning

• Review and perform analysis on FCA & Bias,
• Review statistical forecast and adjust if required,
• Update any forecast on Sales and Marketing line in DP Consensus Book if required,
• Prepare files for monthly demand consensus meeting,
• Hold monthly demand consensus meeting with Marketing, Finance, and Supply,
• After demand consensus meeting, update any forecast changes required before monthly DP release to SNP,
• Track MTD demand against forecast throughout the month,
• NPIs
• Collaborate with Marketing for NPI forecasting and assumptions.
• Perform forecast analysis and modeling (ie. breakdown, cannibalization, etc)
• Create CVCs
• Input NPI forecasts into SAP,
• Support with requests and/or ad hoc analysis if required,
• Attend meetings if required.

Supply & Inventory planning

• Responsible for regional service level achievement for assigned product groups in alignment with global recommendations
• Responsible for monitoring regional alert monitors.
• Responsible for releasing replenishment orders enough to maintain safety stock levels at USA.
• Responsible for tracking and ensuring goods receipt in DCs,
• Responsible for executing & facilitating allocation decisions within the region in short supply situations,
• Responsible for defining the appropriate planning strategy (MTO/MTS/ATO) for assigned product portfolio aligned with manufacturing practices,
• Work with global planning to document and maintain lead times within the integrated supply chain that will affect required inventory levels within the region, and communicates with global planning to determine corrective action if required,
• Engage with the global planning organization on management of long term product supply shortages e.g., temporarily reduce inventory targets in order to automate the propagation / distribution of the materials with shortages, creation of manual STO's for the regions to allow fair share deployment between domestic and intercompany shipments, etc.
• Work with global and regional supply chain teams to achieve an optimal distribution network, and maintain a key coordination point with local warehouse management and transportation functions.
• Provide projections to regional warehouse management and transportation functions on Inbound and Storage Volumes

S&OP process facilitation

• Facilitate the Regional Demand/Supply Review and represent that information in the S&OP meetings: ensure timely collection and review of the appropriate information required for this forum to accurately determine regional production plan and eliminate any inefficiencies potentially impacting the key metrics,
• Represent the region in the Global Demand/Supply Review, ensuring timely collection and review of the appropriate information required for this forum and jointly contribute to decisions to ultimately determine global production,
• Interface with Global Supply Planners for plants globally and S&OP Process owners,
• Support Global Supply Chain key initiatives to accomplish best in class forecast accuracy and provide support in meeting goals across all other SC KPI's to ultimately help manage production/distribution costs.

Business performance management

• Responsible for regional key metrics, i.e., backorder, inventory turns, DIO, line fill,
• Liaison to regional business cross-functional leadership team to understand business strategy and future business needs,
• Translate business/supply chain needs into supply needs,
• Work closely with plant to understand capacity resources, LTP and lead product changes and launches,
• Maintain a strong link with the business activities and global issues as they may affect respective products sold in the region regardless of where the products are manufactured.