Supply Chain Planner

DESCRIPTION

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with Supply Chain, Purchasing, Sales, and Marketing teams for timely execution of industrial business orders.
• Achieve month-on-month supply plans and quarterly targets.
• Represent Supply Chain in critical VPC/VPI Programs in the industrial business.
• Maintain MIS (Management Information Systems).
• Develop planning system strategies to improve signals across the supply chain.
• Monitor and adjust parameters in the planning system.
• Use common processes, tools, and information systems.
• Analyze and interpret Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to identify areas for improvement and action plans.
• Execute the daily operational planning process within a specified functional area.
• Identify potential supply chain failures as part of the planning process and mitigate associated risks.
• Work closely with stakeholders, both internal and external, to develop short-term tactical improvements.
• Use the planning system to drive consistent planning signals across the supply chain.
• Participate in functional process improvement teams.

• Graduate in any field; MBA preferable.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

• Communicates effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Customer focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Drives results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Global perspective: Taking a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens.
• Manages complexity: Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Optimizes work processes: Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Values differences: Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

• Materials Planning System Utilization: Uses the materials planning system to manage supply and demand plans, taking long-term corrective action on exception messages and other alerts based on root cause analysis.
• Part Change Control Management: Evaluates and implements engineering change requests to meet customer delivery requirements while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory.
• Plan for Every Part (PFEP): Uses PFEP principles to ensure the delivery of the right part at the right time in the right quantity to the right place.
• Master Supply Scheduling: Establishes and maintains a valid Master Production Schedule for a family of products, meeting customer expectations while maximizing operational efficiency.
• Material Planning: Uses advanced tools to make decisions related to parts availability, inventory optimization, and root cause analysis.
• Materials KPI Management: Operates in relation to recent or historical outputs compared to organizational expectations to determine next steps for improvement.

• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in supply chain management or related fields.