Supply Chain Planner – Demand & Supply

Overview

They are responsible for working with the Sales and Product Management teams to develop a 6-month forecast, on weekly and monthly basis, measure and improve forecast accuracy, help improve customer lead times, help to keep inventory within budget, and help improve the overall supply chain planning process. This position will need to work with overseas factories and 3rd party suppliers to forecast demand, secure supply, and work with other planners to ascertain priority for allocation.

Supply Chain Management and Execution

• Work with Product Managers and Sales Management in order to finalize sales forecasts, purchases from the overseas factories and domestic vendors
• Manage daily communication with the factories on purchase orders, estimated times of arrival, and changes (pull ins and push outs of purchase quantities)
• Analyze sales history for trends and seasonality as well as other inputs to develop a consensus forecast
• Ensure the proper placement of purchase orders as well as goods receipts and vendor payments
• Support other planners as they execute the PSI process for various product categories
• Support Sales Vertical team as they have questions regarding lead times and order fulfillment status
• Monitor and report on KPI’s related to customer service, on time delivery, forecast accuracy and inventory levels
• Monitor and drive any necessary corrections in Panasonic and/or channel inventory
• Utilize demand and supply planning tools as necessary in order to increase planning accuracy
• Work with Operations, Master Data, Product Management, and Logistics in order to resolve customer related issues
• Work with domestic configuration and value add service centers / warehouses on planning and scheduling

Process Improvement Initiatives

• Explore functionality within the current planning and fulfillment systems and determine new ways to improve the function
• Help document current and future process
• Analyze processes and determine manual processes that can be automated. Develop and implement plans to automate these processes in order to improve overall process efficiency and reduce internal cost

Education & Experience:

• Bachelors degree required in Supply Chain, Business, Statistics, or a related field
• 3+ Years of supply chain experience required, or equivalent University coursework
• Experience working with advanced planning tools (i.e. Blue Yonder, Ana Plan, Power
  
  BI, etc..) required
• Experience with S4 Hana is required
• Previous supply chain systems implementation experience a plus
• APICS CSCP Certification preferred
• Advanced user of Microsoft Office including Excel, Word and Power Point

People Management/Conflict Resolution:

• Ability to work within a team of Supply & Demand Planners
• Ability to work with Product/Category owners to prioritize demands and allocate properly
• Ability to work with demand planners to get information on demand priorities
• Ability to work with order management team to ensure proper implementation of the allocation plan
• Ability to communicate ETA’s and constraints to Sales teams

Communications

• Must have excellent interpersonal, communication and customer service skills
• Work with Customer Service, Sales, Product Management, Channel Management and Finance to resolve issues
• Ability to communicate with Demand Planners, Sales, Product Management, Category Owners on a regular basis

Other Requirements:

• Willingness to learn and evaluate new systems related to SCM for process and data quality improvements.
• Must be deadline oriented
• Organizational, Time Management, People Management & Presentation skills required
• Data Analytics skills required
• Ability to travel up to 10%

• Bachelor's degree required in Supply Chain, Business, Statistics, or a related field
• Three or more years of supply chain experience required, or equivalent university coursework
• Experience working with advanced planning tools (such as Blue Yonder, Anaplan, Power BI, or similar) required
• Experience with SAP S/4
  
  HANA required
• Previous supply chain systems implementation experience a plus
• APICS CSCP Certification preferred
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Power Point

Key Competencies

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