Materials Planner 3
- Develop, maintain and optimize an 12-18 month rolling sales forecast at the item/customer level using the organization’s demand planning software
- Identify and action visible trends within the various sales channels
- Provide insight to the sales, marketing, purchasing and product development teams
- Provide leadership and facilitation of the monthly Demand review (consensus) process that supports the larger SIOP process
- Compile forecast accuracy and data and develop proactive action plans to address issues/gaps
- Compare forecasts to the financial budgets, providing to senior leadership a clear overview of variances, uncertainty and risk areas to the business
- Analyze market response to new products and use this to develop forecasts for new items not yet introduced
- Contribute to the inventory challenge process (excess and obsolescence) analyzing buying patterns of key customers and how they react to incentives, looking for alternatives to reduce such inventory on hand
- Plan demand cutover strategy when dealing with new technologies and how they affect the transitional demand plan
- Develop strong relationships with the sales, product management, marketing, finance and other cross-functional groups to drive collaborative forecast planning
- Actively participate in the company’s continuous improvement initiatives
- Required to have a strong comfort-level communicating throughout all levels of the organization
- Understand, support and execute all work according to the established procedures of the organization
- Implements and maintains department policies and standards
- Support project-based assignments as required or assigned
- Minimum of 3-5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree with experience in Business, Statistics, Supply Chain or Materials/Operations Management; or equivalent work experience in a Demand Planning environment
- Experience analyzing large amounts of information/data and developing fact-based conclusions
- Able to solve problems using various analytical tools, including root cause analysis
- Strong Excel skills are required for this role
- Knowledge of NetSuite, Agile, QAD, Dynasys, Just Enough or other ERP, MRP solutions is preferred
- Demonstrated sense of energy/urgency and ability to learn on the fly
- Ability to work cross-functionally with all levels of the organization
- Proactive, organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to work independently
- Strong overall understanding of the supply chain function and how internal customers utilize the demand planning information
- Strong written communication and verbal skills.
- Proven ability to multi-task, set project priorities, establish department/discipline goals and objectives for self
- Computer literacy required; including advanced skills in Microsoft applications (i.e. Excel, Word, PPT, etc.)
- Strong attention to detail
- Positive attitude, self-motivated and eager to succeed
- Required to sit, talk or hear; frequently required to use hands to grip or feel; and occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- Vision and depth perception suitable for use of utilizing a computer, printer, phone, and keyboard.
- Manual dexterity suitable for use of utilizing a computer
- Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes which permits the employee to work in an office setting
- Ability to walk and/or climb 5% of the time comfortably, with or without reasonable accommodation
- Ability to sit at a computer for 90% of the time comfortably, with or without reasonable accommodation
- Light to moderate lifting
- Must be comfortable working in an office environment to include moderate noise levels
- The working area is primarily in an open office setting with reasonable lighting and controlled temperatures
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