Planner, Supply Chain Operations

seeking a Planner to work in the Operations department. This position reports to the Operations Manager.

The Planner’s primary function includes owning end to end supply chain planning to meet customer service level and cost objectives such as inventory management, freight and scheduling optimization. They will also be responsible for maintaining good on-time delivery to customer while reducing financial risk exposure. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Plan, schedule and monitor of the movement of product from customer order through delivery and shipment.

• Perform and maintain forecast through its database, SAP, COSMO (Global Forecast System) and BI (Business Intelligence, its Forecast system). Input customer and supplier orders and data into SAP for data management and order tracking. Enter forecast into SAP per customer forecast and sales directions. Review and manage monthly/weekly MRP demand in SAP. Enter Sales orders and Purchase Orders into SAP upon review of customer orders and forecasts.

• Provide customer support and services to existing accounts and Sales department

• Develop with input from Sales, inventory strategies, product customization, and new product introduction and product phase-outs plans.

• Work with Sales team to determine risk buys, inventory commitment and underwriting strategies to minimize inventory risk exposure.

• Demand planning based on customer forecast and purchase orders. Demand planning by customer and by product based on material and delivery lead time.

• Perform customer-centric value chain planning to improve customer service levels while reducing costs, thus positively impacting growth and profitability.

• Process customer’s Web portal requests and download into Excel and/or SAP.

• Plans forecasts and schedule material needs according to production schedules and lead times.

• Monitor materials/good movement to determine if inventory needs to be increased or decreased to meet customer’s production needs.