Demand Planner - S&R

Job Description

• Sources, purchases, plans, and schedules the movement of raw materials, packaging materials, parts, components, and services including indirect consumables, tooling, finished goods, and related materials through the production and inventory process.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, OTIF, PSI and reports that provide clear visibility into inventory status, replenishment actions, and potential gaps in supply impacting our service centers.
• Reviews purchase requisitions for completeness; reviews support documentation, currency, payment terms, alignment of backup documentation to requisition, and clarity of description.
• Create purchase orders and provide monthly forecasts to suppliers based on production planning requirements.
• Identifies raw material, components, and related requirements from engineering and production specifications and schedules. Coordinates quality matters and engineering/changes or developments to suppliers.
• Apply various costing and pricing techniques to effectively negotiate the best pricing with suppliers and meet quality, reliability, and delivery objectives. Examples of techniques include competitive bidding, BOM cost, etc.
• Coordinates and follows up with production, warehouse, engineering personnel, material replenishment planners and finished good planners to ensure appropriate procurement, scheduling, and movement of materials and services.
• Monitors status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of all materials, including timely resolution, communication, and mitigation of future potential issues. Expedite material delivery or explore other possible options with suppliers to avoid parts stock out.
• Resolves issues regarding PO to invoice discrepancies, returns, quality issues, and non-conformances with suppliers.
• Supports R&D group for early supplier selection and cost negotiation; initiates new supplier set-up process.
• Produces and develops relevant inventory and procurement reports on a regular basis to track and monitor various areas of performance.
• Collaborate with vendors to conduct physical inventory, report, and resolve potential issues on inventory discrepancy.
• Attends weekly production meeting, tracks inventory, and production status; resolves and escalates issues that can potentially impact supply to our Global Service Depots.
• Conducts bi-weekly meetings with key vendors to ensure that delivery schedules are on-track and resolve supplier-related issues.
• Performs purchase order returns for parts that need to be returned to the vendor.

Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Operations, or related field; 2+ years of experience in material planning or replenishment roles preferred. Prior experience in a regulated environment (i.e. medical device, pharmaceutical) preferred.
• Experience with production planning, material requirements planning, BOM management, NPI / EOL, re-order point, and other replenishment planning methodologies.
• Ability to work with a diversified global supplier base and high-mix production environment.
• Self-driven individual capable of working independently as well as a strong team player collaborating with cross-functional teams; build relationships at all levels within the internal organization and external suppliers/vendors.
• Strong capabilities to develop and balance immediate/long-term priorities with appropriate urgency to meet deadlines and exceptional multi-tasking skills.
• Experience working with, managing, and implementing ERP/MRP systems, SAP & JDE XE strongly preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.).
• Proven analytical skills with the ability to integrate and analyze disparate data and translate findings into clear recommendations for business decisions. Hands-on experience using Power BI, SQL, Python, Data Brick, Snowflake or Tableau to build analyses and visualizations preferred.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].