What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inventory & Operations Planning Manager position at Roseburg?
Description
Roseburg Forest Products owns, sustains and responsibly harvests 600,000 acres of U.S. timberlands that yield the highest-quality building materials and specialty wood products that generate pride for the job and stand the test of time. Founded in 1936, the privately-held company has built its reputation for quality, versatility and reliability with products shipped across North America that include medium density fiberboard, softwood and hardwood plywood, dimension and stud lumber, and LVL and I-Joists. See how Roseburg is building and growing at and @Roseburg
Purpose
The Sales, Inventory & Operations (SIOP) Planning Manager will oversee the development and execution of the tactical SIOP processes to ensure alignment of demand and supply strategies and forecasts through, order file management, inventory management, and team collaboration. This position will support the business in developing long-range strategic and short-term tactical plans through analysis and evaluation of business and market data to align manufacturing capacities with commercial opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for developing and maintaining SIOP strategies (processes, systems, and tools) including order file management, inventory management, and working collaboratively with production, sales, finance, and purchasing teams to ensure that orders are shipped on-time, and inventory levels are optimized.
- Lead the SIOP process that align the demand on sales trends, identify and mitigate manufacturing constraints, and drive consensus between functions and stakeholders
- Lead change management in adoption of SIOP strategies across Roseburg’s North American facilities
- Manage & develop SIOP team to analyze production capacity and adapt the order file to meet customer needs and optimize utilization & scheduling
- Create tools to measure SIOP cycle & metrics necessary to track its effectiveness
- Synthesize the sales forecast and operations capacity data to enable discussions on business risks and opportunities
- Provide direction for the effective utilization of manufacturing and warehousing capacity and ensure timely information is available to make crucial business decisions
- Drive analytics to uncover opportunities and / or misalignments in SIOP plans and based on the analytics, facilitate SIOP meetings, prepare reports, and recommend actions to ensure optimal SIOP execution
- Collaborate with the Scheduling & Optimization Manager on the implementation and adoption of new scheduling tools and mill production optimization strategies
- Establish a warehouse inventory management strategy to ensure timely material availability and supply while reducing the required footprint and inventory holding costs
- Assist in creating and balancing Commercial and Production volume forecasts and plans
- Ensure data integrity and accuracy in SIOP systems
- Understand, fully embrace, and model Roseburg’s core values; “Sawdust in the Veins” (have a passion for the business and our customers), work from a “Handshake Integrity” and be “Driven to Win”.
- Act as a change agent for continuous process improvement, systems implementation, and standardization effort
- Model Company core values
- Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER INCLUDING DISABILITY AND VETERANS
