GLOBAL PLANNING MANAGER - SUPPLIES & DEPLOYMENT

GLOBAL PLANNING MANAGER - SUPPLIES & DEPLOYMENT
TALLASSEE, AL

Job Summary: Develop effective production, purchase, capacity, and inventory plans based on demand forecasts and capacity constraints across all plants and suppliers. Support management with supply and labor risk assessments, mitigation plans, and what-if scenarios. This Manager coordinates, organizes, and oversees all activities involved in the mid to long-term planning of labor, inventory, capacity, and production for finished goods, WIP, and raw materials. Ensure plans are in line with monthly S&OP commitments per the Rough-Cut Capacity Plan.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A BS degree is required. A degree in engineering, supply chain, equivalent, ASCM / APICS certification is desired.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Five plus years of experiences as a Planning Manager or Master Scheduler is required

DESIRED EXPERIENCE

• Owning or facilitating a monthly SIOP process

• Supply Chain modules within an ERP system

• Creating, developing or implementing a robust Supply Chain

• Lean Six-Sigma

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with other departments to identify and maintain labor and resources needed to provide efficient and feasible plans.

• Develop and own capacity, inventory, labor, and purchase plans with close supply chain and operation leadership collaboration.

• Develop and own safety stock targets to support service levels with close supply chain and sales leadership collaboration.

• Oversee supply planning across the network locations and work centers, including all inter-company transfers.

• Establish performance metrics for measuring, comparing, or evaluating factors affecting supply, production, capacity, inventory, and inter-company transfer planning.

• Develop and maintain detailed inventory targets of materials and supplies in all locations and sites to support customer service levels.

• Give guidance and best practices to Plant Supply Chain and Operations to optimize production through lean, level loading, and postponement where applicable.

• Participate as an advisory member of the new product development team, providing information and guidance on the availability and cost of supplies and materials.

• Coordinate engineering changes and new product launches to ensure timely and orderly material and capacity availability.

• Monitor and measure adherence to production and purchase plans as defined in the S&OP process. Provide necessary feedback, guidance, recovery, and action plans when demand exceeds available capacity.

• Drive inventory management strategies such as MTS/MTO/Postponement and production planning,

• Drive inventory management, production planning, and scheduling data modeling and analytics.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

KEY RESULT AREAS

• Service Level

• Inventory turns & safety stock levels

• Production and capacity adherence to the plan

• Supplier adherence to the plan

• Asset utilization

SKILLS

• Strong MS Excel Skills

• Strong Verbal and written communication skills.

• Strong Interpersonal and negotiation skills with a proven ability to create and maintain positive working relationships with vendors, suppliers, shippers, and customers.

• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.

• Thorough understanding of the company or equivalent products and logistics.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• SAP experience in S&OP process is preferred.