Supply Chain Planner
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Expectation is onsite every day.
The Supply Chain Planner is a key team member who owns compiling and executing on supply forecasts to support sales channel demands. They own regular interaction with external vendors and internal cross functional teams such as demand planning, allocation planning, and sales channel partners. The Supply Chain Planner will collaborate closely with multiple teams in a dynamic, results-oriented environment.
Responsibilities:
- Optimize customer experience by ensuring timely resolutions and proactive support.
- Consolidate demand inputs and partner cross functionally to create a supply plan that supports enterprise strategies and goals.
- Generate, analyze, and monitor open purchase orders to ensure system integrity and on time delivery, holding vendors accountable for delivery performance.
- Establish and maintain business relationships with Vendors, Channel Managers, Logistics, and Allocation Planning teams to ensure supply availability.
- Govern supply levels following enterprise financial targets and metrics
- Perform other duties or projects as assigned by business management as needed.
Qualifications:
- 3-5 years of supply chain experience including external vendor facing experience.
- Understanding of supply chain systems and structures.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to work independently and in teams.
- Ability to connect work within the functional area to upstream and downstream processes in the supply chain.
- Practical knowledge of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP).
- Proficiency in Excel, including basic formulas and pivot tables.
- Experience with SAP ECC or fulfillment systems is preferred.
Technology Requirements : High level of comfort with Microsoft suite of products with key emphasis on Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint.
MRP system experience; ideally o9 or SAP
ERP system experience; ideally SAP or Oracle
What does a typical day look like? Reviewing supply and resolving for any volumes that fall outside of key targets.
Partnering cross functionally to problem solve issues with lifecycle, vendors, supply constraints or excess. Lead meetings internally and externally.
Summarize open issues for peers and/or leadership. Provide read out of supply status and tracking to metrics.
Actively participate in meetings as applicable. Reply to emails.
Resolve outstanding PO and/or ASN issues in partnership with Logistics team.
Preferred background/prior work experience? Minimum 5 years supply chain experience, preferably in the supply planning and purchasing function.
High comfort level learning and adapting to new systems.
Priority soft skills: Good communicator, Team player
Someone who understands the value of working in-person
Adaptive to client Values and in-office culture