Senior Supply Demand Planner

Job Description

We are looking for team members with analytical skill sets, manufacturing / supply chain experience, to participate and manage in the SIOP planning process.

The SIOP planning function is an excellent way to broaden your experience, skills and network of colleagues, while leveraging knowledge on large data sets to compute demand and supply plans to meet customer demand and maintain inventory targets.

We measure this through various metrics such as Forecast accuracy / inventory health / Sales Plan v Actual and Build Plan vs Actual, First Pass Fill Rates etc.

While professional experience and qualifications are key for this role, make sure to check you have the preferable soft skills before applying if required.

Key Responsibilities include :

• Drive / participate in cross-functional team meetings / SIOP process to develop best in class demand plan and optimum supply plan
• Facilitate and drive collaboration with Marketing, Sales Operations, Finance team members to develop monthly / quarterly forecasts over mid-term and long-term.
• Partner with NPI / Engineering / Marketing teams to understand product lifecycle / buffer strategy, develop robust plans to enable new product launch and product end of life (EOL) planning.
• Review and make improvements to statistical forecasting models, to drive best- in-class demand forecast accuracy
• Analyze data output, historical shipments / consumption for any modifications required based on product segmentation.
• Understand / manage safety stock / inventory targets for various regions / plants
• Partner with manufacturing, planning, regulatory and facilities teams to understand and drive buffer strategies to enable building moves and plan for regulatory restrictions.
• Awareness / Understanding of Capacity Models (lines / shifts, line efficiencies, head count and material manage times / constraints)
• Develop capacity and material constrained build plan through cross functional collaboration with various partners (Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain)
• Scenario planning for different Demand and Supply scenarios, understand & articulate the different options and impact
• Represent their product families and present relevant data / charts in the cross-functional SIOP meetings
• Load plan to enable Manufacturing and Supply Chain execution
• Monitor performance to plan, eg. forecast versus actuals, and drive corrective actions / mitigation plans
• Support other planning activities such as Long Range Planning, Excess & Obsolete reduction etc
• Drive improvements to Key Performance Indicators such as Forecast accuracy, First Pass Fill Rate, Backorder, Finished Goods Inventory Attainment through root-cause analysis and cross-functional collaboration
• Subject matter experience in order to participate and drive projects to improve operational efficiency / profitability goals
• Troubleshoot and help resolve MPS / MRP issues for demand propagation; Participate in key projects, testing and go-live.
• Travel : 0 - 15% Domestic / International
• Work Location : Sunnyvale, US

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