Demand Planner (Bilingual in English & Korean)

Our Mission is to be #1 by creating a better life for our customers. At LG Electronics, we make products and services that make lives better, easier and happier through increased functionality and fun.

Put simply, we offer the latest innovations to make Life Good ! As a global leader, we strive for greatness not only in the products we make but in our people.

That is why we are currently seeking the newest innovator to join our dynamic team as a Demand Planner .

What we can offer you :

Culture for Growth Top Notch Employee Health & Well Being Benefits Every Voice Matters Global Reach

The Opportunity

With overall responsibility for LG Compressor and Motors sales, the Demand Planner will be responsible for analyzing customer’s forecasting to supply and manage optimal inventory level.

This may include management of weekly forecasting data, sales, inventory, shipment, and overall product life cycle. Located in our Alpharetta, GA office.

Role & Responsibilities :

• Create reports for various departments and leaders.
• Work with the Sales team, especially Sales Director and Key Account Managers to plan sales by providing guidance.
• Manage PSI plans by SKU / account level and coordinate with HQ / factory to insure production plans are aligned with the latest demand forecast.
• Evaluate and maintain supply chain key performance indicators (ex : Moving Plan Achievement, Forecast Accuracy, DIO, Long-Term Inventory rate) and analyze variances initiating appropriate corrective action.
• Utilize GDMi & GSCP systems to generate factory production plans and update supply commitments to sales team.
• Constantly share changes in supply plan, NPI / EOL schedules to sales team and proactively resolve supply issues.
• Participate in cross-functional efforts to enhance supply chain, order management and fulfillment activities.
• Participate in weekly sales and operation planning (S&OP) meeting to review sales, forecast, and sell-through performance and resolve issues and achieve weekly / monthly moving plan targets.
• Review customer orders for proper shipping windows and delivery appointments, work with order desk, logistics and load planners to insure maximum efficiencies for on-time / right-quantity delivery.
• Plan, schedule and monitor all supply chain activities for key accounts and analyze sales forecasting, planning process for key customers

Job Requirements :

• Education : Bachelor’s Degree
• 2+ years of relevant corporate work experience.
• Need critical thinking skills and reporting skills to business leaders.
• Strong planning skills, for creating reports for business leaders
• Strong analytical skills, collaborative problem-solver; effective communications both internally (Sales, SCM, PM and order management), as well as external customers.
• Proficient, high level skills in Microsoft Power Point and Excel.
• Need experience in cross functional teams to work effectively and efficiently in a highly demanding work environment
• Bilingual communication skills in English and Korean is required

Pay range $60,000 - $80,000, In addition to base pay this role is eligible for a bonus / commission plan

At LG Electronics, we aspire to empower people and celebrate differences because we believe diversity will create the unexpected.

We provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law or other protected traits / characteristics.

Consistent with our commitment to providing equal opportunity and embracing diversity, we have implemented affirmative action to ensure applicants are employed and employees are treated without regard to these characteristics.

In addition to the above, we believe that pay transparency is a key part of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our salary ranges take into account many factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skillset, experience, licensure, certifications, internal equity, and other business needs.

We consider geographic pay differentials in final offers. Because we operate in many geographies and have many business units across the United States, where applicable, may not reflect the specific business or geography differential that will apply to the final offer.