Supply Chain Planner

Description:
Expectation is onsite every day.

The Supply Chain Planner is a key team member who supports a team of managers who own compiling and executing on supply forecasts to support sales channel demands. They are expected to interact with external vendors minimally. They partner with internal cross functional teams such as demand planning, allocation planning, and sales channel partners. The Supply Chain Planner will collaborate closely with multiple teams with a core focus on supporting the Inventory Planning & Procurement team in a dynamic, results-oriented environment.

Responsibilities:
Optimize customer experience by ensuring timely resolutions and proactive support.
Understand demand inputs and partner cross functionally to support a supply plan that supports enterprise strategies and goals.
Populate, analyze, and actively 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.
Report on and provide insight into supply planning key performance indicators such as weeks of supply, and on-time-delivery
Key focus on data integrity within MRP and ERP systems
Perform other duties or projects as assigned by business management as needed.

Qualifications:
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).
Demonstrated ability to use Excel (including macros/VBA) to automate processes and improve reporting efficiency.
Experience with SAP ECC, Oracle, or other ERP systems 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? Review supply plans and impacts to purchase orders. Partner with supply chain managers to resolve any volumes that fall outside of key targets. Highlight risks to supply availability.
Partnering cross functionally to recommend solutions with lifecycle, vendors, supply constraints or excess. Lead meetings internally and externally as assigned.
Summarize open issues for peers and/or leadership. Provide read out of supply status and tracking to metrics.
Maintain weekly reporting on supply chain KPIs. 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. Problem solving. Team player.
Someone who understands the value of working in-person
Adaptive to client Values and in-office culture