Location Address:2500 Windy Ridge Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia 30339
Work Shift:Salary Exempt (United States of America)
This Sr. Manager, Planning & Network Optimization works closely with the operations, pricing, and engineering teams to provide operational plans and high level capital estimates for potential new business awards coming through CRM.
They will work closely with regional operations leadership, using ERP data to identify capacity constraints on existing business and provide investment solutions or alternatives to alleviate these constraints. They will also review plant utilization and recommend plant consolidation opportunities to the business.
Operational Planning:
- Lead the creation of operational plans during the RFP process to define product cost structures, aiming to maximize profitability and assist pricing department.
- Develop operational plans to optimize the placement of new SKcustomers across production lines.
- Determine high-level capital requirements for new SKU/customer opportunities.
- Evaluate the trade-offs between one-time high capital investments vs. incurring on-going operational expenses (e.g. labor, freight, etc.) to determine best ROI.
- Develop operational plans that minimize plant changeovers to reduce costs.
- Establish and cultivate relationships with operations, customer service and commercial teams to foster efficient working teams
- Ad-hoc requests related to unforeseen production disruptions.
Strategic Network Optimization:
- Highlight quick growth opportunities with minimal or no capital investment.
- Collaborate with sales teams to proactively identify opportunities to minimize custom SKUs to reduce network complexity and/or save capital.
- Analyze plants to identify opportunities to increase throughput or reduce costs
- Identify low utilization line consolidation opportunities to streamline operations and enhance profitability.
- Conduct peer group assessments to identify underperforming assets
- Proactively identify capital investment to minimize operational costs.
- Conduct network optimization analyses to identify freight reduction opportunities.
- Reasonable mandatory overtime may be required due to business needs.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Research, Data Science or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in plant management, network planning, supply chain optimization, or a related field within the manufacturing industry.
- Strong analytical skills with experience in data analysis and modeling.
- Excellent communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Experience Microsoft Office 365 (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
- Experience with large company ERP systems such as Oracle, SAP, Infor, etc.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced Excel Skills
- Experience with Linear Programming
- Experience with data visualization tools such as PowerBI & Tableau
- Programming Skills such as Python, R, SQL, Visual Basic
Altium Packaging, Our Culture Differentiates Us!We incorporate our Guiding Principles into all aspects and at all levels of the organization and use them as a framework for decision-making. We believe our Guiding Principles foster a culture of excellence that benefits both employees and customers.
Our Guiding Principles- Act with Integrity & in Compliance
- Drive Value Creation
- Be Disciplined Entrepreneurs
- Focus on the Customer
- Act with Humility
- Treat others with Dignity and Respect
- Seeking Fulfillment in your Work
We Believe in Rewarding our Most Important Resource - Our People! We show our commitment to Total Rewards by providing a competitive, comprehensive benefits package. In addition to medical, dental and vision plans, company holidays and vacation days, tuition reimbursement, learning and training opportunities, bonus potential, and a 401(k) plan with company contributions, Altium Packaging locations offer rewards and recognition programs and opportunities to make a difference in the community.
EEO StatementWe are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
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