Supply Chain Planning
- Manage the demand planning process and performance monitoring for manufacturing, distribution and transportation operations
- Manage and ensure execution of the demand and supply planning process to meet or exceed objectives for Key Performance Indicators
- Prepare and present data analyses and summary presentations to senior management as needed
- Gather and analyze supply chain related data as needed
- Analyze performance to plan and recommend adjustment to plans and targets
- Manage manufacturing capacity, load requirements and network utilization
- Work with plant management to analyze and develop plans and recommendations to address supply chain bottlenecks
- Manage planning and scheduling methods and procedures
- Manage cross functional communications and facilitate integration between functions for a forward-looking demand planning environment
- Analyze and present concise, accurate data for the demand, supply, inventory and financial planning process for Sales & Operations Planning
meetings
- Ensure consistent, continuous monitoring of manufacturing activity and plant performance data
- Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Operations Management to establish consensus for credible demand, supply and inventory plans
which are within demonstrated capacities, budget and inventory targets
- Develop manufacturing and distribution requirements via forecasting and/or customer orders and forecast required production schedules in order to satisfy demand requirements effectively and efficiently
o Direct the efforts of Marketing, Sales and Finance in the development of new product forecasts and on-going revisions to existing
SKU's
o Initiate and maintain timely input/revisions into the forecast system
~ Make recommendations and business decisions on new and existing product forecasts on a day-to-day basis
~ Evaluate proposed marketing plans for new products, one time promotions, and supportive activities and recommend changes
based on historical data
~ Manage capacity and demand planning process, accounting for product promotions, launches and discontinuations
~ Work with senior Marketing, Sales and Financial personnel to develop alternative plans as needed
~ Determine impact of promotional activities on day-to-day regular business activities
o Conduct or participate in annual budget meetings
o Provide budget estimates for review by senior Marketing, Operations and Financial personnel
o Develop SKU level projections to be used in annual budgeting process
o Provide direction to Marketing, Procurement, Operations, Finance, Distribution, Manufacturing and Logistics
o Interact on a day-to-day basis with sales management, customer teams and operations on expected plans/orders which could impact
future forecasting decisions
o Develop volume estimates to facilitate decision-making with respect to capital expenditures on plant equipment
o Provide Finance Department with approved monthly and annual SKU forecast volume estimates to be used as reference for year-to-go
financial forecasts
- Communicate proactively to
appropriate stakeholders in a timely manner regarding current and/or
future/potential demand and supply performance issues or misalignments
- Capacity imbalances
- Excess inventory
- Ensure supply plans generate credible master production schedules by identifying and resolving supply-demand imbalances
- Coordinate with plant materials organizations as necessary
- Establish onboarding processes and templates for new customers
