Supply Chain Planner

Minds United

Job Description

Responsibilities of the role include resolving inventory in-stock issues such as the depth, timing, and efficient flow of inventory that support financial objectives. Additionally, supply chain planning includes managing the purchasing process, creating/managing inventory budgets, ensuring that inventory levels meet demand, and gathering data to prepare trends and forecasting reports for colleagues, management, and other stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Analyze key metrics including vendor fill rate, lead time variability, and FC inbound capacity to maintain the Company s best-in-class in-stock rates and inventory turns.
• Identify and communicate current and future inventory issues, as well as develop sound recovery plans.
• Participate in cross-functional manufacturer and vendor reviews, driving vendor operational improvement.
• Participate in innovative, metric-driven processes and projects to achieve supply chain excellence.
• Utilize forecasting software and exception reporting to reduce forecast errors and achieve category forecast accuracy targets.
• Model business trends and communicate insights to the cross-functional team to optimize business processes and results in both short- and long-term to align supply and demand to support inventory needs.
• Project forward-looking inventory positions and financial implications
• Facilitate collaboration meetings with stakeholders and vendors to review purchase forecasts, proposed orders, and other operational issues.
• Monitor weekly and monthly production plans, prioritizing work orders.
• Monitor the movement of materials through purchasing, storage, production, and retail distribution.
• Set preferred stock levels and prevent excess inventory.
• Review supplies to ensure quality, monitor stock levels, and maintain accessibility to information.
• Build relationships with transportation, warehouse supervisors, and co-workers to achieve higher performance.
• Use scheduling software to coordinate deliveries.
• Administer Enterprise Resource Planning data for manufacturing.
• Develop and monitor internal and external key performance indicators including forecast accuracy and vendor scorecard metrics.
• Make recommendations on flow considerations.
• Design and create new tools to help improve the planning functions of the supply chain.
• Prepare detailed reports relating to MRP, back orders, and schedules.
• Engage in continuous improvement as it relates to processes and material availability.
• Manage timely delivery.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor s degree or Diploma.
• Minimum of 3 years of impactful experience.
• Prefer those who worked in FMGC.
• Proven data entry work experience, as a Data Entry Operator or Office Clerk.
• Experience with MS Office and data programs.
• Organizational skills, with an ability to stay focused on assigned tasks.
• Strong creative thinking coupled with excellent analytical skills.