Job Summary:

• Leverages SAP to ensure timely and accurate execution throughout the year.
• Capable of determining departmental inventory management strategies and objectives across segments and sites.
• Establish specifications in terms of optimal quantity to purchase, the quality required and the cost impact to the production plan.
• Capable of working with pegged requirements in MRP.
• Manage the purchasing cycle, including generating requisitions, PO creation, PO follow-up, goods reception, and final payment for assigned segment and sites.
• Accurately identify risks that affect supply, transformation, delivery, and customer demand.
• Actively monitors supplier performance to measure, record, and provide feedback on supplier performance.
• Participates in cross-functional teams to find new sources, supplier selections and negotiations.
• Lead and participate in product supply and launch projects e.g. new formulation, new packaging, line extension, alternative/new supply sources, etc.)
• Work closely with technical and intermediate production facility personnel and other Master Planners as appropriate to ensure that production assets are optimized across portfolios

Skills on Resume: 

• SAP Execution (Hard Skills)
• Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
• Specifications Development (Hard Skills)
• MRP Knowledge (Hard Skills)
• Purchasing Cycle (Hard Skills)
• Risk Identification (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Performance (Hard Skills)
• Cross-functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Build and manage pre-season sales and inventory plans to provide accurate style and color plans to support Product Financial Plans.
• Consolidate, interpret and analyze Regional in-season plans for risks and opportunities, making recommendations for necessary adjustments relative to strategic initiatives and inventory positions.
• Work closely with Regional planning teams to identify and communicate sales opportunities and inventory risks.
• Participate in pre-season assortment planning process to assess product costs, anticipated margins, volumes, and retail prices to ensure the financial viability of the product line.
• Consolidate plans on a global basis by working with international regional planning teams
• Perform analysis on current inventory and future receipts, providing recommendations to maximize sales and profitability.
• Develop and maintain weekly, monthly and seasonal performance reporting, leveraging Company-supported tools.
• Work with Supply Planning to address and recommend actions on excess and unallocated inventory.
• Identify opportunities to create process improvement and efficiencies.
• Present findings and operational results cross-functionally.
• Support other supply chain projects and assignments

Skills on Resume: 

• Sales Planning (Hard Skills)
• Inventory Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Regional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Assortment Planning (Hard Skills)
• Global Coordination (Soft Skills)
• Performance Reporting (Hard Skills)
• Supply Chain Optimization (Hard Skills)
• Process Improvement (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Establish internal work procedures on material management & Planning
• Manage PR process for raw material and coordinate with procurement & logistics platform as well as internal & extended vendors to ensure the timely delivery
• Manage bonded operations for SH plant
• Manage NCM related to RM sourcing
• Develop & update & optimize production scheduling and RM planning and present during site supply review meeting and follow up on relevant action items
• Utilize CCP planning tool scheme and SAP / APO build-in planning interface to monitor, review and drive improvements in production plan reliability and supply accuracy. 
• Schedule finitely planned process orders and optimize under consideration of various constraints such as asset utilization, inventory targets, material availability dates and costs
• Monitor plant idle rate and costs, and feed needed production & idle input to global pre-SOP for SH plant
• Maintain SPASS creation for RM and OMP of SH site, and maintain the necessary MRP view for SH plant articles
• Keep SH plant team on timely update once there is SPASS change or MRP view change
• Lead planning solution review meetings on a regular basis with senior leadership

Skills on Resume: 

• Material Management (Hard Skills)
• PR Process (Hard Skills)
• Bonded Operations (Hard Skills)
• NCM Management (Hard Skills)
• Production Scheduling (Hard Skills)
• Planning Tools (Hard Skills)
• Plant Monitoring (Hard Skills)
• Leadership Meetings (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Maintain and own detailed planning and scheduling relevant planning master data. 
• Ensure planning parameters are accurate through validation and adjustment.
• Manage and optimize OMP inventory level with consideration on MTO/MTS, inventory targets, SLOB reduction and service level
• Manage inventory in areas of shelf life control, aging stock control, stock discrepancy investigation and follow-ups.
• Reduce and mitigate slow movement & HOI stock, and follow up stock written-off process
• Create regular SC performance reports by gathering relevant data and comparing planned to actual values.
• Analyze the SC performance with appropriate financial and performance indicators, identify problems and address them adequately
• Allocate the demand to the source plant
• Close cooperation and communication with the regional supply chain and global product manager to meet customer’s need, which include best delivery date and quick feedback.
• Study the balance for a multi-site production capacity of multi-site to improve global supply reliability, especially no delay with customer request dates.
• Present different planning scenarios and use sensitivity analysis to address excess or shortage risks

Skills on Resume: 

• Planning Mastery (Hard Skills)
• Inventory Optimization (Hard Skills)
• Shelf Life Control (Hard Skills)
• Stock Management (Hard Skills)
• SC Reporting (Hard Skills)
• Performance Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Demand Allocation (Hard Skills)
• Cross-functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Carry out global supply-demand-balance deviation analyses, manage corrective actions and responsible for global communication and reporting on any congestion issues.
• Liaise with “Manager Global Tactical Asset Optimization” to trigger solution of prioritization cases beyond  assets linked to the value chain
• Work with the product transfer team to plan new product transfer from Europe plant to SH plant
• Plan on raw material sourcing, new product trial schedule planning and escalation for any issues that delays trial plan
• Manage tolling operations for production at toller site (RM plan, SAP operation, monitoring of the production plant at toller site)
• Manage bonded operation at the toller site
• Acting as the operational center of the integrated planning process within the Global Planning department.
• Managing supply plans to increase product availability and reduce out-of-stock situations.
• Collaborating with other departments to maintain effective communication, evaluate risks, and look for possibilities in advance.
• Keeping track of excess inventory and actively participating in its reduction and redistribution
• Bridge forecast deltas among multiple planning horizons and highlight key planning parameters driving the changes

Skills on Resume: 

• Supply Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Prioritization Coordination (Soft Skills)
• Product Transfer (Hard Skills)
• Raw Material Planning (Hard Skills)
• Tolling Operations (Hard Skills)
• Integrated Planning (Hard Skills)
• Supply Management (Hard Skills)
• Cross-department Collaboration (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Analyze non-sales demand history to establish supplemental safety stocks and/or non-sales forecast baseline to support re-occurring instrument demand, estimated loss in the field, yield factors and expiration impact, etc.
• Calculate and analyze a statistical 24-month global sales forecast by SKU and region and or customer
• Update and distribute monthly forecast templates for marketing to update with SKU level forecasts
• Facilitate Monthly Demand Review meetings and present forecast plan to SLT, finance and marketing around adjusted Forecast based on product lifecycle, changes in market demands, cannibalization, and sales promotions
• Review new product launches forecasts and gaps to budget
• Review forecasted revenue against budget by product line and region
• Drive continuous improvement of volume forecasting processes, systems, and tools
• Following product lifecycle processes including PIPO, NPD and Discontinuation.
• Participate in cross-functional projects, Digital Supply Chain projects, and drive improvement initiatives as a representative of Global Planning.
• Research and develop alternative planning solutions based on each business case
• Track inventory movement/component usage to identify potential excess or shortage risks and take corrective action

Skills on Resume: 

• Demand Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Sales Forecasting (Hard Skills)
• Template Distribution (Hard Skills)
• Demand Review (Soft Skills)
• Product Launches (Hard Skills)
• Revenue Review (Hard Skills)
• Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
• Cross-functional Participation (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Develop and maintain master production schedule for assigned product category based on forecast
• Interface with Demand Planning and S&OP to provide input for developing and consolidating forecasts for top level products and accessories
• Coordinate with Supply Chain personnel to ensure production, material scheduling and inventory system accuracy and that the quantities of on-hand components/materials are sufficient to meet production and shipping schedules
• Own and develop production and supplier capacity models and generate reports for management and others
• Host monthly Supply Review meetings and present escalations and special topics in S&OP forums
• Interface with other departments and/or suppliers to identify, communicate and resolve production, scheduling or materials-related problems
• Define, update and maintain supply chain management policies and data impacting inventory levels, batch sizes, safety stocks and reorder points
• Own Supply Chain input to the Change Management process including ECO review and sign off
• Coordinate phase-in and phase-out of production materials, including new product releases, to minimize obsolescence
• Assess change in demand to inventory position to ensure proper evaluation and E&O risk management across the supply chain

Skills on Resume: 

• Production Scheduling (Hard Skills)
• Demand Coordination (Soft Skills)
• Material Accuracy (Hard Skills)
• Capacity Modeling (Hard Skills)
• Supply Review (Soft Skills)
• Problem Resolution (Soft Skills)
• Policy Management (Hard Skills)
• Change Management (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Process owner for the US Demand Planning Process for assigned Platform / Business.
• Manage the Key Metrics/Forecast Accuracy for the region to attain the highest level of performance for the assigned Business regionally.
• Actively contribute and support the development and implementation of the Global Business Strategy in the Demand Planning functional area
• Manage communication and coordination across US Marketing and Finance areas, as well as, across Regional Demand Planners assigned to the respective Business.
• Facilitate the WW Demand Review and Regional SIOP meetings for the Platform and ensure timely collation of the appropriate information required for the forums.
• Coordinate and facilitate Worldwide Supply Chain Key Initiatives to accomplish best of class forecast accuracy in the Regional Businesses and provide support in meeting goals across all other key Supply Chain Metrics
• Coordinate activities in the creation of a 3-5 year (long term) Demand plan for the Regional Businesses.
• Establish work processes for continuous improvement in the Regional Demand Planning area using Six Sigma and Best Practice benchmarking methodology.
• Responsible for further development of appropriate tools, tracking mechanisms, and processes to standardize and improve overall planning process
• Operate within a complex business environment requiring an ability to deal with multiple internal and external business groups

Skills on Resume: 

• Demand Planning (Hard Skills)
• Forecast Accuracy (Hard Skills)
• Global Strategy (Soft Skills)
• Cross-functional Coordination (Soft Skills)
• Demand Review (Soft Skills)
• Key Initiatives (Hard Skills)
• Long-term Planning (Hard Skills)
• Process Improvement (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Convert the monthly commercial forecast into a consumption plan for all materials
• Convert the consumption plan into a purchasing plan, provide a rolling 18-month view of needs to critical suppliers, place purchase orders accordingly and manage vendor performance scorecards
• Work closely with the sourcing team while participating in quarterly business reviews with key global vendors
• Review the monthly consumption forecast with regional planners prior to sharing with regional buyers
• Support regional buyers to establish the material replenishment process to determine what to order, how much to order, and when to order, with the understanding of supplier lead times, transportation and warehouse constraints
• Work with regional planners and buyers to ensure materials availability according to the inventory policy, and propose alternative plans to mitigate risk
• Participate and/or lead periodic regional planning meetings
• Maintain key system inputs to drive replenishment and inventory strategies
• Lead monthly cross-functional review of key KPI’s to drive improvement of planning process
• Advocate and coach to ensure adherence to Global Planning Process
• Track key performance metrics for the portfolios, leads cause analysis to drive continuous improvement, to optimize cycle time, reduce cost, and eliminate wastes.

Skills on Resume: 

• Consumption Planning (Hard Skills)
• Purchasing Planning (Hard Skills)
• Vendor Management (Soft Skills)
• Forecast Review (Soft Skills)
• Replenishment Process (Hard Skills)
• Material Availability (Hard Skills)
• System Management (Hard Skills)
• KPI Tracking (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Develop and maintain the global aggregate supply plans within the ERP System for technical, intermediates, and global formulations over the full S&OP horizon (36 months) for one or more portfolios
• Accountable for an effective supply-demand balance for the end-to-end supply chain
• Translate demand requirements and supply capability into a time-phased aggregate supply and inventory plan in monthly resolution over the S&OP horizon that satisfies expected demand at the lowest business cost.
• Analyze, monitor and confirm the implementation of changes per plan
• Identify potential issues and risks to the global supply and develop contingency plans
• Manage supply exceptions within the S&OP horizon, including prioritization and resolution across regions
• Monitor and enforce supply allocations according to business strategies
• Balance the rough-cut capacity plan for the full plan for active ingredients and key materials to ensure longer-term capacity gaps and action plans are identified
• Serve as a focal point for communications with Regional Master Schedulers on alignment between global and regional plans
• Facilitate communication and interactions with Commercial, Manufacturing and Sourcing functions to effectively balance supply and demand in the mid/long-term horizon via the IBP process
• Support regional planners as a master coach for planning tools, troubleshooting and identifying solutions to ensure ERP data accuracy, adherence to inventory strategy, and accurate supply plans over the full S&OP horizon

Skills on Resume: 

• Supply Planning (Hard Skills)
• Demand Balance (Hard Skills)
• Inventory Planning (Hard Skills)
• Change Implementation (Hard Skills)
• Risk Management (Hard Skills)
• Supply Exceptions (Hard Skills)
• Capacity Planning (Hard Skills)
• Cross-functional Communication (Soft Skills)