Supply & Demand Planner

Position

Supply & Demand Planner

Franklin Lakes, NJ

12 Months Contract

1st shift

40.00

• Minimum of 18 months in Supply Chain areas: planning, purchasing, logistics or distribution experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical skills and good problem solution skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience with an ERP / SAP systems.
• Proficient Excel skills.

Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred.

• As the HDS (Optima, Phaseal and HD Check) USA, you will have responsibility over the Demand & Supply planning processes for the BU, by working with, steering & coaching the team.
• The HDS (Optima, Phaseal and HD Check) USA will play an active role in translating the key element of the business strategies into tactical functional initiatives to meet the service and objectives across all regions. As the owner of the regional demand planning process for the businesses, this role will be responsible for leading and coordinating the monthly demand consensus by region (monthly through to long range demand planning) for the businesses by actively engaging the marketing and finance community as key participants in the process.
• The position will initiate and drive improvements in the process through increased market knowledge and systems usage. Focus on improvements in demand modeling, which drives greater accuracy and is directly linked to increased customer service and inventory strategies. Maintain a strong link to business activity and global issues as they may affect respective products. Responsible for coordinating the demand for the annual long-term planning process.
• The Supply & Inventory Planner USA determines the quantities by product required to maintain target inventory levels and order product from source to replenish based upon appropriate lead time. She/he coordinates finished goods sourcing activities across Plants and External Supplier Network optimizing available capacity and assets. The Supply & Inventory Planner USA drives S&OP Supply consensus and macro level capacity management.
  
  She/he also recommends and sets inventory levels to support the region's service levels in alignment with the Global Business and Supply Chain objectives.
• On the supply planning side, the position will work with Global Supply Planner to achieve optimal service levels, reaching target inventory levels and with the appropriate management of supply lead times to order product from source to replenish. The position will drive the S&OP Supply consensus process and macro level capacity management; and set inventory levels to support the regions’ service levels in alignment with the global business and Supply Chain objectives.
• This position will be working with country analysts or sales and finance colleagues, to provide guidance and coordination in key areas of the demand planning processes to ensure consistency and high performance regionally. The incumbent will lead the aggregation of regional demand for the businesses and timely provide the information to all the relevant processes (Global Demand & Supply Review, Regional S&OP).

• Review and perform analysis on FCA & Bias.
• Review statistical forecast and adjust if required.
• Update any forecast on Sales and Marketing line in DP Consensus Book if required.
• Prepare files for monthly demand consensus meeting.
• Hold monthly demand consensus meeting with Marketing, Finance, and Supply.
• After demand consensus meeting, update any forecast changes required before monthly DP release to SNP.
• Track MTD demand against forecast throughout the month.
• NPIs.
• Collaborate with Marketing for NPI forecasting and assumptions.
• Perform forecast analysis and modeling (ie. breakdown, cannibalization, etc).
• Create CVCs.
• Input NPI forecasts into SAP.
• Support with requests and/or ad hoc analysis if required.
• Attend meetings if required.

• Responsible for regional service level achievement for assigned product groups in alignment with global recommendations.
• Responsible for monitoring regional alert monitors.
• Responsible for releasing replenishment…