Materials Planner

Overview

Embrace a career with purpose at Nice North America, a subsidiary of Nice S.p.A., an Italian multinational leader in Home and Building Automation. Guided by our vision of creating A World Without Barriers, we develop cutting‑edge solutions for smart home control, security, door and gate automation, access control, and more to achieve our mission of Simplifying Everyday Movements.

Headquartered in Carlsbad, CA, with several R&D and manufacturing centers and offices throughout the region, Nice is committed to innovation that enhances everyday life. Our team thrives in an environment that fosters continuous learning and professional growth where you’ll collaborate with talented and dynamic individuals every day to create groundbreaking solutions. As a global leader, we offer award‑winning sales and marketing programs, technical support, and CEU training to the industry’s top partners.

Our commitment extends beyond technology development; we also proudly support the Gary Sinise Foundation R.I.S.E. program, helping wounded veterans and their families through specially adapted smart homes—an endeavor that truly embodies our corporate mission.

The Demand Planner (Materials Planner
3) is the primary subject matter expert regarding customer demand and is a key member of the Supply Chain team responsible for ensuring we have the right products, at the right place, and at the right time to meet our customers’ needs.

$70,000.00/yr - $80,000.00/yr

$70,000 to $80,000, depending on experience.

Carlsbad, CA;
Kent, WA; or Olive Branch, MS.

• Develop, maintain and optimize an 12‑18 month rolling sales forecast at the item/customer level using the organization’s demand planning software.
• Identify and action visible trends within the various sales channels.
• Provide insight to the sales, marketing, purchasing and product development teams.
• Provide leadership and facilitation of the monthly Demand review (consensus) process that supports the larger SIOP process.
• Compile forecast accuracy and data and develop proactive action plans to address issues/gaps.
• Compare forecasts to the financial budgets, providing senior leadership with a clear overview of variances, uncertainty and risk areas to the business.
• Analyze market response to new products and use this information to develop forecasts for new items not yet introduced.
• Contribute to the inventory challenge process (excess and obsolescence) by analyzing buying patterns of key customers and how they react to incentives, looking for alternatives to reduce inventory on hand.
• Plan demand cutover strategy when dealing with new technologies and how they affect the transitional demand plan.
• Develop strong relationships with the sales, product management, marketing, finance and other cross‑functional groups to drive collaborative forecast planning.
• Actively participate in the company’s continuous improvement initiatives.
• Communicate confidently across all levels of the organization.
• Understand, support and execute all work according to the established procedures of the organization.
• Implement and maintain department policies and standards.
• Support project‑based assignments as required or assigned.

• Minimum of 3‑5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree in Business, Statistics, Supply Chain or Materials/Operations Management; or equivalent experience in a demand‑planning environment.
• Analyze large amounts of information/data and develop fact‑based conclusions.
• Solve problems using various analytical tools, including root‑cause analysis.
• Strong Excel skills are required.
• Knowledge of Net Suite, Agile, QAD, Dynasys, Just Enough or other ERP/MRP solutions is preferred.
• Demonstrated sense of energy/urgency and ability to learn on the fly.
• Work cross‑functionally with all levels of the organization.
• Proactive, organized, detail‑oriented, with the ability to work independently.
• Strong overall understanding of the supply‑chain function and how internal customers use demand‑planning information.
• Strong written communication and verbal skills.
• Proven ability to…